Podcasts by Life Behind Bars with Noah Rothbaum & David Wondrich

The Past, Present & Future of Gin - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion from 2021-12-31T00:45:27

Gin has been a bartending fixture for hundreds of years and stars in countless famous cocktail recipes. 

On this special episode of Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondr...

The Birth of Luxury Spirits - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion from 2021-12-31T00:32:48

The launch of Grand Marnier in the late 1800s helped to establish a new standard for luxury liquor brands. The Cognac-and-orange liqueur also inspired the creation of several delicious cocktails...

How the Margarita Became a Cocktail Sensation - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion from 2021-12-31T00:16:03

Everyone has heard at least one story about how the Margarita came to be—at last count, there were seven credible origin stories.

On this special episode of Life Behind Bars, ...

La Dolce Vita The Birth of Italian Cocktails - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion from 2021-12-24T03:59:43

The Negroni and the Americano are perennial favorites of professional and amateur bartenders around the world. But when were these classic cocktail recipes created? And how did Italy’s bar cultu...

A Look Inside the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion from 2021-12-24T03:49:09

For nearly ten years, Life Behind Bars co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum have been working on a special project: Listen

The Past, Present and Future of Rye Whiskey - Life Behind Bars Live from 2021-11-17T10:00

Rye whiskey beguiles the palate with a range of slow-to-reveal flavors. The same could be said of the spirit’s long and complex history, which continues to delight (and frustrate) modern distill...

The Next Cocktail Frontier? Smaller Cities - Life Behind Bars from 2021-10-22T03:11:46

The rebirth of the cocktail started in big cities, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. But over the last few years, smaller markets have arguably made the biggest bartend...

The Next Cocktail Book Collecting Obsession - Life Behind Bars from 2021-09-30T02:49:38

People have been writing about drinks as long as they’ve been enjoying them. And with the rebirth of the cocktail during the last 20 years, prices for vintage drinks books have risen dramaticall...

Rebuilding an Irish Single Malt Whiskey Powerhouse - Life Behind Bars from 2021-09-22T09:00

Single malt Irish whiskey is in distiller Darryl McNally’s blood. His ancestors made the historic spirit for centuries in Ireland. Now he’s trying to rebuild his family’s Limavady distillery at ...

The Canned Cocktails Craze: Are They Here to Stay? - Life Behind Bars from 2021-09-02T12:43:04

From bartenders to craft spirits brands to liquor behemoths, everyone seems to be launching a new canned cocktail these days. 

On this episode of the award-winning podcas...

Bourbon’s Newfound Star Power: Andy Roddick and Peyton Manning - Life Behind Bars from 2021-08-26T01:51:59

Forget wine. Forget vodka. Forget tequila. Celebrities are starting American whiskey brands. 

Over the last few years, quite a few professional athletes, actors and music...

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly—The Long Island Iced Tea - Life Behind Bars from 2021-08-19T17:20:05

Whether you love it or hate it, it’s hard to escape the Long Island Iced Tea. 

The enduringly popular guilty pleasure—which calls for a potent combination of white spirit...

The Search for the World’s Fastest Bartender - Life Behind Bars from 2021-08-09T03:32:42

It’s hard enough to make a round of four delicious classic cocktails on a slow night for a couple of regulars. Now imagine trying to make them on stage in front of a screaming crowd for a group ...

Nick Offerman is Living his Best Scotch Life - Life Behind Bars from 2021-07-22T04:00

Nick Offerman should not be confused with Ron Swanson, the character he played on the hit show Parks and Recreation. But the two share at least one thing in common: A love for Lagavulin...

What Do Bars Do Now? - Life Behind Bars from 2021-07-08T01:50:41

It’s been one hell of a year for bartenders and bar owners. 

Now that America is starting to reopen, bars are trying to navigate this new post-COVID world while dealing w...

The Future of Craft Whiskey is Hyper-Local Ingredients - Life Behind Bars from 2021-06-24T04:05

Can the flavor of a whiskey reflect the place where it’s made? How about the people who produced it?

Distillers around the globe are exploring the idea of terroir, experimenti...

