Bartender Journey - Cocktails. Spirits. Bartending Culture. Libations for your Ears.

Bartender Journey - Cocktails. Spirits. Bartending Culture. Libations for your Ears.

By Brian Weber is a Professional Bartender and Cocktail & Spirit Enthusiast.ArtsFood
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  • Back To (Bartending) School!
    A true Bartender is always learning.  Its September:  Back to School time, and we focus, more than ever on education.


    It the Bartender Journey Podcast Number 180.


    Listen with the audio player on this page, on BartenderJourney.net or subscribe on iTunes, Android or Stitcher Radio.


    On this episode of Bartender Journey we talk with Bar Educators Chris Bidmead and Suzanne Freedman, founders of the educational Bar Methods course. Bar Methods is a new program, focusing on Bartending fundamentals.


    In keeping with the spirit of spirits education,
    we are happy to announce that for the month of September only, the
    Scotch Malt Whisky Society is offering a discounted member rate with
    code "AMANDA" when you sign up at smwsa.com.
    Membership includes private access to the site, a subscription to
    Unfiltered magazine, invitations and discounts to events around the US
    and access to exclusive Members' Rooms in Leith, Edinburgh and London!


    Bartender Journey swag giveaway!

    Send an email to [email protected]
     - with an example of how you used something you learned from the
    Bartender Journey podcast either behind the stick (for professional
    bartenders) or at home (for cocktail enthusiasts). Just a short write up
    please with "WHAT I LEARNED" in the subject line and if you are the
    winning entry, we will send you a Bourbon t-shirt and accompanying
    bourbon notebook we got a recent Angel's Envy brand event. Entries must
    be received by September 28th 2016, midnight Eastern Standard Time. 
    Full rules of the contest here.  Good luck!


    Book of the Week:

    Southern Spirits: Four Hundred Years of Drinking in the American South with Recipes by Robert Moss.

    When
    you hear “Southern cocktail”,  does the mint julep come to mind? Mix
    beyond the mint julep and learn cocktail recipes and their history
    beyond each one. From Robert Moss,  food and drink writer and culinary
    historian,  this book offers insight of the Southern drinking culture of
    liquor,  beer and wine and its influence on the American drinking
    culture.


    Cocktail of the Week:

    Bufala Negra

    This version of the drink is credited to John Greco of Philip Marie in Manhattan.
    • 1 ½ ounces bourbon

  • ½ teaspoon Turbinado sugar

  • 1 teaspoon good Balsamic Vinegar

  • 5 Basil Leaves

  • 2 ounces Ginger Beer

  • Muddle
    • sugar,  vinegar and 4 basil leaves in a cocktail shaker. Add bourbon
    and ice and shake to dissolve sugar.  Strain over ice into old-fashioned
    glass filled with fresh ice.  Top with ginger beer and garnish with
    basil.



    39 min
  • WhistlePig with Master Distiller Dave Pickerell
    We chat with Dave Pickerell, the legendary Master Distiller on the podcast this week.

    Brian won a contest and was taken on a three day trip with 9 other bartenders to the WhistlePig Farm and Distillery in Vermont.  We get a chance to sit down with Dave, who is a true Rock Star in the Distilling Industry.  He, along with Raj Bhakta founded WhistlePig Rye.

    Listen with the audio player on this page, on BartenderJourney.net or subscribe on iTunes, Android or Stitcher Radio.

    For something a little different this week on the podcast there are photos that can be viewed as you listen to the show.  See pictures of the Distillery and the Farm in your podcast app as you listen.

    This episode of Bartender Journey is brought to you by Partender - which helps you do inventory, ordering, and get real time insights on what's moving in your bar in minutes (versus hours). The team at Partender wants to make inventory easier & help increase transparency & happiness for everyone - so bartenders, managers, and owners can come together to build a better beverage program.
    23 min
  • Tales of the Cocktail 2016 Coverage
    This week's podcast continues Tales of the Cocktail 2016 coverage with a chat with Tim Master on Chartreuse, Jim Meehan, founder of PDT in Manhattan and Jetta Bates, Cocktail Enthusiast and Creator of the blog, Jetta Setting.

