Tales of the Cocktail 2019: Just the Highlights
Throughout the festival, we attended dozens of different events. But the below five-pack represents some of our favorite highlights from Tales 2019.
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Great drinks always need great events to go along with them. Stay tuned to this section for coverage of tastings, festivals, competitions (the rowdier the better), results from world-renowned award shows, and all kinds of other fantastic drinking events.
Your 2019 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards Winners
Tales of the Cocktail 2019 is in the books, and the New Orleans-based cocktail festival capped things off with the 13th annual Spirited Awards.
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Thirst Boston Shakes It Up for 2019
Thirst Boston is back for another round April 26-28.
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5 Can’t-Miss Drinking Experiences in the Cayman Islands
Bend an elbow with some friendly locals, and taste your way through the Cayman Islands.
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Tales of the Cocktail Heads to Puerto Rico in 2019
Tales on Tour’s 2019 host city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, home to plenty of rum and great bars.
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Art Beyond the Glass Pops Up in Oakland on October 21
This Oakland event will showcase bartender artistry, both inside and beyond the glass. Tickets are on sale now.
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Deep Eddy Hits the Road With Its Vodka-Dispensing Trailer
Deep Eddy’s Dive-In Trailer is bringing the Austin brand’s day-drinking and music-listening ethos to the rest of the country.
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I Dare You to Ruin My Negroni
What makes a Negroni a Negroni? And when do variations simply become different cocktails? Good questions… let’s find out.
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Thirst Boston Is Back for Another Round
Thirst Boston is back for another round of spirited seminars and events. Join in April 27-29.
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Ultimate Cocktail Experience Shakes Up Drinks for a Good Cause
Sip cocktails for a great cause at the Ultimate Cocktail Experience.
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Welcome to the Ice Dojo
Japan has no shortage of natural wonders. But for cocktail enthusiasts, one stands out in particular: the baseball-sized, hand-carved ice spheres that chill libations in every bar from Sapporo to Osaka. In April I attended a class at Thirst Boston…
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Cocktail Conversations with Ann Tuennerman
Ann Tuennerman discusses Tales of the Cocktail, recent controversy, and moving forward.
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13 Tips for Tales of the Cocktail
Consult these expert tips for a successful Tales of the Cocktail.
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Help Support the 2017 Negroni Rides
Negroni Week is just around the corner, and along with it comes a series of Negroni Rides—group bike rides with a distance of approximately 40+ miles, held in various cities around the US—to benefit the Helen David Relief Fund, a…
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Belgian Bartender Wins 2017 Bacardi Legacy Competition
Belgian bartender Ran Van Ongevalle wins the 2017 Bacardi Global Cocktail Competition.
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Thirst Boston 2017 Is Almost Here
New England, we hope you’re parched. Because Thirst Boston is returning to its namesake city for a fourth time, running from April 28th-30th. Its schedule of seminars is now online, and some of this year’s more interesting events include a…
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The Fifth Annual Ultimate Cocktail Experience Draws Bartenders and Brands for a Good Cause
As we’ve witnessed from numerous fundraisers and events over the years, bartenders have a unique ability and desire to assemble for a good cause–donating their time and effort in the ultimate show of hospitality. And that’s what we have here,…
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Craft Spirits Carnival 2016 in Pictures
The San Francisco Craft Spirits Carnival has become an annual tradition in the world of California distilling, and 2016’s installment proved as big a hit as ever. This year marked the transition to a new venue—the City View space atop SoMa’s…
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Making Bitters with Auchentoshan
As the rain poured down on an otherwise lovely afternoon in the Big Easy, a small group of us dipped into the fascinating New Orleans Pharmacy Museum to learn more about bitters and single malt scotch. It was a fitting…
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Highlights from Tales of the Cocktail 2016
Another Tales of the Cocktail is in the books, and with it, another productive week spent in New Orleans attending seminars, tasting spirits, meeting distillers and enjoying enough revelry to make us feel fortunate this only happens once per year….
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