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El Presidente
Season 1 Episode 53
In today’s episode, we explore El Presidente, a Cuban-born, stirred, rum-based classic. Teaching class is Orlando Franklin, the bar director at Brooklyn’s Night Moves who cut his teeth at Maison Prem…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
The Mint Julep
Season 1 Episode 52
If you’re reserving your mint sprigs and pewter cups solely for the first Saturday of May, you are missing a trick. The Mint Julep is a refreshing whiskey cocktail, worthy of attention throughout the…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
El Diablo
Season 1 Episode 51
Josue Gonzalez joins us for today's episode to discuss El Diablo, a classic tequila highball that sees the spirit mixed with lime, crème de cassis, and either ginger ale or ginger beer. Josue has mor…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 50 Special: Etiquette
Season 1 Episode 50
He's back! It's our first ever guest, Eric Alperin, and he rejoins us today to mark a special occasion by discussing one of his favorite topics: etiquette. How exactly does that relate to cocktails a…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Whiskey Highball
Season 1 Episode 49
In this week's episode of Cocktail College, Tim explores the Whiskey Highball with Iain Griffiths from New York's Hidden Leaf, Midnight Cafe, and Midnight Theatre. In its simplest form, this drink ca…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Corpse Reviver No. 2
Season 1 Episode 48
Harrison Snow from New York’s Lullaby joins us today to explore the evocatively named, historic hangover remedy, the Corpse Reviver No. 2 . We discuss the perfect proportions for this classically equ…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Lemon Drop
Season 1 Episode 47
We have Harrison Ginsberg from New York’s Crown Shy on the show today, leading us on a sweet exploration of the Lemon Drop. Over the course of the episode, we explore the wild world of shots, bars th…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Techniques: Dilution
Season 1 Episode 46
Joey Smith, bar director at New York’s Chez Zou, tells us everything we need to know about the precise science of dilution. Listen on the learn why it’s so important in cocktails and how to avoid ove…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
The Last Word
Season 1 Episode 45
Today’s deep-dive on a democratic, shaken classic sees us joined by Portland, Oregon-based bartender, beverage director, author, and editor Jim Meehan. He brings 25 years of experience and some of th…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
The Negroni
Season 1 Episode 44
It’s a big week for Cocktail College as we close in on the 50th episode milestone. Not only are we finally getting down to covering the Negroni, today we are joined by Portland, Oregon based Jeffrey …
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago