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November 29, 2023Ep. 50: Cosmopolitan - Setting the record straight with Neal Murray (the real inventor)
We need to right a terrible wrong. The world needs to know that Neal Murray is the true inventor of the Cosmopolitan - full stop. Don’t believe what you’ve been told by others, we get the straight scoop in our interview with Neal. Listen in as he walks us through the history behind this iconic drink, how it got its name, how it became so popular, and a few other fascinating stories. Neal even walks Uncle Brad through how to make a proper Cosmopolitan. Trust us, you don’t want to miss this episode. Please listen and please share his story. Let the truth be told!

Cosmopolitan recipe (from Neal Murray)
In your shaker add:
2 oz Vodka (Neal likes potato vodka, and so do we)
0.5 oz Lime Juice
0.5 oz Triple Sec (Brad used Cointreau and that turned out excellent, but it’s higher proof)
0.5 oz Cranberry juice (Neal likes Ocean Spray as it’s a little sweeter, and so do we)
0.5 oz Simple Syrup (1:1)
Shake for 20 seconds
Strain into Martini Glass (no need to double strain, Neal says the ice crystals are good in here, and he’s right!)

Your drink should be a beautiful pink, not red!
Michael the painter's reference is Michael Brennan. Neal had a beautiful painting by him sitting behind him during our interview.

Be on the lookout for Neal’s youtube channel and website.

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41 min
November 22, 2023Ep. 49: Season 4 Set-Up: what do buy and what to expect
In season 4 we will be revisiting spirits and liqueurs from past seasons as well as introducing you to a few new friends to include in your liquor cabinet. What to buy for this season:

Spirits
Applejack
Bourbon
Brandy
Gin - London Dry
Tequila
Vodka
Rum dark and blended
Liqueurs
Allspice dram
Amaretto
Campari
Chartreause - Green
Coffee liqueur
Cointreau
Galliano
Lillet Blanc
Midori
Suze
Vermouth
Cocchi Americano

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34 min
October 25, 2023Ep. 48: Sangria, Mulled Wine, Romans, spooky rims! - who doesn’t want a Kool-aid mustache year round?
Uncle Brad and Jules talk about Sangria and Mulled wine, which is especially perfect for the holidays but good any time of year (at least Sangria is, mulled wine can be tough when it’s 90 degrees outside). Brad gives us the ancient and not-so-ancient history on Sangria while Jules tells us how to make a bloody rim to spook-ify your drinks.

Sangria (a version, that tastes pretty pretty… pretty good)
In a large pitcher or wine carafe add
1 bottle red wine
½ cup brandy
¼ cup cointreau
1.5 oz of simple syrup
½ apple, cored, thin sliced and cut into quarters
½ lemon thin slice, remove seeds if you can
½ orange thin slice… if you can’t fit it all, you can use orange slice for garnish
Stir and refrigerate for at least an hour to let flavors meld
Fill a glass with ice and fill ¾ full with Sangria mix, top off with carbonated water, ginger ale, lemon-lime soda, or prosecco.

Mulled wine
Serves: 8-10
2 bottles red wine
3 oranges
2 Lemons
8-10 cloves
3-5 cardamom pods
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brandy or cognac
3-4 cinnamon sticks
1 cup water to dilute
Garnish: Fresh cranberries, star anise, and/or rosemary
How to make it:
Using a Y-peeler, remove the peel of both the lemons and orange and place in a pot.
Juice the 2 lemons and 3 oranges, strain, and add to the pot.
Add in sugar, water and spices.
Place on medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
Reduce to a simmer and add in wine and brandy.
Stir together and let simmer, but do not boil.
Option to remove from the heat and strain or keep on the stove at a light simmer and serve directly from the pot.
Serve warm!

TIP: How to make a bloody rim

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43 min
October 04, 2023Ep. 47: Mixing with @notjustabartender - The Mojito
We interviewed Chris Levitt, better known as @notjustabartender on Instagram and TikTok. Chris is an ACTUAL bartender in Vegas as well as a cocktail influencer. Interestingly, Chris started out critiquing other influencers, namely Jules! Chris walks us through how he got started, where he works now, and how to make a pretty epic Mojito.

Mojito
In collins glass add
1 medium lime cut into little quarters 8 pieces
1 tablespoon sugar
Muddle (press and twist)
10 - 12 mint leaves and make sure you clap ‘em to release the oils and aroma
1.5 oz of a blended white rum (Probitas or if you can’t find it, use Plantation 3 star)
.5 oz Appleton estate (you don’t have to go crazy in price)
Add ice to ¾ of glass
Use bar spoon, drive it to the bottom of the glass, and swizzle the drink by rolling the handle back and forth between your hands
Top with club soda and more ice
Take spoon up and mix ingredients with club soda
Garnish with 3 Mint sprigs - smack ‘em around a bit and hit the glass so the glass smells pretty

TIP: Bartending books to buy

Chris Levitt
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1 hr 2 min
September 27, 2023Ep. 46: Freeballin' - Negroni Sbagliato And Negroni Bianca
Jules talks about freeballing, Brad struggles with the pronunciation of “Sbagliato”, and we find out how to make a Negroni the wrong way, otherwise known as the Negroni Sbagliato. This episode goes a little off the rails.

