The Modern Bar Cart Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of the Modern Bar Cart Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and today, we've got a really excellent and timely episode for your listening enjoyment. This is airing on August 24, 2017, and we are in the midst of Amaro Week. As some of you may know, an Amaro is a bitter, Italian-style liqueur, and this particular category has really been taking off in the last few yea...

Welcome back to the Modern Bar Cart Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and today I'm comin atcha with another bar cart foundations episode, where we examine one of the most essential components of home bartending and look at it from a bunch of different angles, offering tips and bar hacks along the way. Today, we're featuring a substance that needs no introduction, that cool operator, that names...

This episode is an interview with Aviva Goldfarb , who is an extremely accomplished cookbook author and meal planning guru who also happens to be a really talented and inspired home bartender. One of my favorite things about talking with Aviva is the passion she has for flavor--her voice and facial expressions just light up when she talks about the joy of food and drink. In this wide-ranging discu...

What's up cocktail fans. I'm coming at you today with a great summer cocktail. And maybe I shouldn't be saying A cocktail...but rather THE cocktail. Even if you're just getting into cocktails, if you haven't heard of this drink, I'm a bit worried about where you've been for the past century. That's right, this episode is all about the legendary Martini. And I want to give you a chance to make your...

In this episode, I chat with Charlie Berkinshaw, the founder of Element [Shrub], and we get into all the fascinating details of that product. Charlie's a good friend of mine. His photography and instagram skills are ON POINT, and I know you're gonna enjoy this interview. Find Element [Shrub] on Instagram (@elementshrub) , Twitter (@elementshrub) , and Facebook . You can also visit their website (...

My guest this episode is Josh Wulf of the Wulf Cocktail Den . He's a great guy who's really passionate about making delicious cocktails and connecting with other people over a well-made drink. The goal of this episode is to give you a high level overview of the unsung heroes of the cocktail ingredient world: bitters, vermouths, and liqueurs. But in addition to a lot of great knowledge about those,...

In this episode, I drop by Gettysburg College, my undergraduate Alma Mater, to catch up with Professor Dan McCall of the Gettysburg Odor and Flavor Lab , who's doing really interesting research in the field of taste and smell perception. As you'd imagine, he's got a lot of really cool insights into exactly what happens when you take that first sip of your favorite cocktail.   Some of the topics we...

  In this episode, we'll acquaint ourselves with the magical world of citrus in all its tart, tangy glory. Most people are familiar with the use of citrus in their favorite cocktails, whether that's the orange peel garnish in your Old Fashioned, the squeeze of lime in your Mojito, or the pucker of lemon in a classic whiskey sour. But have you ever stopped to think about why we put citrus in our dr...

Disclaimer: None of the audio or written content hosted here or elsewhere is intended as medical advice. You should always drink in moderation, and always consult a licensed physician before consuming ingredients or substances that are new or unknown to you.   I see the red clover, I see the black locust flowers...I see things, and I want to put them into my body. - Colleen O'Bryant   Hey Everybod...

Hello, and WELCOME to the Modern Bar Cart Podcast—the cocktail podcast where we demystify the tools and techniques that make great drinks. I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and I'm glad you've decided to join me for what may be one of the most crucial early episodes you'll listen to on this podcast. In Episode 2, I broke down the essential cocktail-related tools you'll need to build your home bar or bar...

A glass doesn't have to be vintage to be cool. Choose the glass that makes you feel the best about your drink. -Andrew Whitehead   Hey Everybody, Welcome to Episode 3 of the Modern Bar Cart Podcast! I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and I'm coming to you today with a glassware crash course interview with Andrew Whitehead, AKA Liquorary. By day, Andy is a mild-mannered, luxuriously bearded father who tak...

Hello, and WELCOME to the Modern Bar Cart podcast, a weekly radio show where we demystify the tools and techniques that make great drinks. I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and today I've got for you one of the FOUNDATIONS episodes in which we review the essential tools that every good bar cart or home bar should have. I think you'll be hard-pressed to find an episode of this podcast that DOESN'T contai...

  To me, hosting is the ultimate form of respect. One of the most selfless things you can do for your friends is to have a well organized, well run get-together. It's a form of affection. -Alex Luboff   I used to put a ton of pressure on myself to give people the best drink they've ever had...and then I remembered I'm not a professional. -Jordan Wicker   In this episode, I sit down with a chat wit...

Hello and WELCOME to the Modern Bar Cart Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Kozlik, and I'd like to thank you for joining me for Episode Zero, where I'll introduce myself and provide a quick breakdown of what I'd like to accomplish with this podcast. First and foremost, this is a show about cocktails. What they are, how to make them, how to incorporate them into your life in a healthy way, and how to as...