Tag Archives: MCC2014

My next event was Whistling Through History – a talk about the history of rye whiskey sponsored by Toasting the Town, a weekly email list about NYC history and cool events happening around the town (free to sign up at … Continue reading →

I don’t like vermouth. I like some drinks that contain vermouth, but… it’s kind of like salt. It can be an ingredient, but you’d never consume it on its own. But there are some people who disagree with me (I … Continue reading →

So I checked out the seminar “The Martini – The World’s Most Personal Drink” in hopes of changing my mind. It started out well: The Gypsy Queen, invented at the Russian Tea Room, is pretty simple: 2 parts vodka 1 … Continue reading →

After the bitters lecture I raced downtown for Afternoon Punch at the Dead Rabbit, hosted by Imbibe Magazine. Imbibe is a great magazine about drinking – every time I pick it up I think “I should read this more often.” … Continue reading →

My first event of the 2014 Manhattan Cocktail Classic was Dale DeGroff‘s lecture on the history of bitters, titled “I’ll Take Manhattans!” at the Macao Trading Company in Tribeca. Bitters were essential to the invention of cocktails. The first reference … Continue reading →