Archive for October, 2010

A Corpse Reviver for Halloween

Corpse Reviver No. 2 This adaptation comes from the new book A Taste for Absinthe, where Marcos Tello of Los Angeles’ Edison adapted the second of Harry Craddock’s Corpse Reviver recipes as listed in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. As Craddock said himself: “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again” [...]

Where did October go?

Goodness gracious, how is it already the end of October? I’m supposed to be thinking about Halloween and clever costumes but it has been nothing but an idea sitting on the back burner. October was quite busy with BAT hosting the 4th Annual US Drinks Conference in New York City, and then I was traveling [...]

Adventures Ahead in Portland, Oregon!

By the time you are reading this, I hope to be long on my way headed to Portland, Oregon. I have quite a few days of cocktail camaraderie ahead of me, hosted through the great efforts of the folks at the CSOWG (Drink.Write 2010) and the Oregon Bartenders Guild (Portland Cocktail Week 2010). For me, [...]

Lani Kai – Bar Opening in NYC’s West Side

Last Monday marked the industry party to celebrate the opening of the new bar, Lani Kai, located on Broome Street in NYC. Because last week marked the US Drinks Conference, there were plenty of fun people hanging around, including Stephanie and the guys (and girl!) of MicroLiquor.com. I convinced the bunch to go come and [...]

The Great Match – Wines from Spain

The members of Brand Action Team have been running around in every which direction the past few weeks – we apologize for our pause in blogging! Last week, Jean and I attended the Wines from Spain Great Match Tasting held in NYC at the Metropolitan Center. The event kicked off with a seminar led by [...]

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