Does the Type of Cocktail Glass You Use Really Matter? - Life Behind Bars from 2021-06-14T04:00

The Martini is the most famous drink. Its signature glass is equally iconic and perhaps even more ubiquitous. 

But the world of cocktail glassware is vast and there are a...

Mission Impossible: Reinventing the Piña Colada - Life Behind Bars from 2021-06-01T04:01

Love it or hate it, the Piña Colada is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. But it’s been largely forgotten by craft bartenders.

On this episode of the award-winnin...

Christopher Kimball & the Grateful Dead School of Bartending - Life Behind Bars from 2021-05-20T02:00:19

Nobody has ever accused Milk Street founder Christopher Kimball of being indifferent. 

Viewers of his acclaimed PBS television show and readers of his newsletter and book...

The Secret History of Bourbon - Life Behind Bars from 2021-05-05T04:00

From important still designs to the real reason why distillers began charring barrels, many important details of bourbon history are often missing from modern accounts of the spirit.

 ...

It’s Time to Change Your Cocktail Game. Here’s How to Do It. - Life Behind Bars from 2021-04-19T04:00

The greatest bartenders in the world bring disparate ingredients and flavors together to create new cocktails—and they do it seemingly with ease. 

On this episode of the ...

The Hunt is On for Rare Vintage Spirits - Life Behind Bars from 2021-04-08T04:00

Never mind Pappy Van Winkle and Sazerac 18-Year-Old Rye Whiskey: Some of the most sought-after bottles of liquor are the dusty, obscure ones hiding on liquor store shelves and in the back of hom...

Can the Roaring Twenties Teach Us about Post-Pandemic Life? - Life Behind Bars from 2021-03-09T05:00

From the cocktails to the speakeasies to The Great Gatsby, there are few periods in history as celebrated in modern culture as the Roaring Twenties. 

As we look forward t...

How to Avoid Overhyped and Overpriced Bourbon - Life Behind Bars from 2021-02-14T05:00

You can buy bourbon as young as a few years old and as old as 30 years. But what is the perfect age?

Half Full columnist and whiskey authority Lew Bryson tried to answer this ...

Vodka is No Laughing Matter for Dan Aykroyd - Life Behind Bars from 2021-01-12T05:00

Dan Aykroyd can make you laugh at any moment. 

His comedic sense of timing, of course, has been honed from his years on Saturday Night Live and his roles in a lo...

Closing Time: Running Out the Clock on 2020 - Life Behind Bars from 2020-12-29T05:00

Thankfully 2020 is finally drawing to a close.

On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum discuss what they ...

Forget Eggnog. Hot Buttered Rum is the Drink of the Holidays. - Life Behind Bars from 2020-12-23T06:05

We have all certainly earned a decadent treat this holiday season. While you could whip up a big bowl of Eggnog, there’s another traditional (and no-less rich) concoction we recommend: Hot Butte...

Single Malt Battle Royale: The U.S. vs. Scotland - Life Behind Bars from 2020-12-21T08:01

Scotland has claimed ownership of single malt whiskey for years. But the spirit is now made around the world, including in the U.S., which boasts a thriving industry of its own. Can Scotland mai...

Building a Whiskey Empire in 85 Years - Life Behind Bars from 2020-12-11T06:05

In December of 1935, America’s whiskey industry was on life support.

While Prohibition was finally over, the future for distillers was, to say the least, incredibly bleak. After 13 lon...

Is it Sacrilege to Use 15-Year-Old Bourbon in Cocktails? - Life Behind Bars from 2020-12-09T08:31

It takes courage to create cocktails with older whiskies, but it’s more than worth the effort.

To help you overcome your fears of ruining a dram, on this episode of the award-winning p...

’Tis the Season for Hot Cocktails - Life Behind Bars from 2020-11-22T05:00

For far too long, hot cocktails have been lumped in with dessert drinks and made increasingly sweeter with honey, sugar, cider and even ice cream. But the classic recipes for these steaming conc...

How Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Saved Their Archrival Rye Whiskey - Life Behind Bars from 2020-11-10T08:01

Once upon a time, there were bourbon drinkers and there were rye whiskey drinkers. You couldn’t be both.

