Comic Cocktail History | David Wondrich
Why This Episode Matters
A great bartender needs more than recipes and a great cocktail doesn’t necessarily need more ingredients.
Black and Filipino bartenders helped shape American drinking and preserve traditions that might otherwise have disappeared.
The drinks that last are the ones other bartenders can actually make.
The Banter
Mark and Francis debate whether we’ve reached peak spritz, suggest leaving the soda out of an Aperol Spritz, and deliver an unfiltered verdict on Sarti Rosa. After the interview, a dirty-martini disagreement turns into an argument about olive brine, expensive…
The skinny
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