Cocktail College

By: VinePair
  • Summary

  • Want to take your bartending skills to the next level? Join VinePair managing editor Tim McKirdy for a weekly deep-dive into classic cocktails with America’s best bartenders. Cocktail College looks beyond the recipe and explores every aspect of mixology from ingredients and ice to shaking techniques, garnishes, and glassware — elevating your Martinis, Mai Tais, and everything in between.

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Episodes
  • The Angostura Sour
    Oct 24 2024

    Despite having such a simple formula — it's a sour made using aromatic bitters as the base spirit — the Angostura Sour is a much more modern creation than you might expect, though it does enjoy something of a rich historical lineage. Joining us to explore that drink today is KJ Williams, a veteran bartender who these days works at New York's Long Island Bar. Listen on (or read below) to learn KJ's Angostura Sour recipe — and don't forget to like, review, and subscribe!

    KJ Williams' Angostura Sour Recipe

    Ingredients

    - 1 ounce grenadine

    - ¾ ounce fresh lime juice

    - 1 ½ ounces Angostura Bitters

    - ¼ ounce fresh egg white

    Directions

    1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with no ice.

    2. Whip dry shake for 10-12 seconds.

    3. Add Kold Draft cubes and vigorously shake until chilled.

    4. Double strain into a chilled Coupe glass.

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    📧Get in touch: cocktailcollege@vinepair.com

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    - Long Island Bar: https://www.instagram.com/longislandbar/


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Techniques: Building Faster Rounds
    Oct 17 2024

    Our "Techniques" episodes often focus on processes and drinks that require expensive equipment and esoteric ingredients. But today we’re returning to the fundamentals of bartending to answer a seemingly simple question: How do you build faster rounds and, in turn, put out better drinks? Joining us to answer that question is an expert on t: Haley Traub, the general manager of Attaboy and Good Guy's in New York’s Lower East Side.

    📖Read the article: Building Faster Rounds — and Better Drinks — With Attaboy’s Haley Traub

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    - Haley: https://www.instagram.com/hetraub/


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Between the Sheets
    Oct 10 2024

    A quasi-Sidecar riff with a triple threat of base spirits, today's subject is the Between the Sheets, a 1930's creation that all too often flies under the the radar. Whether you're looking for a beginner's rum drink or a sneakily boozy, shaken concoction, Ricky Ramirez from Milwaukee's The Mothership has you covered in this edition of Cocktail College. Listen on (or read below) to learn Ricky's Between the Sheets recipe — and don't forget to like, review, and subscribe!

    Ricky Ramirez's Between the Sheets Recipe

    Ingredients

    - ½ ounce fresh lemon juice

    - 1 ounce Cognac, such as Hine "H"

    - 1 ounce Brovo Orange Curaçao

    - 1 ounce Planteray 3 Star rum (or JM Rhum Agricole Blanco, Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Aged, or El Dorado 12)

    - Garnish: orange twist

    Directions

    1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice.

    2. Shake until chilled and double strain into a Bodega glass.

    3. Garnish with an orange twist.

    📧Get in touch: cocktailcollege@vinepair.com

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    - Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timmckirdy/

    - The Mothership: https://www.instagram.com/themothershipmke/

    - Ricky: https://www.instagram.com/ickyrickyricky/


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    53 mins

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