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Boston Cocktail Summit Weekend, Part V: Amari and More 15 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
My Saturday afternoon at the Boston Cocktail Summit started with the session Do You Speak Amari?, with the energetic Francesco Lafronconi, National Directory of Mixology and Spirits Educator for South...
Boston Cocktail Summit Weekend, Part IV: Sweet and Bitter 12 Oct 2012 | 05:52 am
Friday night yielded a rough time getting out of bed on Saturday, but I rallied and made it in time for the Sweet and Bitter seminar at the Park Plaza. I'm very glad I did because this session proved...
Boston Cocktail Summit Weekend, Part III: Scent Science, Drink Writers, and More 11 Oct 2012 | 03:17 am
I began my Friday afternoon at the Boston Cocktail Summit with the seminar Making Sense of Scents, presented by Domingo-Martin Barreres, the resident mixologist at Market by Jean-George at the W Bosto...
Boston Cocktail Summit Weekend, Part II: How the Spirits Industry Works and Spirits Tasting 9 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
Brandy Rand presenting on How the Spirits Industry Works I kicked off Friday morning at the Boston Cocktail Summit by sitting in on the seminar How the Spirits Industry Works. Presenting were Brandy...
Boston Cocktail Summit Weekend, Part I: How to Make Vermouth 8 Oct 2012 | 08:05 pm
This past weekend heralded the first ever Boston Cocktail Summit, and yours truly was certainly not going to be one to pass on such festivities. The event kicked off on Thursday with a bevy of events...
Boston Cocktail Summit & Local Craft Brewfest 3 Oct 2012 | 11:56 pm
It's been a while, but this week brings with it the perfect stimulus to get me blogging again - the first ever Boston Cocktail Summit! This 3 day conference begins tomorrow, Thursday Oct. 4th and runs...
My Weekend at the MCC 2012: Part III 25 May 2012 | 07:22 am
On Monday of my Manhattan Cocktail Classic trip, I switched gears a bit and spent a good chunk of the day as a volunteer for the MCC helping with event check-ins, rather than as attendee. Even so, I ...
My Weekend at the MCC 2012: Part II 19 May 2012 | 12:00 am
Dushan Zaric at MCC Handcrafted Cocktails seminar Sunday of my MCC weekend was a bit more leisurely than the prior two days. The afternoon consisted of some dim sum and a trip over to Mario Batali's...
My Weekend at the MCC 2012: Part I 17 May 2012 | 12:36 am
Cacao Prieto's hybrid copper pot still The weekend has passed, but what a fun weekend! After a fantastic evening at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic opening gala on Friday, I headed on over to my firs...
Friday Night at the MCC 13 May 2012 | 03:37 am
The Manhattan Cocktail Classic started off the weekend with a bang Friday night with the opening gala at the New York Public Library. This was my first time attending the gala, and I must say it was ...
