Ryan Chetiyawardana ( Mr. Lyan ) won International Bartender of the Year at the Spirited Awards at Tales of the Cocktail 2015. We talk to Mr. Lyan about his innovative and unusual approach to cocktails. We had the opportunity to interview Mr. Lyan at Dead Rabbit, (winner of World’s Best Bar 2015), at an event called the London Sessions . Listen with the audio player on this page or · On the Bartender Journey web site · Subscribe on iTunes · Listen on Stitcher Radio · Subscribe on Android We We a...
Feb 16, 2016•33 min
February 1-5, 2016 was Unofficial Bartender Week in New York City. Organized by the New York Chapter of the United Bartender's Guild, a great time was had by all! Many thinks to the all the brands who sponsored events, the bars all around the City that welcomed us, and of course the team from USBG NY who worked very hard to put the event on. On Bartender Journey Podcast # 149, we recreate the week and give you a summary. Listen with the audio player on this page or:On the Bartender Journey Web S...
Feb 10, 2016•16 min
Paris Cocktails Hear all about the cocktail scene in Paris with author of Paris Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by the City of Light . This book is not just a cocktail book, but a boozy travel guide that can transport you to Paris, even if just in your mind. Its Bartender Journey Podcast # 148. Listen to the podcast with the audio player on this page or: On the Bartender Journey Web Site Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Radio Subscribe on Android BevSpot is So...
Feb 01, 2016•32 min
Our guest this week is Erick Castro from Polite Provisions San Diego. We talk about Cocktail Creation, Cocktail Competitions, and his new venture Bartender At Large . Its Bartender Journey Podcast # 147. Listen to the podcast with the audio player on this page or: On the Bartender Journey Web Site Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Radio Subscribe on Android BevSpot is Software to manage your entire beverage program. From inventory to ordering, pour cost and ways to analyze your usage and sa...
Jan 25, 2016•34 min
A well made Manhattan is one of the most satisfying, delicious and classy cocktails you can drink. Tony Abou-Ganim said its like "Frank Sinatra in a glass...holding one in your hand gives you an instant status of high class, sophistication and quality". On Bartender Journey Podcast #146 we talk about this iconic Cocktail and a competition revolving around it.Listen to the podcast with the audio player on this page or: On the Bartender Journey Web Site Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Radio...
Jan 20, 2016•31 min
Bartender Journey Podcast # 145 Listen with the audio player on this page or on: · The Bartender Journey Web Site · Subscribe on iTunes · Listen on Stitcher Radio · Subscribe on Android This week on the podcast, its all about Bartending Events & Competitions! Julia from the Mixology talk Podcast and Bar Above Blog is our guest. She announces the online event - The Craft Bartender Summit! This educational event will be held on April 17, 2016 and its FREE! You can reserve your spot here . Upcoming...
Jan 13, 2016•36 min
We have two guests on the Bartender Journey podcast # 144: o Steve Reddicliffe, editor of The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails o Raza Zaidi - Wahaka Mezcal. (We also talked about Mezcal with Misty Kolkofen in show #134 ) · Cocktail of the Week Cucumber, Salt & Smoke by Linden Pride o One 1-inch cucumber slice, chopped o 1 oz Wahaka Mezcal Joven Espadin o 1 oz Kappa Pisco o 1 oz fresh lemon juice o 1 oz simple syrup o Pinch of salt o 1 large egg white, slightly beaten o 3 drops of Peych...
Jan 06, 2016•36 min
Irish Whiskey Part 2 with Tim Herlihy - U.S. Brand Ambassador for Tullamore D.E.W. Its the Bartender Journey Podcast # 143 Listen with the player on below, or subscribe on iTunes , Android or Stitcher Radio. On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Irish Whiskey Part 2 with Tim Herlihy - U.S. Brand Ambassador for Tullamore D.E.W. ( Part 1 here ). We met Tim at Swift Hibernian Lounge and had a great chat! You can enter the Cider Shake Cocktail Competition (before December 31, 2015). PLEASE vo...
Dec 29, 2015•37 min
Its Christmas time and things are busy around here! A short episode this week with Part One of the interview with Tim Herlihy, U.S. Brand Ambassador for Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey. Plus, the Cider Shake Cocktail Competition is on! Enter at cidershake.com. Whether or to you enter yourself, PLEASE vote for my video! Click here and give it the thumbs up on youtube! Happy Holidays!
Dec 25, 2015•17 min
· This week on the podcast, we talk about alternatives to Simple Syrup, how to win at competitions and revisit egg whites in Cocktails. Listen with the player below or subscribe iTunes or Stitcher Radio. Bartender Journey Podcast # 141 · What is Gum syrup or (or Gomme) Syrup? Jennifer Colliau, founder of Small Hand Foods , describes it this way: “Gum syrup is simple syrup with gum Arabic added to provide texture. Gum arabic doesn't have much flavor on its own, although I use organic sugar in my ...
