During the dark, dry years of prohibition, enterprising men would embark on a nautical journey 12 miles out to sea to escape US jurisdiction. There, in international waters, sat hulking ships filled to the brim with rum, whiskey, and gin. Luckily, the failed experiment known as Prohibition is behind us, but going to 12 Mile [...]
Tag Archives: cocktails
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Trixie Minx
July 1, 2011 – 12:20 am
“I have a problem with wine. Once I find a wine I love, well, eventually it goes away. They only make so many cases in a year, so it’s a constant hunt for that next beautiful bottle. I started making cocktails in New Orleans because that’s what everyone wants. Everybody drinks. I got into bartending [...]
The Booze Tube: Home Bars
July 1, 2011 – 12:19 am
According to the people who track these sorts of things, real cocktails are the new black. A genuine cocktail made with an intoxicating liquor or two, some rare bitters, and a generous shake over chipped ice has replaced the martini bar, cigar bar, wine bar and beer garden. May the peanut butter and jelly martini [...]
Jeremy Thompson of Eiffel Society: Simple Isn’t Simple
July 1, 2011 – 12:17 am
Anyone who has had a drink at the Eiffel Society has probably noticed Bar Manager Jeremy Thompson. He is hard to miss, and in fact, fun to watch. Thompson works his bar with the swift efficiency of a practiced craftsman, and is styled somewhere between a Mad Max road warrior and a Weimar cabaret newsboy. [...]
Tea and Tales of the Cocktail
July 1, 2011 – 12:03 am
On July 23, a funeral procession will throng through the French Quarter. The second liners won’t be in funeral attire; they will wear formal clothes and emerge at 11:30 a.m. from the Hotel Monteleone, the starting point of the procession. The departed was once a close friend of the second liners, especially during the 1990s, [...]
Tales of the Cocktail Kicks Off
July 22, 2010 – 11:22 am
This week, thousands of bartenders descend upon the city. They come from all over the world, bearing knowledge of spirits and techniques and liquor history, and don plastic badges on lanyards as they come together to celebrate their shared love: cocktails. Since the Tales of the Cocktail began in 2003, its founders Ann and Paul [...]
