![]() ![]() Apparently, though, the 3rd season has featured a couple of bars that should be familiar to anyone who’s been to Tales of the Cocktail or otherwise sought out good drinking in New Orleans - namely the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone, and the French 75 Bar at Arnaud’s.īut you don’t need to subscribe to HBO to learn more. I haven’t been watching this season of the HBO show Treme because we didn’t pick up HBO when we moved to Brooklyn. ![]() Here’s one you cocktail geeks mighta missed. But if you see Paul around, online or in person, offer him a drink. I hope his web hosting was up to the traffic. Paul wound up with thousands of visits to his site in just a 20-minute period. Last night, Rachel Maddow tweeted this:Ĭocktail enthusiasts rally for one of the greats: is.gd/PXjDZP Someday we won’t have to do this – everyone will be covered Paul could probably use some help of his own, frankly. Finally, Paul Clarke has more information on Murray’s work and career on his site. They also have a Facebook page where they’re providing updates on his condition and their fundraising efforts. Some of his friends have set up a page where they’re asking for donations. A night behind the stick can wreck even a young person, and Murray’s been at this for many years.īartending is not normally a job that carries health benefits, and Murray’s among the group without them, so the care he needs is not going to come cheap. Not only is bartending a tremendously laborious job, but it requires you to be “on” constantly. Bartending is a demanding job, physically and emotionally. The man has a true generosity of spirit, coupled with an open and transparent approach to his work.īut Murray needs some help he’s got a heart condition that prevents him from working presently, and he’ll need an operation to correct it before he can return to his job. So here are two excellent drinks that Murray forced out of retirement to trick them out for his guests.īut there’s more to a bartender than technique and recipe, and what truly sets Murray apart is his emphasis on hospitality, remembering his guests (and their previous drink orders) on return visits, and his willingness to share the love of his craft with his guests, with other bartenders, and with writers such as Paul Clarke and Chuck Taggart. When I wrote extensively about the Diamondback Cocktail, I mentioned its heritage and the fact that it, too, was resurrected and promoted by Mr. Just a few years later, I sat on the opposite coast and mixed one up myself. ![]() He didn’t create the drink, but he rescued it from oblivion and put it on the menu at Zig Zag. When I sat at Milk & Honey, in the company of several bartenders and a founder of Martin Miller’s gin, and we tasted a Last Word, Murray Stenson was there with us in a way of speaking. Stenson’s influence has been mostly indirect, unfortunately, but it’s certainly here. You see, I’ve been blogging here since 2006, and writing professionally on this subject since 2009. But I can say with all certainty that Murray’s long years behind the stick have influenced every word I’ve written on the topic of spirits and cocktails. I’ve, unfortunately, never been to Seattle. Visit msnbc.I have never had the honor of meeting Murray Stenson, the legendary Seattle bartender. God I wish I could have been at the White House to try this stuff. ![]() Derek's drink has mint which seems to me to be a very slick addition and probably was that "wow" factor in this drink when people first drank it. Thrasher served up his version of a Laird's Apple Jack based cocktail with cider at the Repeal Day Ball we attended this past December. Stone Fence's ingredients reminds me of Veritas created by Todd Thrasher from PX which I described in an earlier post. 3 drinks that were featured at this particular White House event which Maddow attended are listed below with their ingredients. She’s been trying for almost a year to get a menu from one of these cocktail parties the POTUS has been hosting. Apparently, Derek Brown served cocktails at the White House just recently (shocker! this guy is like DC's bartender laureate). ![]()
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