When the rye industry fell apart in the second half of the 20th century and its...

Meet Dale DeGroff, the Father of the Rebirth of the Cocktail - Life Behind Bars from 2020-10-23T02:36:10

Dale DeGroff is a storyteller, teacher, mentor, bon vivant and consummate host. He is also responsible for changing how people around the world drink by starting the modern golden age of cocktai...

What’s Next for Bars? - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned from 2020-09-16T04:00

The coronavirus pandemic has managed to affect nearly every facet of life in America. Bars are certainly not exempt and the industry will find itself dealing with the repercussions of the pandem...

The Modern Cocktail Menu - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned from 2020-09-09T04:00

During times like these, how are bars across the country changing their drinks menus? Is it better to go with tried-and-true classics or to offer innovative and creative concoctions?

O...

Staffing Up During a Pandemic - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned from 2020-09-03T04:00

If hiring, training and managing a staff is one of the hardest parts of running a bar, try doing it during a pandemic.

On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind ...

Yes, There is an Official Bourbon Holiday - Life Behind Bars from 2020-09-03T04:00

If there was ever a time to have a glass of bourbon, now is it. 

Back in 2007, Congress passed a resolution declaring September National Bourbon Heritage Month. On this episode of...

The New World of To-Go Drinks - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned from 2020-08-28T04:00

Thanks to coronavirus closures, cities across the country have now allowed bars and restaurants to offer customers to-go drinks.

On this special episode of the award-winning podcast Li...

The Fight to Get People to Wear Face Masks in Bars - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned from 2020-08-28T04:00

Bartenders and bar owners are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. And one of the greatest challenges facing them today is getting their customers to wear face masks. 

...

Are the Manhattan & the Martini the Same Cocktail? - Life Behind Bars from 2020-08-19T04:00

The Martini and the Manhattan are two of the bedrock drinks that hold up the entire world of cocktails.

While both have their own lore, mythology and fans, they in fact may be...

Fostering Diversity in the Beer & Spirits World - Life Behind Bars from 2020-08-05T04:00

On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum are joined by Garrett Oliver, the head brewer at the Brooklyn Brewery. He recently became...

Can Bars Survive the Pandemic? - Life Behind Bars from 2020-07-22T04:00

The coronavirus has the potential to decimate bars across America. Already a number of well-known establishments have announced that they won’t reopen and many others are struggling to stay aflo...

Gone but Not Forgotten: Bars We Wish Were Still Open - Life Behind Bars from 2020-07-09T03:17:35

David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, the co-hosts of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, share the bars they wish were still open: From a pioneering 18th-century punch house to Jerry Thomas...

The Bars We Can’t Wait to Visit Again - Life Behind Bars from 2020-06-25T02:58:21

After months of sheltering in place, David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, co-hosts of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, are daydreaming about visiting their favorite bars around the world...

Test Case: Bars Are Reopening in New Orleans - Life Behind Bars from 2020-06-10T04:00

After weeks of being closed for a mandatory coronavirus shutdown, bars in New Orleans have begun to reopen with limited capacity. 

On this episode of the award-winning po...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 57 The Return of Cocktail Hour from 2020-05-27T04:00

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, liquor store sales are up across the country with many folks fixing cocktails at home. 

On this episode of the award-winning podcas...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 56 The Bizarre History of Pandemic Cocktail Cures from 2020-05-20T01:00

What happens when two committed bar flies can’t go to a bar? 

