The Modern Bar Cart Podcast

In this episode, we chat with Modern Bar Cart co-founder Ethan Hall about how to get your cocktail on when you're not at home or at the bar. Some of the things we discuss include: Cocktails on trains and planes Flasked and batched cocktails A rundown of my mobile cocktail command center to give you some ideas about the tools we use to make drinks when we take Modern Bar Cart on the road at events. How to condense your liquor collection when you're about to make a large-scale or permanent move. How to use tube socks to safeguard your most precious liquid possessions And much, much more.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into homemade cocktail syrups, teaching you everything you need to know to make your own delicious cocktail mixers. We discuss: Popular sweeteners Instructions for stovetop syrups How to stabilize your syrups to avoid spoilage And much, much more

In this episode, we pull up a chair in The Petworth Citizen and Reading Room to interview bartender and Sherry buff Chantal Tseng. Some of the topics we cover include: The popular types of sherry, and what sets them apart from one another The production methods and terroir unique to the sherry producing communities in southern Spain Sherry vocab terms en espanol, as well as a quick crash course in the shorthand that sherry producers and blenders write on their barrels The best Sherry cocktails to serve at your next gathering or cocktail party Why you might want to grab a drink with Edgar Allan Poe And much, much more.

In this second episode of our two part chat with Bourbon aficionado Jordan Wicker of the Speaking Easy Podcast, we sample five very different bourbons and discuss some great bourbon cocktails to try at home.

In this Episode, we talk Bourbon with Jordan Wicker of the Speaking Easy Podcast.

In this episode, we chat with illustrator and architect Melissa Wood about her iconic recipe book, The Architecture of the Cocktail.

In this episode, we chat with cocktail author and beertail expert Jon Yeager, who runs a Nashville-based beverage consulting company alongside his wife Lindsay. The two have co-authored the upcoming book, The Ultimate Guide to Beer Cocktails, forthcoming from Skyhorse Publishing. In this episode, we discuss: The vast sweep of beer history, zooming in and out to identify key moments in the development of the beer cocktail. Where and how these concoctions came about, with special focus on Great Britain and the United States. The use of herbs, spices, and bittering agents like wormwood to create proto-cocktails with strange names like gruit, purl, wassail, and posset. Classic and contemporary beertails ranging from Jerry Thomas's Porter Punch to the Michelada. The answer to the ever-pressing question: What would Jesus Drink? And much, much more.

In this episode, we cover the most essential elements of good tasting notes, including how to do a wine, beer, or spirits tasting in the first place, as well as how to articulate your thoughts in a way that advances conversations and adds value.

In this episode, garden designer and cocktail architect Leeann Lavin pulls up a mic to talk garnishes. We give you the low-down on so many different types of garnishes, as well as how to improve your garnish game at home. And of course, we talk about her upcoming book, Finishing Touches: The Art of Garnishing the Cocktail.

In this episode, we hang out with Ben Wiley, ower-operator of Archipelago here in Washington, DC. It's a great Tiki bar with a lot of personality, and Ben takes us through some of the essentials that every Tiki enthusiast needs to know.