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The Cosmopolitan is a modern classic cocktail that’s reached far into drinks culture. For this episode, Cosmo creator Toby Cecchini (owner of Brooklyn’s Long Island Bar) shares the story of the drink’s origins and its rapid takeover of cocktail culture, along with his approach to making his signature drink.
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Giuseppe González built his bartending reputation at bars including Flatiron Lounge, Clover Club, PKNY, and Suffolk Arms. Now working in Las Vegas, he’s made it his mission every December to share his love of coquito, a spiced rum-and-coconut drink from Puerto Rico that’s essential for celebrating the holidays. For this episode, González talks with us about coquito’s history and shares his recipe (below) and tips for making a batch to share with friends and family.
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Coquito Tradicional
Makes about 5 ½ liters60 oz. / 5 cans evaporated milk
60 oz. / 4 cans cream of coconut (such as Coco Lopez)
2 Tbsp. good-quality vanilla extract
6 long cinnamon sticks (preferably Mexican cinnamon)
3 Tbsp. ground nutmeg
4 whole star anise
6 whole cloves
2 liters aged Puerto Rican rumAdd all of the ingredients, except the rum, to a large pot and bring to a boil, stirring to combine. Immediately remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Add the rum and stir, then strain out the solids, saving the cinnamon sticks and discarding the rest. Using an immersion blender (or a blender, working in batches), blend for at least 90 seconds. Bottle for use or for gifting, adding a cinnamon stick to each bottle. Keep refrigerated. To serve, pour chilled into a small cup or glass (or add to coffee), and grate fresh nutmeg or cinnamon on top, if desired.
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What’s an ideal Thanksgiving cocktail? And how do you make the perfect eggnog? In our November/December 2024 issue, Imbibe contributing editor Wayne Curtis explores the former topic, and Portland bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler contemplates the latter. For this episode, we talk with Wayne and Jeff about Thanksgiving cocktails, other holiday drinks (good and bad), and how to prepare for the festive season.
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Boston has long been a beacon of cocktail culture in America, and Jackson Cannon is a big reason behind that. For this episode, we talk with the longtime Boston bartender about the evolution of the city’s cocktail scene over the past couple of decades, and about the reopening of Eastern Standard, one of the city’s landmark establishments.
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The Brandy Crusta isn’t only an essential New Orleans cocktail, it’s a key part of cocktail history, too. New Orleans bartender Chris Hannah first refined his approach to the Crusta while working at Arnaud’s French 75, and today the cocktail is a central part of the story at Jewel of the South, the French Quarter bar and restaurant where he’s a partner. For this episode, Chris Hannah shares the significance of the Brandy Crusta, and talks us through the Jewel of the South approach to the cocktail today.
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[This episode originally debuted in July 2023.] Perhaps no 20th-century cocktail has resonated as strongly (or been misinterpreted as widely) as the Mai Tai. This episode considers the Mai Tai from every angle, with drinks historian, author, and bar owner Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (Latitude 29, New Orleans) delving into his first-hand research into the Mai Tai’s history and how it became an international sensation, and sharing his own approach to the drink, along with best practices for Mai Tai success.
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[This episode originally debuted in May 2022.] In the May/June 2022 issue of Imbibe, we feature a Vodka Martini from The Doctor’s Office in Seattle, and for this episode, we visit the bar and find out about their approach to the cocktail. We chat with TDO bar director Keith Waldbauer about the blind-tasting process that resulted in their preferred formula, the virtues of batching cocktails in advance, and about coming to terms with vodka and vodka cocktails during the cocktail renaissance. Want to mix one of TDO’s Vodka Martinis for yourself? Here’s the recipe, and visit @imbibe on Instagram to see Keith Waldbauer walk us through the process.
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It’s Negroni Week! In celebration of this iconic cocktail, thousands of bars around the world are mixing Negronis and its relatives all week, while supporting this year’s giving partner, Slow Food. For this episode, we talk to Livio Lauro, an Italian-born bartender now working as the director of mixology and product education for Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, about his early embrace of the Negroni and how this cocktail continues to be a fascination and inspiration for bartenders worldwide.
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Australian bartender Sam Ross first made his name in the New York City bar world at Milk & Honey, working under Sasha Petraske and alongside longtime business partner Michael McIlroy. Today, Ross is the co-owner of Attaboy, along with a growing list of bars and cafes. For this episode, we talk about the duo’s newest New York bar, Good Guy’s; the growth of their bar group in New York City and Nashville; and about his role as creator of modern classic cocktails including the Penicillin and the Paper Plane.
