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Art Beyond the Glass Pictures

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:55:34 +0000

Tequila Ocho Sangrita Competition Pictures

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:45:50 +0000

Rum: Its History, Manufature and Styles

chuck@gumbo.org (Chuck Taggart) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:09:08 +0000

Cocktail and spirits writer Michael Dietsch has been doing a wonderful series for the Serious Eats website to introduce their readers to serious drinking. Along with learning about new and classic cocktails they might not have tried yet, the SE readers are also getting some basic spirits education.

Are you a rum fan? (Well, Caña regulars are, natch.) What do you know about this delectable spirit? Surely more than that idiot in the instructional video that said, "rum is a liquor that comes in many different colors." Learn something new or brush up on what you already know in Mike Dietsch's primer on rum, its history, manufacture and styles.

Now, have a Ti Punch, a Daiquiri, an El Presidente or a Zombie! (By the way, a while back John Coltharp made us a Scarlet Ibis Daiquiri with two barspoons of Averna. This is a super, super good thing. We make them at home all the time. You should too.)

CLASS Magazine profiles Eric Alperin

chuck@gumbo.org (Chuck Taggart) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:49:24 +0000

Simon Difford's always-superb magazine CLASS (now finally available online!) returns to L.A. for a lovely profile of our own Eric Alperin of The Varnish.

I never looked down my nose at the LA bar scene though I knew that there wasn't much of a cocktail culture here. There wasn't really a programme anywhere but there was a lot of "this bartender's good, that bartender's good". That's how I met Marcos Tello - I went to Seven Grand, asked for egg white in my whisky sour and he came over to ask why I asked. A month later, Damian Windsor, Cedd Moses, Marcos and I and a bunch of others went on a roadtrip to San Francisco. I like to joke that that trip changed LA cocktail culture.

DineLA on Bar + Kitchen

chuck@gumbo.org (Chuck Taggart) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:44:11 +0000

DineLA has done a lovely little feature on a terrific little venue that I'm sure has become a favorite of many of you (as it is mine) Bar | Kitchen at the O Hotel in Downtown LA. Great food, great drinks and great people -- visit soon and see for yourself if you haven't already!

Pictures form November's Sporting Life Meeting

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:40:08 +0000

Here are some photos from November's Sporting Life Meeting at Thirsty Crow sponsored by Maker's Mark!
Apologies for the photo quality. It was dark and I arrived late.

Pictures from October's Sporting Life Meeting

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:34:10 +0000

Here are some photos from October's Sporting Life Meeting at SoHo House sponsored by Martini & Rossi!

Pictures from September's Sporting Life Meeting

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:28:27 +0000

Here are some photos from September's Sporting Life Meeting at Harvard and Stone sponsored by Bulleit Rye!

Pictures from August's Sporting Life Meeting

chuck@gumbo.org (Chuck Taggart) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:30:56 +0000

Here's a slideshow of photos from August's Sporting Life meeting at Picca Restaurant, with cocktails by Julian Cox and crew, sponsored by Macchu Pisco. Tatsu usually does the crowd shots but he was away on Costa Rica, poor thing, so my little point-and-shoot had to suffice. He's better at these than I am, but you get the idea ... a spendid time was had by all!

Pictures from July's Sporting Life Meeting

tatsuoiye@yahoo.com (Tatsu) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:53:48 +0000

Here are some photos from July's Sporting Life Meeting at A-Frame sponsored by Illegal Mezcal.