Negroni Sbagliato
This is a great batch cocktail (but not one to hang onto for days)

Whistl you make your drink, put on the Polica playlist below
Chill your Double Rocks Glass / or huge wine glass
In your chilled glass add
1 large cube of clear ice
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth (Bordiga Vermut Rosso - Vermouth Di Torino)
2 oz prosecco (Villa Delgi Olmi)
Stir for about 4 - 7 rotations (you don’t want to sacrifice the bubbles)

Sbagliato Biacno
In a mixing glass add:
1 oz italicus
1 oz Lillet Blanc
3/4 oz dry vermouth
2-3 dashes orange bitters
Ice
Mix together
Strain over a chilled glass with a fresh cube and top off with club soda or sparkling wine

Tip: Using dry ice

Polica playlist (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/artist/34vLhockmYhf3LgznwyNaQ

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48 min
September 13, 2023Ep. 45: Harnessing the power of bitters with Dashfire - The Trinidad Sour and Bitters
In this episode we talk to Jeff Rogers and Spencer Young from Dashfire. Dashfire is a distillery and Cocktail room, named Elusive, located in Northeast Minneapolis. Dashfire specializes in (amazing) bitters, fantastic spirits and amari, but they also broke the code on making outstanding canned cocktails that you’d think came right from the bartenders mixing glass. In today’s episode we get to know the distillers, the history behind bitters, and the Trinidad sour. Be curious, not judgemental

The Trinidad Sour Cocktail
Chill your couple glass
In shaker add
1.5 oz D’ango bitters (Dashfires Angostura Bitters)
1 oz Orgeat
.7 5oz Fresh lemon juice
.5 oz Rye Whiskey
Ice
SHAKE IT!!!
Double strain into your couple glass
Garnish with thin lemon wheel (if you want)

Tip: How to choose your bitters

Dashfire
Where to buy: https://www.dashfire.us/locator
Dashfire IG: @dashfirebitters
Website: www.dashfire.us
Elusive (cocktail room) IG: @elusivebydashfire
Website: www.dashfire.us/cocktailroom
Address:
1620 Central Ave NE
Dock #10 Suite 152
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.354.3021

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48 min
September 06, 2023Ep. 44: The Art Of The Highball - The Japanese Highball and Peach Infused Cognac Highball
The highball is at the top of the cocktail family tree. It’s simply carbonated water and spirit, and that inspired a lot of inventions (see Collins, Paloma, Cuba Libre, anything in a tall glass mixed with bubbles). The Japanese however, have taken this from just a 2 ingredient cocktail (technically 3 if you include ice) to an art form. Jules did the same, by infusing Cognac with Peach and adding a bit of basil syrup and lemon… geez it’s good.

Japanese Highball
Before you begin: chill collins glass in freezer
Be in the moment, and smile
Now.. in your chilled glass:
Add chunk(s) of clear ice (filling glass halfway) and stir for 30 seconds. Pour excess water out.
Add 2 oz whiskey over ice, and ice - and stir 13.5 times EXACTLY. I used Nikka Coffey Malt (this is not coffee flavored - it is made in a Coffey style still), you can use Suntory Toki, or any spirit if you want.
Add 1 more piece of ice (if needed) and top of with 6 oz of carbonated water (can split with Ginergale if you like). The more carbonation the better.
Nestle bars poon under ice and stir 3.5 times EXACTLY. When finished stirring, softly lift the spoon out of the glass WITHOUT disturbing the drink any further.
Take thick lemon peel and express via match over drink, twist, and set peel in drink.
If you want to add a bit of different flavors, you can use bitters and I’ve even used a touch of cinnamon simple

Peach Infused Cognac Highball
Before you begin: Chill your glass
Making Peach Cognac: 2 cups Cognac in jar cut up 1 peach, remove pit, and let sit for 1 week
In your glass
2 oz peach infused whiskey
½ oz lemon juice
½ oz basil syrup
4 oz club soda
Gently mix with a mixing spoon
Garnish with a basil leaf & enjoy

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45 min
August 30, 2023Ep. 43: Bramble on! - The Bramble Cocktail and Lazy Morning Bramble
And now’s my time, the time is now… to sing my song. Any Led Zeppelin fans out there? Well Led Zeppelin and the Bramble Cocktail’s inventor share one thing in common, they are from the UK and equally awesome. Jules takes a brilliant riff on this beautiful drink. Brad digs into the original and the history behind it.

The Bramble Cocktail
Chill lowball glass
You must use crushed ice because it adds dilution - YOU WANT THIS
Fill your chilled lowball with crushed ice
In Boston shaker (28oz/18oz tin on tin) add
2 oz a quality london dry gin
1 oz fresh lemon juice
Scant 1/2 oz of simple
Shake it!!!
Strain into your glass and top with more crushed ice, compact it so it makes a volcano shape.
Drizzle scant 3/4 oz of crème d mure liqueur around the ice mound to create a bleeding effect.
Garnish with Blackberry (and a raspberry for Dick) and slice of lemon and a short (sustainable) straw

The lazy morning bramble

2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
½ oz simple syrup
1 tbsp blackberry jam1 tbsp vanilla yogurt
1 tsp freshly cracked pepper

Add to a cocktail shaker, use a hand frother and froth to combine jam and yogurt
Add ice and shake
Double strain over a fresh cube in a small glass or a coupe!

