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Volume 3, Issue 3    

March 30, 2011

 


A jam-packed spring newsletter for you all this month...enjoy! 

 

 

 

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Cheers,
Jonathan
IN THIS ISSUE
BOOZE BRIEFS: Elegantly Green Wedding Expo...M.S Walker Cocktail Classes...Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide...USBG Happenings
BUSINESS CLASS: WSWA & USBG Leadership Conference
RECIPES GALORE: Spring Cocktails on WNBC-TV
THE FUNNIES: Vintage Funnies
UPCOMING HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST

SPRING 2011 
April 1: spring cocktail menu debut at ALL Hospitality Holdings locations

April 2-3: Rhode Island Home Show, Providence, RI - see Jonathan's demo bar!  Click HERE for more info.

April 6: Tales of the Cocktail preview event in NYC

April 8: The Great Bridal Expo, Marriott Marquis, NYC

April 9-11: Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention, Orlando, FL

April 12: The Cocktail Guru & M.S Walker Cocktail Seminar, Lenox, MA

April 14: New England Bridal Affair show at the Langham Hotel, Boston, MA

April 18: The Cocktail Lab - A Hands-on Workshop, w/ Jonathan, Astor Center, NYC

April 18: USBG April Mixer at El Cobre, NYC

April 25: Rum Renaissance Festival, Miami, FL

LOOKING AHEAD...


May 1: The Great Bridal Affair, Boston, MA

May 5: Best of Newport, Rosecliff Manor, Newport, RI

May 13-16:

Manhattan Cocktail Classic


May 15: Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase, Boston, MA

 
Want to list your event here? Email me.   
Also, visit our friends at www.insidefandb.com for more great event listings.

 
Booze Briefs:
 
What's New?


The Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase

Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase

Boy are we lucky at Wedding Cocktail Design.  We've been invited to take over the ENTIRE BAR at this year's Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase in Boston, MA.  What an experience this will be.

If you're getting married, and happen to be into all green, organic spirits and cocktails, then come on by! 

Come by even if you're not getting married. 

Try some signature wedding cocktails and peruse the elegant table settings, dresses, deserts, and more.

If you're a 100% organic wine and/or spirits brand, and would like to know how to participate in this show, email us at jonathan@weddingcocktaildesign.com  


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M.S Walker & The Cocktail Guru Team Up To Present Cocktail Classes To Cape Cod and Berkshire Bartenders

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Attention Cape Cod and Berkshire-area bartenders and hospitality industry professionals: Learn about classic cocktails, cocktail history, and seasonal ingredients!

We've teamed up with the M.S Walker family of brands in Massachusetts to bring a bit of cocktail training to this fine state. 

The class in Cape Cod just passed (March 29th), but the one in Lenox, MA is coming up...

Join us at the Cranwell Resort

(in the Mansion Music Room) on Tuesday, April 12 from 1:30-2:30pm

55 Lee Road
Lenox, MA
email jonathan@thecocktailguru.com to reserve a seat...

Cranwell Resort 

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Call for Cocktail Submissions for newest Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide!

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Attn: Bartenders and brand folks - want your cocktail recipe to be included in the 75th Anniversary edition of the Mr. Boston bar guide - one of the most iconic cocktail books in all of history?!

Submit your original drink recipes, including your name, email, city, state, and place of business, to:

jonathan@thecocktailguru.com 


Recipes will not be branded, and if we decide to use your recipe(s), we'll let you know, and you will be credited in the book.

Deadline to submit recipes: Monday, April 4th, 2011

So get going! 


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USBGNY Happenings
 


The USBG NY Chapter has been very active this month and last. 

Our USBG Cocktail Jam this past Monday was a HUGELY ENORMOUS success (pics, winners, etc. in next issue), and we look forward to our mixer in April with Banks 5 Island rum at El Cobre.

Here's a note on this past month's mixer from Jason Littrell, USBGNY Prez:

Some of New York's finest cocktail minds came to Macao Trading Co. last week for another exciting and educational meeting of the United States Bartenders Guild.  This month's mixer was hosted by the legendary Hanna Lee of Hanna Lee Communications, and sponsored by Campari.  Ms. Lee presented a seminar on the do's and don'ts of marketing yourself in the food and beverage industry, while Chad Solomon and Christy Pope gave us a thorough background on the origins of a classic Negroni cocktail.

To see some pics, click on the link below:

Lush Life Pics of USBG March Mixer 

 
Is your brand interested in sponsoring one of the NY Chapter's monthly mixers, luncheons, or other events? 
Email newyork@usbg.org 

We would also like to include a link below to a great article about the newly created USBG Boston Chapter.

Check them out:

USBG Boston 

 
 


Business Class:
  

The USBG Leadership Conference - San Francisco


Twenty-one chapter leaders from across the U.S. came together from March 14-17, 2011, in San Francisco, for the first ever USBG National Leadership Conference. 

The week was highlighted with informative seminars on leading and managing your USBG chapters, sponsored lunches and dinners, as well as amazingly fun activities...like:

Irish Coffees at "Buena Vista", where they were invented...
A private evening bus tour of SF...
A trip out to Anchor Distilling Co....
An event to help those in need in Japan...
And more!

Please check out the new USBG National facebook page for some amazing photos of the week...

And, while you're at it, become a fan:

USBG National Facebook Page 


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The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention (WSWA)

WSWA Convention

I've had the privilege of being invited for the 3rd straight year to this amazing event.  Every other year it's in Las Vegas, then Orlando, and so on...and I'm super excited that we'll be back in Orlando.  This is, after all, where I met Dan Akroyd, if you'll recall...

Tasting hundreds of spirits and liqueurs is tough work...trust me.  But the fine folks at Tasting Panel Magazine and WSWA make it all worth it.

If you happen to be there, come by and say hi to me.  I may or may not be conscious.
 
 
RECIPES GALORE:

 Aperitifs

Spring Cocktails on WNBC-TV Weekend Today in NY

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In case you missed it, check out this video of me mixing up some drinks for Pat and Erika.


The Cocktail Guru spring cocktails on WNBC-TV
 
The recipes can be had HERE.

Happy spring!!

The Funnies...

 

Vintage Funnies:

 

This comes to us via Mr. Brian Rea and his wonderful website, www.TheBarkeeper.com  This cartoon appeared in the 1950 book, "Authentic and Hilarious Bar Book," by Virgil F. Partch.  What a treasure, eh? (I meant the Cartoon, not Brian)

 

Vintage Cartoon 

 

 

 

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Jonathan Pogash is a beverage consultant, educator, and mixologist for bars, restaurants, and liquor brands.   
 
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