Reexamining the origins of the cocktail, what was the difference between the old fashioned and the new fangled back in 1883, and what made cocktails a real hit

Doug shares with us a little more about the American attributed to bringing the daiquiri to the US and we learn that Ernest Hemingway was drinking his daiquiris frozen. Blender technology is much older than I expected.

Revisiting the Monster In A Glass Cuba Libre episode Doug turns the common history over on its head describing how the common bullshit history surrounding the rum and coke wasn't really a possibility and how evidence for the beverage isn't available until much later than the reported original story.

Doug and Cameron revisit Monster In A Glass podcast episode 8 revealing the origins of the concept of the Aviation cocktail, the trouble with purple drinks and the sad story of a sad artist that was very sad

Doug tells us about the amazing Lachlan Rose and how he insinuated himself into the British Navy's good graces and how the Gimlet cocktail became a popular phenomenon at the Grand Hotel in Beijing.

We review the old Monster In A Glass podcast Martini episode with Doug Stailey who shares an interesting new possibility for the origins of the drink with a fantastic story from the time as well as a theory why the Martini lost its vermouth in the early 1900s

Picking up where the Monster In A Glass podcast left off, Doug Stailey discusses how tequila worked its way into American and European markets and how that ultimately led to the recipe and name for the drink we call the Margarita

Revisiting the Sidecar where we hear a few more stories including a new one featuring the barflies at the bar that will be known as Harry's New York Bar in Paris. Also a look to the crusta aspect of the drink. Did we turn the history on its head? Not quite but we added more possibilities to the story and fleshed out more of the characters we will revisit as the podcast continues.