Tip: how to make creme de mure

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42 min
August 23, 2023Ep. 42: Geeky for Tiki - The Zombie and La Zamba
There is a lot to this episode… a lot! You will learn a few things today. First, how to make cinnamon simple syrup, grenadine, and Don’s mix. All are needed for what comes next, the Zombie. After that, Jules introduces us to the Zombie’s mezcal loving sister, La Zamba. Brad then regails us with the interesting history behind the Zombie. Finally, Jules gives us a few tips about drinking absinthe - why not?

Cinnamon simple syrup
1 cup h2o
1 cup sugar
3 cinnamon sticks broken/crushed
Add all ingredients to sauce pan and bring to boil while stirring
Upon boil, reduce and simmer for 3 minutes
Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature
Pour mixture through strainer into airtight container and refrigerate

Don's Mix
2 parts grapefruit juice to 1 part cinnamon simple syrup

Grenadine
2 cup 100% pomegranate juice
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Combine in saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar dissolved and edges begin to bubble, but do not boil.
Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature
Pour mixture into airtight container and refridgerate

Don's mix = 2 parts Grapefruit Juice to 1 part cinnamon infused simple syrup

Don's original Zombie recipe
Chill collins glass and fill halfway with ice when ready to use
In blender add:
3/4 lime juice
1/2 oz falernum
1 1/2 oz Puerto Rican gold rum (Bacardi or better)
1 1/2 oz dark Jamaican rum (Myers)
1oz 151 Demerara Rum (Lemon Hart)
1 tsp grenadine
6 drops Pernod
Dash of Angostura
1/2 Don's mix
3/4 cup crushed ice
Blend for 5 seconds. Pour into tall glass, top off with ice if needed, and garnish with mint sprig.

La Zamba
Rinse your glass with absinthe and place in the freezer to chill
In your cocktail shaker, add:
1.5 oz aged rum, appleton rum
¾ oz Mezcal
½ oz falernum
½ oz cinnamon syrup
½ oz grapefruit juice
½ oz lime juice
1 tsp grenadine
Add ice and shake
Double strain into chilled coupe glass
Garnish with a small sprig of mint that’s on a little clothespin! (you can find them on amazon!)

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55 min
August 16, 2023 Ep. 41: Oh geez, try the Bee’s Knees - Bee’s Knees and Hot Honey Apricot Bee’s Knees
The Bee’s Knees is a prohibition era cocktail that’s finer than the frogs eyebrows. It deserves a place on your cocktail menu! The Bee’s Knees is a gin sour that swaps out simple syrup for honey syrup. The Bee’s Knees is easy to make, tastes delicious, and has pretty cool history. Jules puts a spicy apricot spin on this classic and gives us the 411 on honey.

Honey syrup recipe:
Equal parts honey and water
Add honey and an equal amount of hot water to sauce.
Heat until honey incorporates into water - DO NOT BOIL
Let cool to room temperature and store in airtight container

Bee’s Knees recipe:
Chill your coupe glass
In your boston shaker (28/18 tin on tin) add:
2oz gin, use a floral gin (contemporary or new western style gin)
1 oz of FRESH squeezed lemon juice
½ oz honey syrup
Copious amounts of ice and shake!!!
Double strain using hawthorn and fine mesh strainer into coupe glass
Take a swipe of your lemon with your Y-peeler and express the oils over the drink and tip from Kaitlyn Stewart (@likeablecocktails) give the stem a rub with the lemon peel
Garnish with lemon twist, I like to clean up the lemon peel with a paring knife. Cut off rough edges and cut ends on a bias. Then twist around a bar spoon to make a curl. Then I add a notch mid-peel at a 45 degree angle so the twist can hang on the edge of the coupe glass.

Hot Honey Apricot Bee’s Knees
Hot honey syrup recipe
Exact same as the honey syrup recipe above - only you’re using hot (spicy) honey
Chill your coupe glass
Open one to two apricots, remove pits and add flesh to cocktail shaker
Add ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
Add ½ oz of hot honey syrup
Muddle
Add 2 oz gin
Add ice and shake.
Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lemon twist!

Tips: Knowing which honey to use with your cocktails

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43 min

About The Art of Drinking with Join Jules and Your Favorite Uncle

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The CEO of Spritz Season and Tik Tok's top mixologist, Julianna McIntosh (@Join_Jules) teams up with cocktail history buff and unknown home bartending guru, Uncle Brad (@cigarsNvino) to bring you The Art of Drinking: With Join_Jules And Your Favorite Uncle. A podcast for the cocktail enthusiast, aspiring mixologist, or kinda o.k. home bartender with big plans… or no plans.