I entered Wynand Fockink armed with a little bottle of Nestle Pure Life Purified Water, filled not with it’s original content, but rather with a sample of Rum Punch decanted for me a my State side fr...
The second seminar I was involved with at Tales of the Cocktail was all to do with was the VOC (Dutch East Indies Trading Company) has done for the modern bar. The moderator for this seminar was/is a...
For most in the Northern Hemisphere, July represents a break from the bitter cold. It’s signifies what should be the beginning of a few months spent basking in the sun, sprawled out like some k...
It has admittedly been a while since my last post, so I though I would get things going again with another Bartending Basics tip. Recently I’ve had a surprising number of guests at the bar aski...
When reading a drink recipe you’ll often come across terms like “muddle the lime”, garnish with a lime wedge or a slice of lemon and you’ll be asked to use fresh lemon or lime...
Anybody unsure of the potential behind pairing cocktails with food has clearly never tried the combined delights of Peru’s national mixed drink with their national dish. Pisco is a colourless b...
Vanilla syrup is simply a syrup flavored with vanilla. Making it yourself is very easy and tastes significantly better than any of the commercial syrups I’ve tasted. There are a few different w...
More often than not, a drinks recipe will call for some kind of Sugar Syrup or Gomme. The latter is simply another word for sugar syrup. Making sugar syrup is easy and simply involves dissolving fine...
Located down a side street adjacent to Amsterdam’s Dam Square is a true imbibers gem. Wynand Fockink is so much more than what meets the eye. The average person might stumble on this tiny water...
After a quick visit to the movies with my girlfriend, we decided a “wee dram” was in order. Located just off Leidseplein in Amsterdam is a watering hole every whisky lover should make a p...
It was on this day in 1885 that Mark twain published Huckleberry Finn. The book documents all sorts of struggles with alcoholism and could even leave you believing Mr Twain was against the heavenly n...
I was flown over to St Barts for a bartending gig with Misja Vorstermans (Global Bartending) and Dennis Tamse. Misja and Dennis are good friends and fatastic bartenders to say the least. Anyone who h...
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