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See below the EXCITING news that Tales of the Cocktail on Tour is returning to Vancouver in a mere 4 weeks! Make sure you purchase your tickets! For a list of cheaper accommodations, please email me directly at lauren@laurenmote.com. Cheers!  For Immediate Release Ann Tuennerman: (504) 948-0511; Ann@TalesoftheCocktail.com   2012 Tales of the Cocktail® on [...]

Some recipes for large batches of good-old holiday cheer! The big guy will be so drunk and happy! *o* Feature LDB Product: “Woodford Reserve Bourbon” For single serving: “Don’t upset the Apple-Cart” 1.50 oz Bourbon 1.00 oz Masala Black Chai Tea Syrup* 0.75 oz Lemon juice 2.00 oz Apple cider 2 dashes Angostura bitters Stir [...]

Spending the holidays entertaining day after day can be tiring, and quite costly. Recipes that are easy to execute, while being affordable and innovative can be challenging, but punch is the savior. With its long and antiquated history, the punch still stands alone as the “holiday water-cooler”; an instigator of conversation, an ice-breaker, something to [...]

The Canadian Professional Bartender’s Association (CPBA) and “Made with Love” Mixology are proud to announce their first Vancouver stop on the Canadian tour. This popular 400 person event has created its success by working with Canada’s top bartenders and mixologists in various cities, including Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto. As the official “Made with Love” [...]

As we’re approaching the inaugural Vancouver beginnings for Tales of the Cocktail on Tour, I decided “quick-like-fox” to throw a really inspiring cocktail list together, and launch it just in time for all eyes to be on the West Coast libations scene! Available now at the Refinery, my bar team – Graham Racich & Marlo [...]

Each month, my bar team – Graham Racich, Marlo Panucci, Ben de Champlain – and I develop a set of ingredients and unique on-the-spot impromtu cocktails for guests that reflect our interesting style of cocktailing. Here’s what we’ve done so far for February: Ingredient List: Ancho-Chipotle Bitters Orange-Juniper-Cardamom Bitters Grapefruit-Fennel-Szechuan Pepper Bitters Plum-Rootbeer Bitters Corn-Vanilla [...]

Kir – nothing tastes quite like it. It’s simple, elegant, palate-cleansing and the cassis makes the drink. That juicy, viscous peppery “bite” to the liqueur is the quintessential characteristic associated with this cocktail. So here’s what I did – I changed the cassis. This cocktail is an adaptation of the classic black currant cassis and [...]

by Lauren Mote This is a two-part recipe that incorporates some interesting ingredients, adapted from an old-school Jerry Thomas “California Milk Punch” recipe, accompanied by a little food-science-y side dish using the leftovers from punch production. Phew. So… we begin. Don’t be frightened by Lauren Mote’s use of vodka, this is for a cocktail competition [...]

Although the posting to reflect on the entire experience of the competition itself, here is the recipe for my cocktail, the Nolet Pratt, which won second place on Tuesday night in the National Barchef Competition. The Nolet Pratt cocktail was inspired by the deconstructed tasting note for the entire Dutch region. As the cocktail itself [...]

Did you ever have a Mai-Tai and think, “holy shit, this is the best drink I’ve ever had….” well, you’d only think that if you’re into well-made “tiki” cocktails most likely, but there’s that distinguishable flavour in the glass that will always make the cocktail impossible to duplicate on the same thirst-quenching level if you [...]