My Tiny Bottles with Tammy Coxen

Tammy tries to figure out the "special place in Quebecer's hearts" that this imported-from-France, bottled-in-Quebec brand occupies. Check out  this episode  on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at  https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy tells the story of a tiny bottle of not-Cognac, and why we have the Treaty of Versailles to thank for that. Check out  this episode  on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at  https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy gets some pleasant and less-than pleasant surprises in her selection of five random bottles from the hundreds she inherited. Want to watch me open these bottles? Check out this episode at mytinybottles.com for the video. Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at  https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Would you love a Babycham? Tammy tells the story of the drink that dominated the airwaves and champagne glasses of the UK for decades. Check out  this episode  on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at  https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Time for some more tasting! I’m joined by the Fred Yarm, Boston bartender and the man behind the  Cocktail Virgin Slut  blog to talk about Boston, Mr. Boston, schnapps and more! We kick things off with last week’s bottle,  Mr Boston Peppermint Schnapps , and then go back to one of the first bottles I unboxed –  Hot Shot Tropical Fruit Schnapps ! Check out  this episode  on mytinybottles.com for th...

Tammy tells the story of how Mr Boston became one of the biggest names in mixology for most of the twentieth century. Check out  this episode  on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at  https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy tries to untangle the century-old rivalry over who really should get the credit for this pine liqueur in a tree stump bottle. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy faces a dilemma as she tells the story of this bottle of rum/rhum from Canada! Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

So far, I’ve revealed and researched 10 vintage tiny bottles but have yet to taste any. Until now. In my first-ever tasting episode, I sat down with  Casey Miller , my favorite bartender at my favorite bar,  The Last Word , to compare  my tiny bottle of vintage Disaronno  with its modern counterpart. Then Casey mixed up a few amaretto cocktails (see recipes at mytinybottles.com ) before I surprise...

Tammy tells the story of the Disaronno brand's transformation as she attempts to pin a date on this bottle of Amaretto. Check out this episode on https://mytinybottles.com/ for photos and more. Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

In this audio only version of Reveal Video #3 I uncover a surprisingly thematic set of bottles, despite grabbing the bottles completely at random from two different boxes. It includes some extra commentary from me, since you can't see what I'm looking at, but if you want to watch me unbox the bottles, check out Reveal Video #3. Want more Tammy? Check out my cocktail classes at https://www.tammysta...

Tammy tells the story of how one bourbon distiller took a chance on the wild idea that women might like to drink alcohol themselves, and not just serve it to their husbands. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Learn all about the history of women and alcohol in Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings....

When is a bottle of wine not just a bottle of wine? When it's also a salt (or pepper) shaker. Tammy tells the amazing story about how what started as an agricultural worker's cooperative became the number two tourist destination in California! Plus, yodeling. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Listen to the whole jingle with vintage photo accompaniment! Watch fabulous...

Tammy uses a tiny bottle of Martell Cognac as an excuse to provide a Brandy 101 primer. Learn all the things you didn't know you needed to know about brandy and Cognac! Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy tells the recently unearthed story of Nearest Green, the enslaved man who taught a boy named Jasper Newton Daniel everything he knew about making whiskey. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for links and photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Sometimes Tammy can find a lot about a bottle. And sometimes, almost nothing. This is one of those times. But tune in anyway for the surprising twist ending! Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

As I talked about in the intro podcast, I don’t know what’s in the bins. And I don’t want to know – part of the fun of this for me is the unboxing, a few at a time. If you want to *see* what that looks like, you can watch the Reveal videos on my website, mytinybottles.com . But I also wanted to create an audio only version for my podcast listeners. This episode includes audio from Reveal Video 2,...

Tammy engages in some serious bottle dating nerdiness as she tries to figure out when this bottle of blended Scotch whisky comes from. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy manages to find a throughline from a bottle of sweet 1980s liqueur all the way back to the Medicinal Spirits Act of 1927! Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy tells the sad story of this almost empty bottle of an essential Tiki cocktail ingredient, pimento dram. Watch me drink the dregs in Reveal Video #1 Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more Want to buy your own vintage bottle? Just €299! Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Tammy tells the story of how Maker’s Mark changed the landscape of American whiskey. Check out this episode on mytinybottles.com for photos and more More on the Maker’s Mark story Want more Tammy? Check out her cocktail classes at https://www.tammystastings.com/events/

Welcome to My Tiny Bottles, the project where I’ll be exploring my grandmother’s legacy of miniature liquor bottles, one tiny bottle at a time. Get the backstory and find out what's in store! Want more? Check out mytinybottles.com for photographs, blog posts, YouTube videos and more!