Find out on this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars. While sheltering in place at their respective...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 55 A Concise History of Bourbon Street’s Cocktail Culture from 2020-04-15T02:23:46

From the Hurricane to the Hand Grenade to the Shark Attack, some of the world’s most potent cocktails call Bourbon Street home. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-ho...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 54 Toasting a Bourbon Legend from 2020-03-03T03:30:04

You should really have a whiskey today—but better make it a bottled-in-bond whiskey. Why? Congress enacted the Bottled-in-Bond Act on March 3, 1897, which set a new standard for American whiskey a...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 53 Fixing the Craft Cocktail Menu from 2020-02-26T16:17:47

Having trouble figuring out what to order in a craft cocktail bar? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. From exotic ingredients to wildly creative new concoctions, even for drinks experts picking a cockt...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 52 Remembering Legendary Drinks Writer Gary Regan from 2020-02-11T03:36:59

Last fall, we lost award-winning drinks writer Gary Regan. He wrote numerous pioneering books, including "The Joy of Mixology," "The Bartender’s Bible" and "The Negroni," in addition to writing a c...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 51 A Cocktail Tour of Old New York from 2020-01-17T22:19:17

From McSorley’s Old Ale House to the Ear Inn to the Nancy Whiskey, New York has no shortage of historic watering holes. On this episode of the award-winning podcast, Life Behind Bars, co-hosts Davi...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 50 The Year in Drinks: 2019 from 2019-12-31T03:53:23

Over the last 12 months, David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum have traveled the globe—from New York to New Orleans to Naples, Italy—visiting dozens of distilleries and bars and tasting countless coc...

Life Behind Bars Live - Episode 49 The Unspoken History of Scotch Whisky from 2019-12-11T22:36:11

For the first time ever, Life Behind Bars hosts Noah Rothbaum andDavid Wondrich have taken their award-winning podcast out of the studio to do a live recording in front of an audience in, of course...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 48 American Whiskey’s Miraculous Comeback Story from 2019-11-26T02:43:52

Imagine a world without bourbon or rye whiskey.

As terrifying as that scenario sounds, not that long ago, America was heading in that very direction. Only a trickle of rye was being ma...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 47 Death to Scotch Snobbery from 2019-11-22T03:17:13

When did drinking Scotch get to be so damn complicated? There are rules, myths, legends and half-truths that are, for lack of a better term, absolute and utter shite. They can also unfortunately le...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 46 The Undisputed Heavyweight Bar Champion: Vodka from 2019-11-07T04:28:33

Drink trends come and go in America, but seemingly the one constant now is the unprecedented sale of vodka. Just how big is the spirit these days? Three out of every 10 bottles sold in America is v...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 45 From Zero to Hero: The Rise of Vodka Cocktails from 2019-10-01T01:38:37

From the Moscow Mule and the Cosmopolitan to the Bloody Mary, it’s hard to find a bar that doesn’t serve at least one vodka cocktail…if not a dozen. 

While vodka seems like a thor...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 44 The Greatest Drinking City in America: New Orleans from 2019-09-20T01:30:23

Practically since its founding some 300 years ago, New Orleans has had a famous bar scene.

On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and N...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 43 Is the Next Big Drink a Rum Old-Fashioned? from 2019-08-11T02:38:24

The Cuba Libre is the king of rum cocktails, but is its reign as a best-seller under siege?

On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 42 The Greatest American Whiskey Myth from 2019-07-30T18:57:40

Whiskey is now, of course, once again very popular but along with the adoration, the proliferation of bourbon bars and the ubiquity of the Old-Fashioned, comes an unintended side effect: nostalgia ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 41 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Negroni from 2019-07-05T20:21:36

Along with the Vespa scooter and the Ferrari, the Negroni is one of Italy’s greatest modern inventions. The three-ingredients aperitif (the basic recipe is equal parts Campari, gin and sweet vermou...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 40 The Highball is Taking Over America from 2019-05-21T01:37:21

One of the most popular drinks in craft cocktail bars at the moment is the simplest: the Highball.

Generally, it’s a refreshing mix of whiskey and club soda, which is delicious on a h...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 39 Is Rum Finally Ready to Seriously Challenge Whiskey? from 2019-05-07T02:50:31

After years of being lost in a sea of Coke and other mixers, rum is finally emerging as a sipping spirit. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? And can rum actually attract whiskey drinkers and c...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 38 Are Dive Bars an Endangered Species? from 2019-03-29T02:02:47

Before there were fancy craft cocktail bars, Americans learned to drink in dive bars. These humble establishments are a sacred tradition, dispensing affordable shots of potent whiskey and pints ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 37 Drinking Your Way Across Ireland from 2019-03-09T02:11:29

There are few drinking institutions more revered or storied than the Irish pub. Traditionally, back in the old country, these bars were the center of their respective communities, often also servin...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 36 Pushing the Boundaries of Single Malt Scotch Whisky from 2019-02-15T02:20:50

The recipe for making Scotch is pretty simple: malted barley, water and yeast—that’s it.