    It's the Bartender Journey Podcast Number 178, supported by ​ Partender.

    Listen with the audio player on this page, on BartenderJourney.net or subscribe on iTunes, Android or Stitcher Radio.

    Book of the Week:

    Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle.  Its a fun book with easy to make cocktails named after classic books.


    ​Cocktail of the Week:

    Last Word

    Mix
    equal parts Green Chartreuse, Maraschino Liqueur, and Fresh Lime
    Juice.  Shake with ice.  Double strain into a chilled Coupe glass. 
    Garnish with a Lime Wheel.

    Toast of the week:
    "Here’s to the nights we can't remember, with the friends we'll never
    forget"
    34 min
  • What is Your Time Worth?
    Taking your skills to the next level as a bartender, bar manager or owner
    calls for cultivating your business mindset to help manage your time and
    tasks towards optimizing the bottom line.

     

    Today we chat with Anjali Kundra, co-founder of Partender, Inc., a food and beverage company that asks the question: “How much is your time worth?”.


    Listen with the audio player on this page, on BartenderJourney.net or subscribe on iTunes,  Android or Stitcher Radio.


    Anjali
    combines her hospitality experience and entrepreneurial attitude to
    give us tips advocating empowering yourself, team members and focusing
    on while still having fun at work.


    As mentioned in the Podcast, you can access the companion deck:

     *This
    Cocktail Hacker - A Lesson from Tech Startups: Finding your
    entrepreneurial spirit & ultimate success behind the bar (and
    beyond)

     

    Thank you Anjali for the interview and thank you to
    Partender for supporting this podcast. To learn more how Partender can
    help you, click here.

    38 min
  • Tales of the Cocktail 2016 Wrap Up
    Join us for some adventures in New Orleans during Tales of the Cocktail 2016.


    Listen with the audio player on this page, on BartenderJourney.net or subscribe on iTunes,  Android or Stitcher Radio.



    34 min
  • Maximizing Your Experience at Bartending Events
    Attending Bartending events?  You should!  They are a lot of fun, very educational, and you get to hang out with the coolest people on the planet!


    How do you get the most from these events?


    Brian has just returned from Tales Of The Cocktail with lots of opinions on this!


    Listen with the audio player on this page, subscribe on iTunes or Android or listen on Stitcher Radio.


    You can read an in depth article on this subject on the Bartender Journey web site here until August 31, 2016.  After that, it will only be available as premium content.  For more information about our premium content, please contact us.


    Cheers!

    15 min
  • Real McCoy Rum Cocktail Competition Semi Finals

    Its another road trip for Bartender

    Journey!  Brian records the podcast in his car this week on the way to the
    Real McCoy Rum Cocktail Competition in Newport, Road Island.

     

    Listen to the show with the audio player on

    this page or Subscribe on iTunes,
    on Android,
    or listen on Stitcher Radio.

    Cocktail of the Week, (and Brian Weber’s entry in the Real McCoy

    contest):

    Three Miles Off Shore

    • 1 oz Real
    McCoy 3 Year Old Silver Rum
  • 1 oz Real
    • McCoy 5 Year Old Aged Rum 
  • 1/2 oz
    • Campari
  • 1 oz Fresh
    • Grapefruit Juice (strained)
  • 1/2 oz Fresh
    • Lime Juice (strained)
  • 3/4 oz Simple
    • Syrup (1:1)
  • 5 drops Bar
    • 40 Salt Bitters
  • 5 drops Bar
    • 40 Sour Bitters

    Shake with ice. 

    Double strain into a chilled Coupe glass.

    17 min
  • Black Dirt Bourbon

    Its a Bartender Journey Field Trip as we travel to the Black Dirt Distillery in Warwick, NY.

    We chat with Black Dirt Distillery co-founders and managing partners, Jason Grizzanti and Jeremy Kidde and tour the distillery.   Best of all, we get to taste some Bourbon straight out of the barrels!

    Listen to the show withthe audio player on this page or Subscribe on iTunes,  or on Android, or listen on Stitcher Radio.

    19 min

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