Video: Tuning Fork Cocktail

In his latest piece for the Atlantic, Wayne Curtis travelled to Vancouver to see a growing trend in the city’s cocktailing: using tuning forks to stir cocktails (really, Vancouver?). The theory is that vibrations of the right frequency will do something to the drink’s molecules and enhance the drink’s flavour. … Read More

The Blue Blazer

We hold this truth to be self-evident: fire makes cocktails better. The first bartender’s manual was published 1862 by Jerry Thomas, and this drink, the Blue Blazer, was his signature drink. It’s essentially a hot toddy made extra-hot with a theatrical flourish of fire.

Why Your Cocktails Stink

You dropped 50 bucks on a bottle of Grey Goose. You pre-chilled your glasses and you hunted all over town for those Spanish olives. So why, oh master mixologist, does your vodka martini taste like crap? The answer: It was those three-month-old ice cubes in your filthy freezer. Good bartenders … Read More

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