Starting last Tuesday and ending this past Sunday, the 8th year of the largest and most epic spirits and mixology event in the U.S. took place in New Orleans, LA. It has taken just as long for most of the industry professionals to recover and report on their experiences. We searched all over the blogosphere for recaps of the 2010 Tales of the Cocktail, and here is a list of some of our favorites:
- Drinking Lessons From Tales of the Cocktail (NewOrleans.com)
- “Tales of the Cocktail is summer camp for high-end bar flies. Instead of arts and crafts and archery, you get drink-y lectures covering the history of Prohibition and gin or the science of stirring. You also make new friends, get very little sleep and, instead of poison ivy and sunburns, you catch a few blinding hangovers.”
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Lots of exciting things happened in the fine beverage blogosphere this week. Here are some of Mutineer’s favorite posts of the week:
Spirit Blogs
Wine Blogs
- Don’t Bogart That Sip: Should Sommeliers Taste Your Wine Purchase? — (1WineDude)
- More Adventures in Wine Advertising — (Good Grape)
- The Secret Sherry Society: A Quick Interview in the Dark — (Catavino)
Craft Beer Blogs
Repeal Day was this last Saturday, December 5. We would’ve posted about it, but we were too busy with our Repeal Day celebrations. Some bloggers must’ve planned ahead to get their posts up; here are a few that caught our eye.
RepealDay.org is 100% Repeal Day awesomeness, complete with your favorite excerpts from the U.S. Constitution.
WashingtonBeerBlog offers a nice post that sums up what Repeal Day is all about. “What is Repeal Day, you ask?” Yup, that’s part of the post…told ya.
BeerGenius celebrates his Repeal Day with some famous beverage quotes from famous people.
Hop-Cast brought the fine folks from 21st Amendment Brewery in to chat on the video blog.
The Beer Wench recounts her San Diego Beer Week experience. [Drink With The Wench]
A very cool look at Firestone Walker XIII & Life and Limb/Limb & Life [BetterBeerBlog]
Brewery housed in old school for sale in Texas. I want it. Bad. [I Love Beer] Continue Reading »
6 million bottles of wine are destroyed in a warehouse fire caused by arson in a botched attempt to destroy evidence relating to other crimes. [Fermentation]
The good doctor is pumped about little Italian kids getting wine themed coloring projects. [Dr. Vino]
Team Lenndevours is on a mission to identify the best of the best in New York with their New York Cork Report. [Lenndevours] Continue Reading »
