Into The Barchive

This week on Into The Barchive , Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones celebrate National Harvey Wallbanger Day by revisiting one of the most recognizable—and misunderstood—cocktails of the 1970s. At its core, the Harvey Wallbanger is deceptively simple: vodka, orange juice, and a float of Galliano . But the story behind the drink is much bigger than the recipe. For a time, it became one of the best-know...

This week on Into The Barchive , Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones are raising the dead just in time for Halloween with one of cocktail history’s most appropriately named families of drinks: the Corpse Reviver . But the Corpse Reviver wasn’t originally one specific cocktail. The name began as a broader term for a morning restorative—a “hair of the dog” meant to revive someone after a long night of dr...

This week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones explore one of the darker and more unusual bottles behind the bar: nocino , the bittersweet walnut liqueur that tastes like autumn and comes with centuries of tradition, folklore, and a little midsummer mystery. Traditionally made by macerating green, unripe walnuts in alcohol with sugar and sometimes spices like cinnamon and cl...

This week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones head into the orchard to explore the history of hard cider and the surprisingly important role it has played in drinking culture on both sides of the Atlantic. Long before cocktails became fixtures of the American bar, cider was already a staple of the colonial table. Apples were abundant, fermentation made their juice easier to...

This week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones raise a glass to one of the most influential bartenders of the modern era: Dale DeGroff , better known as King Cocktail . DeGroff didn’t just make great drinks—he helped change what American bartending could be. From fresh citrus and quality spirits to proper glassware, technique, ice, hospitality, and cocktail history, his infl...

How much can you change a Negroni before it stops being a Negroni? This week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones wrap up their Negroni mini-series by exploring just how adaptable the classic three-ingredient cocktail can be. Using the Negroni’s familiar structure as a starting point, they dive into two variations that dramatically change its personality while preserving its...

Three ingredients. Equal parts. More than a century of cocktail history. This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones explore one of the most recognizable cocktails in the world: the Negroni. Building on their previous episode about the Milano-Torino and Americano, the guys trace the Negroni's evolution from a simple Italian aperitivo into a global cocktail phenomenon. They...

Before the Negroni became one of the world's most iconic cocktails, two simpler Italian drinks helped lay the foundation. This week on Into The Barchive, hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones travel back to 19th-century Italy to explore the history of the Milano-Torino and the Americano—two cocktails that helped shape the country's aperitivo culture and forever changed the way we drink. The guys be...

September is Bourbon Heritage Month , and this week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones continue celebrating America’s native spirit by looking at two modern cocktails that prove bourbon’s story is still being written. This episode spotlights bartender John Santor and two of his influential creations: the refreshing Democrat and the coffee-accented Revolver . Though both we...

September is Bourbon Heritage Month , and this week on Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones are celebrating America’s native spirit by looking forward instead of back. Rather than focusing on dusty bottles and Prohibition-era classics, Tim and Blake explore two modern bourbon cocktails that have already earned their place in the contemporary cocktail canon: Eric Castro’s Kentuc...

In this episode of Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones head into the world of tiki to explore one of the most famous—and most misunderstood—cocktails ever created: the Mai Tai . Forget the oversized glasses, pineapple juice, grenadine, and over-the-top fruit garnishes. The original Trader Vic Mai Tai was a surprisingly restrained cocktail built around rum, lime, orange curaçao...

In this episode of Into The Barchive , hosts Tim Wright and Dr. Blake Jones dive into one of the most important building blocks in cocktail history: the Whiskey Sour . With its simple combination of whiskey, citrus, and sugar, the Whiskey Sour is more than just a classic drink—it’s a blueprint for an entire family of cocktails built around the balance of sweet, sour, and strong. Tim mixes up a tra...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive, Blake and Tim head south to Brazil to explore the country’s most essential spirit: cachaça. Often described as “Brazilian rum,” cachaça has a story and identity all its own. Blake and Tim trace its roots through sugar cane, Portuguese colonization, agriculture, and Brazilian culture, while explaining what makes cachaça different from rum and why it rema...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim explore the Sherry Cobbler, one of the earliest American mixed drinks and a cocktail that helped change the way people drank. At first glance, the Sherry Cobbler seems simple: sherry, sugar, citrus, crushed ice, and a straw. But historically, it was a game changer. Blake and Tim dive into the world of sherry, from dry and delicate fino to...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim dive into one of the most iconic mixers in cocktail history: Coca-Cola. What began as a syrup created in an Atlanta pharmacy became a global cultural phenomenon, a piece of American history, and a surprisingly important part of cocktail culture. Blake and Tim trace Coca-Cola’s journey from soda fountains to worldwide branding, including i...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim celebrate National Tequila Day by diving into one of the world’s most recognizable spirits. Tequila may be most associated with shots, salt, and lime, but its story goes much deeper. Blake and Tim explore how tequila is made from Blue Weber agave, why it must come from specific regions of Mexico, and how the long growing cycle of agave sh...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim wrap up their tiki and tropical drinks mini series by stepping back to one of the most foundational cocktails in history: the Daiquiri. In honor of National Daiquiri Day, they head to Havana and the legendary El Floridita to explore the work of Constante Ribalaigua Vert, the meticulous Cuban bartender who helped turn the Daiquiri from a s...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim continue their tiki and tropical cocktail series with one of the most recognizable vacation drinks of all time: the Piña Colada. Timed with National Piña Colada Day, this episode looks beyond the drink’s reputation as an overly sweet frozen cliché and explores why the Piña Colada deserves a more thoughtful place in the tropical cocktail c...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim continue their tiki and tropical cocktail series with the story of Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron, the one-legged barman from California who helped turn tiki into an international empire. After exploring Don the Beachcomber in the previous episode, Blake and Tim now step into the world of his greatest rival and one of tiki’s most influentia...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim continue their tropical and tiki cocktail series with the man who helped create tiki culture itself: Don the Beachcomber. Before he became a cocktail legend, Don was Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, a Texas-born adventurer, rum runner, Hollywood consultant, and world traveler who turned his experiences into something America had never seen...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim kick off a brand-new series on tropical and tiki drinks by going back to the foundation: grog and Planter’s Punch. Before the paper umbrellas, flaming garnishes, and elaborate tiki mugs, there was watered-down rum on British naval ships. Blake and Tim explore how grog began as a practical drink for sailors, combining rum, water, lime, and...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim dive into one of the most recognizable cocktails in the world: the Aperol Spritz. More than just a bright orange drink in a wine glass, the Aperol Spritz is tied to the Italian ritual of aperitivo, the pre-dinner tradition of slowing down, gathering with friends, enjoying light snacks, and easing into the evening. Blake and Tim explore ho...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim sail into the story of one of the most dramatic and refreshing highballs in cocktail history: the Dark ’n Stormy . With International Dark ’n Stormy Day coming up on June 9, the guys explore the drink’s deep connection to Bermuda, maritime culture, ginger beer, and dark rum. From the Gosling family’s rum legacy to the sailors who helped s...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim shift their focus from a cocktail to one of the most influential figures in the modern cocktail renaissance: Sasha Petraske . As the founder of New York City’s legendary Milk & Honey , Petraske helped redefine what a cocktail bar could be. In an era dominated by sour mix, flavored vodka, and loud nightlife venues, he created a quiet,...

In this week’s episode of Into the Barchive , Blake and Tim head south of the Margarita to explore Mexico’s true everyday tequila cocktail: the Paloma . While Americans often reach first for a Margarita, the Paloma is the drink many people across Mexico know and love. It is simple, refreshing, lower ABV, and deeply tied to everyday drinking culture rather than a glamorous origin story or famous ba...