Heat, History, and the Art of Hot Cocktails
February can feel like the longest month of winter: cold, dark, and still a ways from spring. In Episode 8 of Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright turn up the heat and explore the often overlooked world of hot cocktails, drinks that long predate cheap ice, refrigeration, and even the word “cocktail.”
Blake builds the classic Hot Toddy, a comfort-first template that started as simple spirit, sugar, and water, and still shows up today as a little “medicine” when winter hits hard. Along the way he covers smart hot-drink technique, including tempering glassware, using a bartender’s…
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