Talented distillers and blenders across Scotland transform these humble ingredients to produce...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 35 The Bastardization of the Hot Toddy from 2019-01-27T21:24:17

The Hot Toddy started out as a relatively simple drink: sugar, booze, hot water and possibly some grated nutmeg.Over the next roughly 300 years, that definition stretched to include a whole host of...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 34 Future Cocktails: What You’ll Be Drinking in 2019 from 2019-01-18T21:07:16

From spirits and craft beer to spiked seltzer, on this episode of award-winning podcast, Life Behind Bars, hosts Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich looked into their crystal Martini glasses to div...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 33 The Year in Drinks from 2018-12-28T21:13:57

Before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve listen to the year-end episode of podcast Life Behind Bars.

Hosts Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich recount the highs and lows of 2018, includin...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 32 The Ultimate Holiday Party Drink: Cognac Punch from 2018-12-08T19:34:56

Forget the holiday season, it’s punch season! Seriously. For centuries, people have been making big bowls of Cognac punch for their friends and family. Why? It’s not only delicious but much easier ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 31 The Wide World of Whiskey from 2018-11-29T22:37:10

For decades, Kentucky, Scotland, Ireland and Canada dominated the whiskey business. Few bars carried any whiskies made anywhere else and that was really just fine with most drinkers. But over the l...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 30 - The Greatest Bartenders the World Forgot from 2018-10-24T20:16:35

The stars of the rebirth of the cocktail are legendary bartenders, likeListen

Life Behind Bars - Episode 29 - You Only Know Half of Rum’s History from 2018-10-11T19:45:04

The history of rum usually begins and ends with the Caribbean. It makes sense since the region is home to many famous brands and has been producing the liquor since the 1600s. But that’s really onl...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 28 Everything You Know About the Sazerac is Wrong from 2018-08-24T16:46:47

The legendary New Orleans drink had a lovely history about how it was originally made with Cognac, but thanks to the massive destruction wrought on European vineyards by phylloxera, Americans were ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 27 - Did Trump Curse New York’s Tiki Bars? from 2018-08-16T01:57:47

During the winter of 1989, Donald Trump went to war with Trader Vic’s.The New York outpost of the famous tiki bar chain was located in the legendary Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time. In a...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 26 - Your Summer Drink: The Tom Collins from 2018-07-12T18:40:11

The beautiful simplicity of the Tom Collins recipe—gin, sugar, lemon juice and club soda—makes it hard to believe that someone had to actually convince the rest of us to give it a try. It’s the per...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 25 - Punch Will Save Your Summer Party from 2018-07-02T19:10:29

Summer party hosts, a word of advice: forget about serving cocktails.Parties should be fun for the guests as well as the host and making drinks for a large groups is hard and sweaty work. So, put a...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 24 Are Drinking Rules Made to be Broken? from 2018-06-01T19:40:36

From no standing at the bar to no yelling to no hats, over the last two decades, craft cocktail bars from coast to coast have been posting their own etiquette guidelines. But are any of these rules...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 23- Are There Any Classic Cocktails That Are Still Lost? from 2018-05-07T16:05:05

There are have been hundreds of cocktail books published over the last 200 years. While a lot of the drinks listed in them are familiar (like the Old-Fashioned and Daiquiri) or versions of those cl...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 22 The Guilty Pleasures We’re Not Embarrassed to Drink from 2018-04-17T15:41:15

From Long Island Iced Tea to frozen cocktails to Grasshoppers, there’s a whole class of drinks that don’t get much respect from modern bartenders or drinkers. But in the right bar and under the rig...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 21 - The Art of Drinking & Flying from 2018-03-28T21:01:46

