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The Daisy
Season 1 Episode 131
Marshall Minaya, beverage director at New York’s Valerie, Madame George, and Lolita, joins us today to pick the petals off the surprisingly intricate cocktail — and category of cocktails — that is Th…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Reimagining Classic Cocktails With Tequila
Season 1 Episode 130
Manuel "Manny" De Avila, the Los Angeles based brand ambassador for Don Julio, joins us today to examine why there are relatively few classic tequila cocktails, and explain how to reimagine classics …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The (Re)Manhattan
Season 1 Episode 129
Sebastian Tollius, beverage director of New York's Eleven Madison Park, joins us today to re-examine one of the world's most iconic cocktails: the Manhattan. More than 100 episodes have passed since …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Champagne Cocktail
Season 1 Episode 128
Cocktail or category of cocktails? That’s the big debate at Cocktail College today, as we welcome Amy Racine, the beverage director for JF Restaurants, to explore the Champagne Cocktail. The IBA clas…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Bijou
Season 1 Episode 127
Diamonds, rubies, and emeralds in a glass? That's right, it's The Bijou — a one-stop shop for those seeking boozy, stirred, "up" cocktails, and another use for that bottle of Green Chartreuse you spe…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Flair Bartending
Season 1 Episode 126
We're diving into the history, styles, community, and culture of flair bartending today, with Lindsay Palumbo, a certified flair bartender, instructor, and competitor who plies her trade at the Circa…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Vintage Cocktails
Season 1 Episode 125
Joining us on Cocktail College today is Aaron Goldfarb, a longtime VinePair contributor and author of the recently released “Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits.” As the names of both today’s e…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Vodka Martini
Season 1 Episode 124
Fred Astaire in a glass? That’s right folks, it’s the world’s most underrated cocktail, serially disregarded by “serious” drinkers. But not us — not here at Cocktail College! To the Vodka Martini, we…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Fog Cutter (Live from Sunken Harbor Club)
Season 1 Episode 123
Live from Brooklyn’s Sunken Harbor Club, we proudly present: The Fog Cutter… and so much more! That’s right, it’s an episode of firsts and threes: the first Cocktail College recorded in front of a (s…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Techniques: Punches
Season 1 Episode 122
It's another historical deep dive today, as we cast our gaze hundreds of years into the past to explore punches, something the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails describes as "the foundational d…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago