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Into The Barchive
Into The Barchive is a cocktail history and education podcast that explores the stories, traditions, and techniques behind the world’s most iconic drinks. Hosted by historian and spirits educator Dr. Blake Jones alongside cocktail enthusiast Tim Wright, each episode breaks down classic cocktail families, their origins, and how to make them at home. Equal parts history lesson and hands-on bar class, Into The Barchive helps listeners drink smarter, understand what’s in their glass, and appreciate…
Episodes
Into The BarchiveCorpse Revivers: Cocktails Made to Raise the Dead
This week on Into The Barchive, Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones are raising the dead just in time for Halloween with one of cocktail history’s most…
Into The BarchiveNocino: Green Walnuts, Folklore & Fall Cocktails
This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones explore one of the darker and more unusual bottles behind the bar: nocino, the bittersweet…
Into The BarchiveHard Cider Cocktails: From the Stone Fence to the Snakebite
This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones head into the orchard to explore the history of hard cider and the surprisingly important…
Into The BarchiveKing Cocktail: How Dale DeGroff Helped Spark the Modern Cocktail Renaissance
This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones raise a glass to one of the most influential bartenders of the modern era: Dale DeGroff…
Into The BarchiveBeyond the Negroni: The Kingston Negroni & Rosita
How much can you change a Negroni before it stops being a Negroni? This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones wrap up their Negroni…
Into The BarchiveThe Negroni: From Italian Legend to Happy Accident
Three ingredients. Equal parts. More than a century of cocktail history. This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones explore one of…
Into The BarchiveBefore the Negroni: The Milano-Torino & Americano
Before the Negroni became one of the world's most iconic cocktails, two simpler Italian drinks helped lay the foundation. This week on Into The Barchive, hosts…
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Bourbon’s Modern Classics: The Democrat & Revolver
September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and this week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones continue celebrating America’s native spirit by…
Into The BarchiveBourbon’s Modern Classics: The Kentucky Buck & Iron Ranger
September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and this week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones are celebrating America’s native spirit by…
Into The BarchiveThe Mai Tai: Trader Vic vs. Don the Beachcomber
In this episode of Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones head into the world of tiki to explore one of the most famous—and most…
Into The BarchiveThe Whiskey Sour: A Cocktail Blueprint From Classic to Gold Rush
In this episode of Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones dive into one of the most important building blocks in cocktail history: the Whiskey…
Into The BarchiveCachaça — Brazil’s Spirit, the Caipirinha, and the Batida
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim head south to Brazil to explore the country’s most essential spirit: cachaça. Often described as…
Into The BarchiveThe Sherry Cobbler — Ice, Straws, and America’s First Cocktail Craze
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim explore the Sherry Cobbler, one of the earliest American mixed drinks and a cocktail that helped…
Into The BarchiveCoca-Cola — The Mixer That Took Over the World
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim dive into one of the most iconic mixers in cocktail history: Coca-Cola. What began as a syrup…
Into The BarchiveTequila — From Jalisco’s Agave Fields to Global Icon
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim celebrate National Tequila Day by diving into one of the world’s most recognizable spirits. Tequila…
Into The BarchiveThe Daiquiri — Constante, Hemingway, and Havana’s Perfect Sour
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim wrap up their tiki and tropical drinks mini series by stepping back to one of the most foundational…
Into The BarchiveThe Piña Colada — Puerto Rico’s Iconic Tropical Escape
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim continue their tiki and tropical cocktail series with one of the most recognizable vacation drinks…
Into The BarchiveTrader Vic — The Showman Who Built the Tiki Empire
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim continue their tiki and tropical cocktail series with the story of Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron, the…
Into The BarchiveDon the Beachcomber — The Man Who Invented Tiki Culture
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim continue their tropical and tiki cocktail series with the man who helped create tiki culture itself…
Into The BarchiveGrog & Planter’s Punch — The Roots of Tropical Cocktails
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim kick off a brand-new series on tropical and tiki drinks by going back to the foundation: grog and…
Into The BarchiveThe Aperol Spritz — Italy’s Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim dive into one of the most recognizable cocktails in the world: the Aperol Spritz. More than just a…
Into The BarchiveDark ’n Stormy — Rum, Ginger Beer, and Bermuda’s Signature Cocktail
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim sail into the story of one of the most dramatic and refreshing highballs in cocktail history: the…
Into The BarchiveSasha Petraske — The Architect of the Modern Cocktail Bar
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim shift their focus from a cocktail to one of the most influential figures in the modern cocktail…
Into The BarchiveThe Paloma — Mexico’s Favorite Tequila Cocktail
In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim head south of the Margarita to explore Mexico’s true everyday tequila cocktail: the Paloma. While…
Into The BarchiveThe Margarita — America’s Favorite Cocktail
In Episode 22 of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim dive into the story of America’s most-ordered cocktail: the Margarita. From its debated origins and…
Into The BarchiveThe Cosmopolitan | From ‘90s Trend to Modern Classic
Episode 21 of Into the Bar-Cive dives into one of the most iconic cocktails of the last 50 years: the Cosmopolitan. 🍸💖 Often dismissed as just a trendy pink…
Into The BarchiveThe Mint Julep – From Medicine to Derby Icon
The mint julep isn’t just a drink—it’s a ritual, a symbol, and a story layered with centuries of history. In this episode of Into the Barchive, we go beyond…
Into The BarchiveMartinis That Aren’t Martinis
Welcome back to Into the Barchive, where every drink comes with a past. This week, we’re asking a deceptively simple question: when is a martini… not a…
Into The BarchiveAmaretto Reconsidered: From Disco Drink to Classic
Welcome back to Into the Barchive, where every drink comes with a past. April 19th marks National Amaretto Day, making it the perfect time to revisit one of…
Into The BarchiveThe Gin & Tonic Goes Global
The gin and tonic may be rooted in British history, but its story doesn’t stop there. In this episode of Into the Barchive, we follow the G&T beyond its…
Into The BarchiveFloral Cocktails: From Medicine to Modern Mixology
Welcome back to Into the Barchive, where the past comes alive. As we move deeper into spring, we turn our attention to a category of cocktails that feels both…
Into The BarchiveWomen Who Shaped the Bar
This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, we take a deeper look at the stories cocktail history too often leaves out—the women who helped shape the bar as…
Into The BarchiveVermouth Takes the Lead
This week on Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright give vermouth the attention it deserves. For a lot of home bartenders, vermouth becomes a…
Into The BarchiveSt. Patrick’s Day Cocktails Beyond Green Beer
This week on Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright take on St. Patrick’s Day without the green beer, gimmicks, or Irish car bombs. Instead, they…
Into The BarchiveShaken vs. Stirred: The Gimlet Experiment
Few phrases in cocktail culture are more famous or more misunderstood than “shaken, not stirred.” But behind the pop culture reference lies a much deeper…
Into The BarchiveThe Ideal Bartender - Tom Bullock’s Legacy
On Into the Barchive, we dig through the footnotes, forgotten names, and overlooked pages of cocktail history to better understand what’s actually in our…
Into The BarchiveNightcaps: The Last Drink of the Evening
In Episode 10 of Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright slow things down and explore the quiet ritual of the nightcap. Not dessert drinks. Not…
Into The BarchiveThe Sazerac | The Official Cocktail of New Orleans
This week on Into The Barchive, the beads are flying, the brass bands are rolling, and Mardi Gras is in full swing. So there is only one drink that makes sense…
Into The BarchiveHeat, 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…
Into The BarchiveNon-Alcoholic Cocktails That Don’t Feel Like Compromises
Usually on Into the Barchive, we talk about spirits like gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey, the ingredients that give cocktails their backbone. But as Dry January…
Into The BarchiveThe Flip — Cocktails as Dessert, Texture, + Indulgence (and whole eggs!)
In Episode 6 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright close out their inaugural cocktail family series with the richest, most decadent template of…
Into The BarchiveThe Highball - Simple, Sessionable, and Surprisingly Deep
In Episode 5 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright tackle the cocktail template most people overlook because it seems too easy: the Highball. At…
Into The BarchiveThe Daisy - The Sour’s More Colorful Cousin
In Episode 4 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright keep the cocktail template journey rolling with one of the most important building blocks in…
Into The BarchiveThe Manhattan and the Martini
In Episode 3 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright continue their exploration of classic cocktail families by diving into two of the most iconic…
Into The BarchiveSours — Balance, Brightness, and Simplicity
In Episode 2 of Into The Barchive, hosts Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright dive into one of the most refreshing and foundational cocktail families: the Sour…
Into The BarchiveWhat 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…