Frequent flyers not only know how to pick the perfect seat and the fastest TSA line but also where to find the best drink in an airport.On this episode of Life Behind Bars, Noah Rothbaum and David ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 20 An International St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl from 2018-03-09T20:11:51

From Dublin and Belfast to Chile and Mongolia, you can now find Irish pubs around the world. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, on this episode of Life Behind Bars we go on an international pub cr...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 19 Debunking the Biggest Cocktails & Spirits Myths from 2018-02-08T21:45:16

Was rye more popular than bourbon at the turn century? Was the Manhattan cocktail created for Winston Churchill’s mother? Was tequila ever bottled with a worm? On this episode of Life Behind Bars, ...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 18 Burns Night Scotch from 2018-01-23T20:11:16

Get out that bottle of single malt whisky in the back of your liquor cabinet, which you’ve been saving for a special occasion. This Thursday is the 259th birthday of Scotland’s national poet Rob...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 17 - How to Shake Up Your Drinks in 2018 from 2018-01-09T01:55:24

How can you take your drinks mixing to the next level in 2018? In this episode of Life Behind Bars, hosts Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich come up with a few boozy New Year’s resolutions for themse...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 16 - Holiday Drinks from 2017-12-03T20:21:45

Whether you love or hate Eggnog, it wouldn’t be the holidays without a cup of the creamy cocktail. In this episode of podcast Life Behind Bars, hosts Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich discuss the su...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 15 - What You Should Drink on Thanksgiving from 2017-11-21T20:37:17

Get in the Thanksgiving spirit by listening to a special holiday edition of the podcast Life Behind Bars. Hosts Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich try to solve the age-old problem of what beverages g...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 14 The Rise and Fall of Prohibition from 2017-11-16T14:46:43

Nearly 84 years after the end of Prohibition, the story of how American drinkers and distillers survived the dry period is, amazingly, still the subject of much attention. Rum runners and bootlegge...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 13 - The Manhattan from 2017-10-25T20:06:41

The Manhattan cocktail has been a star since it appeared on the scene more than 100 years ago. But despite being enduringly popular, it’s hard to figure out the drink’s early history, including who...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 12 - The Boilermaker from 2017-10-03T20:34:35

No matter if you call it a Boilermaker, a shot and a beer or a depth charge, you can find this simply yet delicious combination around the world. It’s a pairing that is often now identified with Am...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 11 - The Old-Fashioned from 2017-09-18T16:33:12

Anybody can make an Old-Fashioned cocktail: It’s just sugar, water, bitters and spirit (usually whiskey, these days). That’s it. But this deceptively simple list of ingredients yields a complex coc...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 10 - Bartender Drinks from 2017-09-05T16:25:35

Shhh! Can you keep a secret? There’s a whole list of cocktails and spirits that are off the menu, which professional bartenders serve each other and their most favorite customers. These so-called b...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 9: The Martini from 2017-08-21T20:57:21

Join the Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum)and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how they...

Life Behind Bars, Episode 8: The Cocktail Dark Ages from 2017-07-27T19:31:58

Join the Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how the...

Life Behind Bars - Episode 7 - Cocktail Pet Peeves from 2017-07-17T15:22:31

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss bars and the drinking life. No matter how easy ...

Cuban Cocktails - Life Behind Bars - Episode 6 from 2017-06-28T17:33:42

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how the...

Mixologist vs. Bartender - Life Behind Bars - Episode 5 from 2017-06-02T15:29:02

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum @NRothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich @DavidWondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how they ch...

War-Time Drinking - Life Behind Bars - Episode 4 from 2017-05-18T19:02:27

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum) and our Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich]) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how th...

Midwestern Mixology - Life Behind Bars - Episode 3 from 2017-05-04T18:50:18

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum @NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how they...

American Bartenders Abroad - Life Behind Bars - Episode 2 from 2017-04-20T17:34:38

Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@DavidWondrich) as they discuss the greatest bartenders of all time and how the...

Jerry Thomas - Life Behind Bars - Episode 1 from 2017-03-31T15:43:56

Join The Daily Beast's Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum and our Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they talk about the impact of bartenders from drinking history. On today's episode hear a...