Dec 16, 2015•22 min
Repeal Day Conference – Tampa Florida Bartender Journey Podcast # 140 This week we take the show on the road! We visit the United States Bartender Guild – Tampa Chapter. This was the Tampa USBG’s second educational conference, which is paired with their Repeal Day Party Gala. Listen with the player below, on the Bartender Journey Web Site or subscribe iTunes or Stitcher Radio. Repeal Day is the celebration of the end of Prohibition on December 5, 1933. An anniversary worthy of an epic Party! The...
Dec 09, 2015•42 min
Its a short podcast this week, as we head off to Tampa Florida for the U.S. Bartender Guild's Repeal Day Party. The Tampa Chapter of the USBG hosts an event with seminars, tastings and of course parties to celebrate December 5, 1933, the day that Prohibition ended! This is a traditional day for bartenders to celebrate!
Dec 02, 2015•5 min
On Bartender Journey Podcast # 138 we learn all about the South American made Spirit Pisco, mix up some Pisco Sour Cocktails, and talk about using Egg Whites in Cocktails.Listen with the player on below, on bartenderjourney.net or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio. · Pisco is the native spirit of Peru and Chile. It is made from grapes, so can be considered a Brandy. It is usually, but not always, a clear (un-aged) spirit. · We will learn all about it with Kappa Pisco Brand Ambasador Anne-Lou...
Nov 25, 2015•41 min
Pour A Better Pint & Do Inventory Faster Bartender Journey Podcast # 137 Listen with the player below, or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio . · At the 2015 Hotel Experience Show at the Javitz convention center in Manhattan we got a chance to speak with 2 very interesting people: o Greg Elliott of the Chill Rite 32 company o Vanessa De Caria from Bevinco · The Chill Rite company makes draft beer systems that deliver beer to the tap at 32 degrees (or whatever temp you like), regardless of the ...
Nov 19, 2015•31 min
Bartender Journey Podcast # 136 · Guest this week is Andy Watts Master Distiller of Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky from South Africa. · Bains is made from 100% corn (or maize as it is called it in South Africa). It is double matured in first fill Bourbon barrels. · In South Africa, Whisky is spelled without the “e”, as it is in Scotland, Canada and many other countries. American Whiskey is always spelled with the “e”. · Cocktail of the Week - Cape Mountain Boulevardier: o 1 ½ oz Bain’s Cape Mountai...
Nov 11, 2015•29 min
On Bartender Journey Podcast # 135 we talk with “Flavorist” Jamie Beurklian from Bar 40 Bitters. · The Bar 40 Bitters are very unique –they come in 4 varieties: Sweet, Salt, Sour and Umami (or "savory"). · A few drops can really change the flavor of your cocktail. Jamie tells us how the Bar 40 Bitters were originally designed to “fix a problem” with a cocktail. · Bar40Bitters.com says their bitters are “based on the five gustatory taste receptors. Each flavor includes the compulsory bitter compo...
Nov 05, 2015•27 min
Mezcal with Misty Kolkofen This week on Bartender Journey Podcast # 134 we talk with Misty Kolkofen from Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal about this intriguing, yet sometimes misunderstood, spirit. Take a listen the show with the player below or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio . Misty shares a plethora of Mezcal knowledge and education, (and we share some copitas of Del Maguey)! Sales of Mezcal in the United States and around the world are growing quickly (up 72% in a decade according this...
Oct 29, 2015•40 min
Join us for a Sazerac and learn about the history of this iconic New Orleans Cocktail! The Official Sazerac Cocktail Ingredients: · 1 cube sugar · 1½ ounces (35ml) Sazerac Rye Whiskey or Buffalo Trace Bourbon · ¼ ounce Herbsaint · 3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters · Lemon peel Method: • Pack an Old-Fashioned glass with ice • In a second Old-Fashioned glass place the sugar cube and add the Peychaud's Bitters to it, then crush the sugar cube • Add the Sazerac Rye Whiskey or Buffalo Trace Bourbon to the ...
Oct 22, 2015•39 min
Authentic Caribbean Rum Bartender Journey Podcast # 131 · This week we attend the ACR Authentic Caribbean Rum event in Brooklyn. · The ACR is a distiller’s association. A group of distillers from the Caribbean Islands plus Belize in Central America and Guyana and Suriname in South America got together and decided that they wanted to set up some standards and a have a seal of quality and integrity. And also they of course they promote their rums and rum education. · Jason Cousins was the presente...
Oct 16, 2015•41 min
130 Craft vs. Mass Produced Spirits Bartender Journey Podcast number 130 · Can you really taste the difference between mass produced and craft spirits? I tend to think that in many cases you can…most especially in Gin and Rye Whiskey. We’ll talk with Nick Yoder from Journeyman Distillery in Michigan. · MGP Ingredients, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is a commercial distillery which since 1941 has been offering alcohol for wholesale purchase. Some brands purchase spirits from MGP and bottle it under th...
