Mar 3, 2022
Dec 30, 2021
Eric breaks down the highlights from The Modern Bar Cart Podcast in 2021 and previews what listeners can expect in 2022. Topics include:
- 2021 by the numbers (downloads, most popular episode)
- Noteworthy improvements from 2021 (plus an inside look at how the podcast gets made)
- A look ahead at incorporating video and...
Oct 28, 2021
In this wide ranging conversation with spirits expert and cocktail author Kurt Maitland, some of the topics we discuss include:
- Some notes from the early days of Kurt’s spirits adventures, including a Jameson drinking college friend from Hong Kong, a bar with a Dutch name in Brooklyn, and a conference room at an...
Sep 30, 2021
In this barrel-aged deep dive into Bourbon and American whiskey with distiller Lauren Patz, some of the topics we discuss include:
- How Lauren’s roots in Napa Valley winemaking led her to fall in love with the craft of distillation and barrel maturation.
- Why California in general (and Northern California, in...
Jun 24, 2021
In this fascinating deep dive on Japanese Whisky, past and present, some of the topics I discuss with Nicholas Pollacchi of Shibui Whisky include:
- The complicated history of Japanese whisky making, including the sharp left turn that makes this tradition diverge (and reconnect) surprisingly with other world...