Raising the Bar: Blogging from Tales of the Cocktail

by Keith Waldbauer, Posted Jul 18th 2008 @ 10:05AM

The boozefest that is Tales Of The Cocktail has been everything I thought it'd be, and I have to admit it's nice, for the moment, to be relatively sober. You see, you can't go very far in New Orleans without being tempted to have a drink. When you throw the world's biggest cocktail and spirit schmoozefest/symposium, it is definitely hard to hold on to your sobriety. Not that any of us want to, of course.

This is just a reminder of something I posted earlier, but should you be interested in following the goings-on at this fantastic event, there is a cocktail blog called, literally enough, Tales Blog. The contributors are bloggers like myself, and we'll be consistently updating the site with differing interpretations. Should this particular site fail to fully scratch the itch, each blogger will also be updating their personal sites, and I strongly encourage you to check them out. They are, in no particular order....

Jeffery Morgenthaler of jeffreymorgenthaler.com
Rick Stutz of Kaiser Penguin
Darcy O'Neil of Art of Drink
Craig Mrusek of Dr Bamboo
Blair Reynolds of Trader Tiki
Gabriel Szasko of Cocktail Nerd
Chuck Taggart of Gumbo Pages
Jamie Boudreau of Spirits and Cocktails
Matt Robold of Rum Dood
Charles and Ted Munat of Le Mixeur
Robert Heugel of Drink Dogma
Craig Hermann of Tiki Drinks and Indigo Firmaments
Jay Hepburn of Oh Gosh
Michael Dietsch of A Dash Of Bitters
Anita and Cameron Crotty of Married With Dinner
Steve Schul and Paul Zablocki of Cocktail Buzz
Robert Simonson of Off The Presses
Marleigh Riggins of Sloshed
Lance J Mahew of My Life On The Rocks
Kevin Kelpe of Save The Drinkers
Sonja Kassebaum of Thinking Of Drinking
Misty Kalkofen of LUPEC-Boston
Seamus Harris of Bunnyhugs
Camper English of Alcademics
Erik Ellstead of Underhill Lounge
Brad Ellis of Bar Mix Master
Lauren Clark of Drink Boston
Natalie Bovis-Nelson of Liquid Muse
Of course, Jonathan Forester of (woohoo!!) Slashfood

Oh, and last but not least, everyone's favorite cocktail blogger, Paul Clarke (seen here holding his camera up to a pair of beautiful Pimm's Cups from New Orleans famous Napolean House) of Cocktail Chronicles.

Filed Under: Raves & Reviews, On the Blogs, Raising the Bar, Drink Recipes, Drinks, Tastings
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