Oct 08, 2015•30 min
· This week we talk to Joe Raya, owner of the Gin Joint in Charleston, South Carolina. He & his wife also make delicious syrups for bartenders called Tippleman’s . There are 6 varieties and they are all awesome: o Burnt Sugar o Island Orxata o Falernum o Ginger Honey o Lemon Oleo Saccharum o Barrel Smoked Maple · Its Bartender Journey Podcast # 129 ! · First lets do a cocktail of the week! Its a Bourbon/Maple Old Fashioned using the Tippleman’s Barrel Smoked Maple syrup. The syrup is made using ...
Sep 30, 2015•31 min
This week we raise a glass and toast the Summer of 2015 with some Tiki talk (& Tiki Cocktails!) It’s Bartender Journey Podcast # 128 - Tiki Edition! Listen with the player below or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio. We talk with Nicole Weston – coauthor of Tiki Drinks -Tropical Cocktails for the Modern Bar . · Since it’s a Tiki Party , let’s get to our cocktail of the week right away! Its an authentic Mai Tai. We will use the recipe from Nicole’s book: o 1 oz aged rum o 1 oz rhum agricole a ...
Sep 23, 2015•34 min
On Bartender Journey Podcast # 127 we talk to a Dan & Adam who are building a Craft Cocktail Bar & Restaurant in a relatively small town in Missouri. How will Middle-America react? Listen to the show with the player below or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio. Our Book of the Week is Jon Taffer's Raise the Bar: An Action-Based Method for Maximum Customer Reactions Cocktail of the Week: Boulevardier 1 oz Rye Whiskey (I used Dad's Hat) 1 oz Campari 1 oz Sweet Vermouth (I used Martinez Lacuesta ...
Sep 16, 2015•40 min
· This week on Bartender Journey Podcast # 126, our guest is Cocktail Blogger Natalie from BeautifulBooze.com .We talk about how to get great photos of your cocktail creations and also her imaginative original cocktail recipes. · Also, we make up a Tiki recipe featuring Falarum syrup. We named “You Don’t Know My Mind!” Recipe: You Don’t Know My Mind! 1 oz Silver Tequila 1 oz Anjo Rum 1 oz Lime Juice ¾ oz Tippleman’s Falernum Regans Orange Bitters Angastora Bitters 6-8 Basil Leaves Slap Basil Lea...
Sep 10, 2015•34 min
This week on Bartender Journey Podcast # 125 there is a lot going on! Mandarine Napoléon cocktail competition in New Orleans during Tales of the Cocktail 2015. We talk with owner of Mandarine Napoléon Marc de Kuyper and get a chance to talk to some of the bartenders competing in the contest...and taste their cocktails! See below for pictures and cocktail recipes from the event! We also talk to Tony Abou-Ganim about his book Vodka Distilled: The Modern Mixologist on Vodka and Vodka Cocktails. Ton...
Sep 02, 2015•31 min
We get a lesson on making Caipirinha cocktails from owner of Leblon Cachaça, Steve Luttmann! Cachaça is the national spirit of Brazil and the base spirit for the Caipirinha cocktail. Find the Caipirinha recipe below. Also, we pay tribute to Sasha Petraske, who left us way too soon and left a hole in the Bartending community. Quoting from the New York Times article about Sasha's passing, "Mr. Petraske’s role in the modern cocktail revival is difficult to overstate." Mix up a Classic Daiquiri with...
Aug 26, 2015•37 min
Jacques Bezuidenhout joins us for a great chat about Tequila. Jacques is the Brand Ambassador for Partida Tequila. We talk about the process of growing the Agave plants and distilling this traditional spirit. We also mix up some Tequila Cocktails and experiment with Bar40 Bitters. Listen to the podcast with the audio player below, or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio ....
Aug 19, 2015•19 min
On the show this week we talk with Bartender and Author Tristan Stevenson. It’s the Bartender Journey Podcast # 122! We talk about cocktail science, whiskey, his books , and how to taste spirits. Tristan Stephenson is the author of · - The Curious Bartender: The Artistry and Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail · - The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt Bourbon & Rye Whiskeys · - The Curious Barista's Guide to Coffee Also mentioned on the show this week: - Beachbum Berry's Potions of the ...
Aug 12, 2015•39 min
This week on the Bartender Journey Podcast we chat with the charming Anne-Louise Marquis, Brand Ambassador for Grand Marnier. We have a great chat about Anne-Louise's experience as a young bartender in Manhattan, about the iconic Grand Marnier Orange Liqueur, and about the life of a Brand Ambassador. A fascinating conversation! Listen with the audio player below, on the Bartender Journey web site , or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio ....
Aug 05, 2015•36 min
Last week we discussed Tales 2015, but there is still more to talk about! Its the Bartender Journey Podcast #120: Tales Wrap-up Part II! We have additional interviews with Shake The Vine cocktail competition finalists. We also talk to podcast listener Tony, who attended Tales for the first time this year, and hear his impressions of the event. Take a listen to the Tales Of The Cocktail 2015 wrap-up show Part II with the player below, or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio . The Book of the Wee...
Jul 29, 2015•35 min
