In an effort to support a seafood industry that plays such a large role in the culinary traditions of New Orleans, The New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society (NOCCPS) sold a limited edition bar towel during Tales of the Cocktail. During the festival and in the weeks following, towel sales have raised $7,500 for… Read more »
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Four Roses Distillery Day in Honor of 100th Distillery Anniversary declared by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear
Four Roses Bourbon tells BourbonBlog.com that Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has declared tomorrow as “Four Roses Distillery Day.” This is in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the distillery. We congratulate Four Roses on this honor and join with them in celebrating 100 years. Four Roses also released a Limited Edition Single Barrel this past spring… Read more »
400-Year-Old Ice with Four Roses Bourbon at The Mixoloseum, New Orleans
BourbonBlog.com joins our Four Roses Bourbon friends at The Mixoloseum where the centerpiece of the evening is 400-year-old glacier ice from Alaska being carved into spheres to serve with Four Roses Bourbon in this video episode. × Special thanks to Gabriel Szasko of CocktailNerd.com and The Mixoloseum AND Laura Baddish of The Baddish Group. Also… Read more »
All Good Things Must Come to an End, from Rooftop Pool at Hotel Monteleone
All Good Things Must Come to an End…So there I sat, worn from four amazing days of seminars, tastings and networking at Tales of the Cocktail. The rooftop pool at Hotel Monteleone, the final stand – Brand Ambassadors, Bartenders, Writers, Mixologists, Chefs, Volunteers, Owners, Aficionados, Apprentices, Beverage Consultants and whoever else I have left out…. Read more »
Come Together, Right Now at Tales of the Cocktail, Day 4
Day 4 Come Together, Right Now Nearing the end of our fantastic voyage, it seemed only appropriate that all of the disparate elements within the world of spirits (and those that love them) find a happy medium- a meeting ground for all that we enjoy. Heaven Hill Distilleries invited us to their unique tasting room… Read more »
Cabana Cachaça Bartender Olympics
Cabana Cachaça Bartender Olympics at Tales of the Cocktail puts teams of bartenders and mixologist from across the country to the test in making more than caipirinhas with Brazil’s leading super premium Cachaça. Our interview with Cabana Cachaça founder Matti Anttila and all the action between the teams to win the the Golden Muddler in… Read more »
Casa Noble Tequila and intervew with Jose Hermosillo at Tales of the Cocktail
Casa Noble Tequila is in a class of flavor all its own and we learn why as BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Casa Noble Tequila CEO Jose Hermosillo at Tales of the Cocktail 2010 in the video below. We taste the Casa Noble Crystal, Reposado, and Añejo Tequilas. × Filmed at the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans,… Read more »
Tales of the Cocktail, It’s Just Getting Good on Day 3
Tales of the Cocktail, Day 3 Part 2 – It’s Just Getting Good New Orleans in July, Southerners say “is as hot as the Devil’s Doors.” No better way to refresh oneself as the locals- with some Iced Tea or Southern Lemonade. Firefly Distillery of Wadmalaw Island South Carolina fortunately has infused both flavors into… Read more »
Wheated Bourbon Aged 10 Years, New Parker’s Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill Distilleries
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. tells BourbonBlog.com that they will release the fourth edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection as a cask-strength non-chill filtered 10-year-old wheated Bourbon in September 2010. This Bourbon uses soft winter wheat instead of rye as the “small grain” to produce a less spicy, rounder Bourbon. This limited annual series of rare, aged… Read more »
Master Blender Richard Paterson and The Dalmore at Tales of the Cocktail
Richard Paterson, Master Blender of Scotland’s Whyte & Mackay at Tales of the Cocktail with The Damore Single Malt Scotch Whisky. In this video episode below, BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews him about the proper way to drink The Dalmore. Tom challenges Richard like he has never been challenged before at Tales of the Cocktail 2010… Read more »
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