podcast – Simple Cocktails: recipes & reviews for home bartenders

Diner en Blanc Albuquerque: “the mayor WAS there….or at least we saw the pictures,” it all comes out the sweat-pores, and here’s some Instagram pics, we taste New Holland Clockwork Orange. “Can you make me a cocktail involving milk?” We make the J.R.’s Revenge cocktail. Who did shoot J.R.? “Let’s do ‘I Dream of Jeanie Next’.” Mistresses will kill you.

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Rings on your ankles? Greg’s never spilled whiskey on his pillow. We talk about National Bourbon Heritage Month. “Who says they don’t get things done?” We taste Four Roses Single Barrel and New Holland Beer Barrel Bourbon. We make a Hanky Panky. Putting meat in jello? “New Orleans changed me!”

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“Thanks for asking Lisa.” Tamalewood and Greg is reading Bourbon Curious [Amazon link]. Tequila and Tabasco. “We gotta get on that.” We taste Brugal Extra Dry Rum. Involuntary eye-shutting. A fancy French word. We make a Vermouth Spritzer. “I always grab the white one.”

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Tiki drinks ain’t simple. Charles Phoenix is awesome. Greg mentions our previous podcast where we tasted amaros, then we taste Amaro Lucano. “A firm believer in changing your palate.” Greg mentions Trader Vic’s Cocktail book [Amazon link]. Buy your glassware at Goodwill. We make a Planters Punch cocktail in glasses that have its name on it. Greg mentions Bacardi 8. The many forms of alcoholic drinks. “Disneyland.”

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We eat cocktail jellybeans. “Classics means ‘cocktails from the 90s.'” Let’s do a candy podcast….. not a porn podcast. We drink Jägermeister and Jäger Spice out of deer shot glasses. Karaoke was involved. The Long Island Iced Tea of Christmas. A brief discussion about high fructose corn syrup. We make Tequila Old Fashioneds. “You just said a political joke!” I slurred the beans. “Determined to get out of my vodka rut.”

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Speakeasies romanticized. “It’s like tufu.” Greg mentions Boozehound by Jason Wilson. Flapper chicks dancing on the stage. We taste “premium” Tavi Tequila. “I’m gonna say 80, Bob.” Tequila bottles toppers on your stickshift. We make a Club Cocktail.

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Great Gatsby. Prohibition liquor. “I’m starting to sweat already.” We taste Manhattan Moonshine. “The ladies are cringing – I think you stopped her heart!” As a salute to Ted, we make a Brunelle Cocktail.

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Coming down from our New Orleans high. Lisa’s googling “rent-a-father.” Complete Tales summary page. Tales tally. “If it’s Hotmail, I don’t trust you.”  Check out our vermouth page. We taste 3 types of La Quintinye Vermouth Royal. “Last night I made you a gin Martini.”

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In our fourth and final podcast episode from Tales of the Cocktail 2015, we interview Sean Kenyon (owner of the Best American Cocktail Bar 2015), Alex Stein of Monkey 47 Gin, Natalie from Beautiful Booze, Brian Weber from Bartender Journey, Darren Geraghty, and Neal from Cure.

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Greg and Lisa podcast from Tales of the Cocktail 2015! In this episode, we interview Camper English, Tanya Cohn, Ivy Mix, Dale Degroff, Prairie Rose, and Philip Dobard. WHAT A DAY!

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