Life Behind Bars - Episode 30 - The Greatest Bartenders the World Forgot

10/24/18 • 25 min

Life Behind Bars with Noah Rothbaum & David Wondrich

The stars of the rebirth of the cocktail are legendary bartenders, likeJerry Thomas, Harry Johnson andHarry Craddock, who worked decades and decades ago. Their drink books are now back in print and their signature cocktails can be found on bar menus around the world.

But there are several important bartenders who made major mixological contributions that have been largely lost to history. This episode of Life Behind Barsis about Duncan Nicol, who ran San Francisco’s famed Bank Exchange until Prohibition and was known for his signature Pisco Punch, and Jim Gray, who was one of New York’s most famous bartenders in the late 1800s when he worked at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

Listen now to find out more about these two incredible barmen.

Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders and greatest cocktails of all time. It won the 2018 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for the world’s best drinks podcast.

Edited by Alex Skjong

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Listen now to find out more about these two incredible barmen.

Edited by Alex Skjong

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 29 - You Only Know Half of Rum’s History

The history of rum usually begins and ends with the Caribbean. It makes sense since the region is home to many famous brands and has been producing the liquor since the 1600s. But that’s really only part of the spirit’s long story. There is strong evidence that people were making spirits from sugarcane 1,000 years earlier in India. This distilling knowledge ultimately traveled with sailors, explorers and traders, and it was brought to the Caribbean and Brazil where it flourished. If you love to drink rum you need to listen to co-host David Wondrich build his case for this revolutionary theory and share his deep research on the topic. Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders and greatest cocktails of all time. It just won the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for the world's best drinks podcast.Edited by Alex Skjong

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 31 The Wide World of Whiskey

For decades, Kentucky, Scotland, Ireland and Canada dominated the whiskey business. Few bars carried any whiskies made anywhere else and that was really just fine with most drinkers. But over the last decade, these distilling stalwarts have been joined by an ever-growing international selection of bottles from India, Japan Scandinavia and seemingly everywhere in between. On this episode of Life Behind Bars co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum discuss this growing trend, share their favorite international whiskies and forecast where they see the business headed. (Spoiler alert: Are you ready for Italian whiskey?) So pour yourself a good dram and listen to this spirited conversation.Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders and greatest cocktails of all time. It just won the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for the world's best drinks podcast.Edited by Alex Skjong.

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