How a Mai Tai should NOT be and how it should be

El Dorado the Liquid Gold…

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Demerara Rums from Guyana

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Demerara Rums Part One

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Demerara Rums Part Two

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Cachaca and Rhum agricole, what`s the difference?

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Havana Club

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Old New Orleans Cajun Spiced Rum

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St Nicholas Abbey 12 yo

Plantation 3 Stars White Rum

Blackwell Rum

Denizen Rum

Plantation Original Dark Overproof

Tiki Lovers Rum

Tahitian Vanilla Syrup

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Hibiscus Grenadine

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Sugarcane!

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Gomme syrup

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Learn how to easily open a coconut and mix up a tasty Coconaut.

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COOKING RECIPES – From Demerara Baked Papaya to Crab Claws and Gumbo

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2013 Tales of The Cocktail Nominations! is here!

2013 Tales of The Cocktail Nominations! is here!

Tales of The Cocktail is America’s largest annual cocktail festival that brings together the best in the industry from all over the world for a week-long conference, celebration, and gathering. The 11th Annual Tales of The Cocktail and Spirited Awards take place in New Orleans, July [...]

Tales 2012 – A Recap of Tastings and Events

As everyone who have been to the Tales of the Cocktail knows, it´s not just a ton of seminars it´s also tastings, parties and events of all kinds…and there´s so much happening that it´s impossible to do it all, you will always miss out on things but on the other hand you´ll also do [...]

Tales 2012 – Exploring the Bar World Myths

Here´s a seminar exploring the bar world myths – what is true and what is not? it was a seminar with some interesting experiments.

TRUE – UNTRUE – EXPLORING THE BAR WORLD MYTHS

Does that two-year-old bottle of vermouth really ruin a martini? Does it truly make a difference if you use sour mix [...]

Tales 2012 – Curacao – The ultimate guide to the world´s favorite liqueur flavor

Who doesn´t like curacao? and who doesn`t use it? – but WHO has seen it being distilled live on stage? and been able to try it out after? – well…all the attendees of this seminar did..

“From the Bare Bellybutton Liqueur of 1500s Amsterdam to the very first orange liqueurs on Curacao, and from [...]

New Orleans and Tales of the Cocktail 2012

Time to change pace and content on this blog for a while…so i`m taking a break from my normal cocktail posts…

I`m now in New Orleans again and will cover the Tales plus you may expect everything and anything New Orleans during the upcoming month depending on time permitting…so keep an eye for the Tales [...]

Tales of the Cocktail 2012 – Curacao – The ultimate guide to the world´s favorite liqueur flavor

This years Tales of the Cocktail celebrates it`s 10 year anniversary and that is a promise of even more frenzy as usual so gear up if you`re planning to go!

Among the sessions i`m planning to attend is “Curacao – the ultimate guide to the world´s favorite liqueur flavor”

“From the Bare Bellybutton Liqueur [...]

Tales of the Cocktail 2012 – Bottle Alley – Drinking The Panama Canal

Panamanian alcohology…let that word sink in for a while…

Doesn`t that sound like something you´d just wanna dive right into? i know i want to….and i will! – Here`s a seminar for devoted cocktail lovers - Drinking The Panama Canal!

The scandalous, murderous, delicious history of Panamanian alcohology. From 1502 to 1945, the Isthmus of [...]

Tales of the Cocktail 2012 – Tiki Host to the Stars Stephen Crane

Steve Crane´s Luau Scorpion - Photo courtesy Matt Marchese aka mr Bali Hai 

It´s soon time for the 10 year anniversary of the Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans and here´s the first peek at some of the boozy seminars…

The two great fathers of the Tiki craze – we know who they were - Don the Beachcomber [...]

NEW ORLEANS FOOD part 2 – Some serious Gourmet Poboy`s and Oysters

This is a slightly belated post about food during Tales week..or really anytime! this is part two.

Forget about your ordinary Poboy´s for a while..no matter how tasty they are…cuz i`m gonna present some killer one´s that i hope you`ll try when you get a chance, maybe next year at Tales?

I saw two [...]

TALES OF THE COCKTAIL 2011 – Wrap-up

So it´s over as fast as it rolled…it`s amazing how time flies when you have a lot to do, see, write and drink!

The biggest “problem” is to choose the seminars and tastings, you cannot possibly do it all but the good thing is that there´s more than enough for everyone. You also must [...]