REMINDER: Free Book Contest Ends Soon!

Marshall | August 24, 2009

Just a quick reminder that you have less than a week to enter the free book giveaway. What you do!  (aka The Rules) 1) Email me your story.  Include your favorite cocktail along with a recipe and a picture. 2) Please keep your story to 500 words or less. 3) The contest is open to [...]

Trademarks, Rum & A Special Guest

Marshall | August 13, 2009

Last week I received an email from Vidiot over at Cocktailians asking my thoughts on a recent email he received from a company claiming he violated a trademark through a name he gave a cocktail.  (Whew!)  You can read his post about the situation here.  We exchanged emails throughout the day discussing the company which [...]

Booze Nerdery

Marshall | August 11, 2009

Over at the Washington City Paper, our good friend Derek Brown has hijacked their “Young & Hungry” section to talk about booze, cocktails and drinking in DC. His first two articles are titled “So You Want to be a Cocktail Nerd?” and they are really great reads.  You can find Part One here. And here [...]

Win a Free Book

Marshall | August 7, 2009

Amid all the hoopla surrounding Tales of the Cocktail, being with my fellow cocktail loving cultists, and my birthday fast approaching, I started thinking about why I love cocktails.  The artistry in crafting a unique cocktail, the technical precision, the culinary aspect of cocktails, and of course, the taste, all combine into one hell of [...]

The Flaming Pompeii Garnish

Marshall | August 3, 2009

During Drink.Write 2009, one of the sessions dealt with garnishing cocktails.  The panelists were Tiare Olson, Rick Stutz and Martin Cate.  The session was split into three sections.  The first was twists where we learned how to make twists using various citrus peels – thin tight twists, thick twists, etc.  The second section concerned fire.  [...]