What is a Cocktail?
Welcome to the very first episode of Into The Barchive, the podcast where history, culture, and great drinks come together. Hosted by historian and certified spirits specialist Dr. Blake Jones alongside with cocktail enthusiast Tim Wright, this new series brings the classroom and the bar to you.
In this debut episode, Blake and Tim tackle a deceptively simple question: What is a cocktail? From an 1806 newspaper definition in upstate New York to some of the most colorful and surprising theories behind the word’s origin, they explore how cocktails evolved from early morning pick-me-ups into the…
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