Repeal Day!!!!
Once again let’s thank Jeffrey Morganthaler for recognizing Repeal Day and putting some spark into what should be America’s favorite holiday. Can you imagine a world where you couldn’t have a gorgeous...
View ArticleThe Jerry Thomas Project: The Whiskey Daisy, the Brandy Smash, the Saratoga...
The Jerry Thomas Project is the re-creation of all of Jerry Thomas’ cocktails from Jerry Thomas’ Bar-Tenders Guide: Receipts for Mixing in their purest form. Jerry Thomas is considered America’s father...
View ArticleThe Most Interesting Take on Prohibition I’ve Ever Heard
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition By Daniel Okrent Please listen to Terry Gross’s interview of Daniel Okrent – who just published an enticing history of the temperance movement in the U.S.,...
View ArticleAnd Poof – It’s gone!
Yesterday, December 5, was Repeal Day. Seventy-seven years ago prohibition was lifted. It’s crazy to think that the day my grandfather was born, there wasn’t any champagne. My grandfather’s father...
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