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In the original #MonsterInAGlass #ArnaudsSpecial #Cocktail episode we catch more of that New Orleans flavor as well as the story of Arnaud Cazanave early restauranteur likely responsible for Bourbon Street
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/monsterinaglass/episodes/2014-06-11T13_00_56-07_00
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Episode 41: A Drink with Count Charming – Arnaud's Special Cocktail

Episode #41 takes us once again to New Orleans to sit down with a lesser known yet still classic cocktail, the Arnaud’s Special. In 1918 a French wine merchant, Arnaud Cazanave, moved to New Orleans to open a restaurant, aptly named Arnaud’s, and live the American dream. Unfortunately, in the next year Prohibition threatened to end that dream. With everything on the line, Arnaud basically ignored the law and continued serving alcohol at his establishment in secret rooms or in coffee cups. He was eventually found out and imprisoned, but as a popular citizen of the city and a little of his famous entrepreneurial charm he had the charges dismissed. At this point he acquired the unofficial title of Count. He gives us a pretty comprehensive understanding of Mr. Cazanave and his role in building the French Quarter of New Orleans. He was pretty much the king of the town, owning blocks of the city and transforming them into restaurants and lounges; he made the French Quarter what it is. Unfortunately, Jay ...

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Black Liver Project Mar 9

#MiaG researcher Doug Stailey does a deep dive into distant #history of the #MintJulep and takes us right up to where we recognize the drink in its current form. Plus the role of Charles Dickens in the rise of the the American #cocktail
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/d2a7415a-b704-49c5-946b-1e4b4c567864/
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Ep 40 – Mint Julep Reanimated

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Black Liver Project Mar 2

One of my favorite original #MonsterInAGlass episodes: the #MintJulep. We told the Kentucky Derby story, how it escaped attack by the temperance movement and made Kentucky a Southern state
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/monsterinaglass/episodes/2014-06-02T14_35_33-07_00
#BlackLiverProject #cocktail #history

Episode 40: Jockeying for Position – Mint Julep

Occasionally we will find cocktails where you can see a clear linear progression or evolution. This ain’t one of those. In this episode, we tackle the messy and minty history of the Mint Julep. While there is a pretty standard recipe nowadays for a Mint Julep, its early iterations varied from state to state and bartender to bartender. It might be change from brandy to bourbon or add fruit, or lots of fruit, or in one case ice cream and rosebuds. There was also a whole bunch of different methods for how to handle the mint. Just don’t crush it, or it could end up in a duel. You can’t discuss the Mint Julep without talking about the Kentucky Derby. We run through the origins of the Kentucky Derby from Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. bringing the derby idea to the Kentucky from Britain, to it becoming a gambling powerhouse, to the floppy hat event we see today. Join us as we explore possibility of the Mint Julep’s originating as medicine to treat stomachaches in the 18th century, whether the addition of fru...

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Black Liver Project Feb 15

In this #MiaG #Reanimator Doug reveals that the Southeast Asia origin story for the #Stinger is a common misconception and the drink likely got named after a jab in boxing. Plus we see the Vanderbilts once again.
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/98d47dc5-deba-46cd-8cc8-a11093ccc10e/
#BlackLiverProject #cocktail #history

Ep 39 – Stinger Reanimated

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Black Liver Project Feb 13

I know I already posted the original #Stinger episode already but then I rediscovered COVID etc. I will have the #Reanimator episode out soon!
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/monsterinaglass/episodes/2014-05-21T12_24_02-07_00
#BlackLiverProject #MonsterInAGlass #cocktail #history

Episode 39: Floats Like a Butterfly – Stinger

Telling stories and history through the cocktails that defined the times.

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Black Liver Project Jan 18

The original #MonsterInAGlass #Stinger #cocktail episode where Jay discovers the name is a derived from a word that isn't English
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/monsterinaglass/episodes/2014-05-21T12_24_02-07_00
#BlackLiverProject #history

Episode 39: Floats Like a Butterfly – Stinger

Telling stories and history through the cocktails that defined the times.

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Black Liver Project Jan 13

This #Reanimator episode discusses both the delicious #Boulevardier #cocktail and a cautionary tale of living the playboy lifestyle of the early 20th century through the story of Erskine Gwynne, a member of the Vanderbilt family who was life of the party until it led to slow decline, failure and death. So much fun!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6bdc25d1-3b50-4871-aec5-9aab20e79d67/
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Ep 38 – Boulevardier Reanimated

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Black Liver Project Jan 7

The #Boulevardier is
1.5 oz bourbon
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth

If I'm in a mood I will trade these with Negroni's throughout an event
#BlackLiverProject #cocktail

Black Liver Project Jan 5

Welcome to the new year, all you Black Livers!

Here is the original #Boulevardier #MonsterInAGlass episode where we introduce Erskine Gwynn, creator of the #cocktail and magazine of the same name
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/monsterinaglass/episodes/2014-05-16T12_44_44-07_00
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Episode 38: When Good Americans Die... – The Boulevardier

Oscar Wilde said, “When good Americans die, they go to Paris”. Not long after, many Americans came to Europe and died in the first World War. When the war ended many Americans stayed in Europe, often the more intellectual set of writers and artists including Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Dos Passos. At the time they were discovering the art and culture of their ancestors and a way of life devoted to experiencing the world’s richness, the United States was collapsing in on itself in a schizophrenic panic over loose morals and Communist/anarchist immigrants. No, the Americans, who had just survived the horrors of war, didn’t want to go home to that. In this way, they also died as “good” Americans. Instead, they stayed in Paris and created cocktails. This episode features another Campari drink with one of the fancier cocktail names: The Boulevardier. This cocktail led us down in an interesting historical path, or maybe a boulevard as it were (Thank you, I will be here all night!). Common consensus points...

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Black Liver Project Dec 27

Peter Bent Brigham opened an oyster saloon in the Boston Concert Hall in 1836 which featured new drinks that became very popular, including the Knickerbocker
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/47cd030c-6754-41a8-ac2c-3b59d82e0882/
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Ep 37 – Knickerbocker Reanimated

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