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Danny Childs turned to bartending as a way to earn extra money between research work as an anthropologist and ethnobotanist. Over time, he merged his interests in the botanical world and bartending, culminating in the book Slow Drinks, which recently earned a James Beard Foundation Award. For this episode, we chat with Childs about his path from field researcher to foraging bartender, and about how his slow drinks philosophy intersects with the larger goals of the Slow Food movement.
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The annual Tales of the Cocktail conference kicks off next week in New Orleans. Tales has gone through many changes over the past 22 years, and for this episode, we explore some of the recent history of the event, and its influence and philanthropic efforts around the globe, with Tales of the Cocktail Foundation co-chairs Neal Bodenheimer and Gary Solomon Jr.
Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.
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Our July/August issue features a profile of Samara Davis, written by Gray Chapman. For this episode, Samara returns to Radio Imbibe to talk about her many projects in the spirits industry and in bourbon culture, including the Black Bourbon Society, Diversity Distilled, the Society Marketing Group, the Black-Owned Spirits Scholarship, and Bourbon Boule.
Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.
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The Daiquiri is an undisputed champion of the cocktail world, and its simple formula not only offers the promise of a complex character, but it’s a great starting point for endless exploration. For this episode, we take a deep dive into all things Daiquiri with a roundtable discussion including some of today’s top Daiquiri practitioners: Joshua Ibañez, bar manager at Rumba in Seattle and an Imbibe 75 alum; Shannon Mustipher, another Imbibe 75 alumnus and author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails; and Garret Richard, co-author (with Ben Schaffer) of Tropical Standard, and bar manager at Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn.
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The Uncle Nearest Raise the Bar Mentorship Alliance is a new platform that aims to match veteran bartenders with upcoming talent for the betterment of the bar community. In addition to Lucia Creed, head of trade advocacy for Uncle Nearest, we're joined by two of the program’s inaugural mentors: Kate Gerwin, owner of Happy Accidents in Albuquerque, New Mexico and a finalist of Drink Masters on Netflix; and Tiffanie Barriere, an Atlanta-based bartender and educator and Imbibe 75 alum.
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With a career that started in the mid-1970s and that continued until his death in 2021, bar owner and Tequila Ocho co-founder Tomas Estes helped change the way we drink, and think about, tequila. The Tequila Ambassador V.O., a fully revised version of his book, was released this spring, and for this episode we talk to the team members who helped bring it together: his longtime friend and colleague Phil Bayly, his son and Tequila Ocho global ambassador Jesse Estes, and the book’s editor, Mitch Wilson.
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Shochu is Japan’s signature spirit, yet it’s not well known outside the country. As our May/June 2024 cover feature reveals, that’s starting to change, with a wider array of excellent shochu increasingly appearing in American bars. For this episode, we talk about all things shochu with Stephen Lyman and Christopher Pellegrini, the co-hosts of the Japan Distilled podcast, authors of books about Japanese spirits, and partners in Honkaku Spirits, which sources and bottles Japanese shochu and exports it to the U.S.
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Pick some mint from the garden (or the farmers market) and grab a bottle of bourbon, because peak springtime is the perfect season for mixing up Mint Juleps. With Derby Day just around the corner, we talk Juleps with Joe Stinchcomb, a veteran bartender and an owner of Bar Muse in Oxford, Mississippi.
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Romeo’s opened in New York City this past December, promising to bring a new kind of cocktail experience to the East Village. For this episode, we talk to owner Evan Hawkins about the kind of bar he wanted to open with Romeo’s, and about how the bar combines his years of experience bartending in nightclubs with the lessons he learned at craft cocktail bars like Mother’s Ruin and Broken Shaker. Find Romeo’s on Instagram: @romeosnyc
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Vermouth is an essential cocktail ingredient, and it can also be spectacular when served on its own. For this episode, we talk to several bartenders about the many reasons vermouth fascinates them and factors into their work: Alf del Portillo and Marta Premoli, owners of Quattro Teste in Lisbon, Portugal, and Francesco Lafranconi, who helped establish the vermouth program at the Rosevale Cocktail Room in New York City.
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François Monti is a Madrid-based journalist, educator, and Imbibe contributing writer, and the author of books including El Gran Libro del Vermut. For this episode, he joins us to talk about all things vermouth (the focus of our March/April issue), exploring vermouth’s rich history in cocktails, its culinary connection, and the future of this aperitif wine. He can be found on Instagram @francoismonti.
Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.
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