A schedule of over 50 seminars will examine a wide range of topics designed to inform and inspire cocktail professionals.
The 2011 Topics and Presenters to date are listed below:
- 6 Rums You’ll Probably Never Taste Again with Edward Hamilton
- America’s New Distilleries with Matthew Rowley
- Around the World by (Brass) Rail with David Wondrich
- As American as Apple Brandy with Paul Clarke
- Barrel Aged Cocktails with Jeffrey Morgenthaler
- Bad Boys of Bars with Christine Sismondo & Brian Rea
- Before Man, The Plant with Ron Cooper
- Below the Equator with Jacob Briars
- Beyond Punch: Colonial American Drinks with Wayne Curtis
- Born to Mix: Spirits “Made” for Cocktails with Dushan Zaric
- Brand Ambassadors with Claire Smith
- Chainsaw Shift with Andrew Bohrer
- Classic Hotel Bars with Simon Ford
- Cocktails and Engaging the Senses with Matthew Bax
- Conversations on Cocktail Glasses with Angus Winchester
- Cool Bar Tools, Past, Present and Future with Dale DeGroff
- David Embury and The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks with Robert Hess
- Drinking on Deadline with Paul Clarke
- Eastern Eden with Dave Broom
- From Grain to Bottle with Raj Nagra
- H20 Cocktails with Kathy Casey
- Hand Crafted Cocktail How Far is Too Far with Craig James
- Hotel Monteleone – 125 Years of History with Phillip Greene
- How the Global Drinks Business Works with Philip Duff
- How to Build a Cutting Edge Ice Program with Christy Pope
- Intellectual Property 2 with Eben Freeman
- Irish Whiskey Legends with Paul Pacult
- Ladies’ Choice: Women Behind Bars with Lynette Marrero
- Lets Not Sugar Coat It with Gina Chersevani
- “Making Love to His Tonic & Gin” with Jim Ryan
- Michel Roux – The 5 Million Case Man with Philip Duff
- Mysteries of Wood Maturation with Dale DeGroff
- Negroni and its Modern Relatives with Paul Clarke
- Occupational Hazards with Charlotte Voisey
- Persia to Ponies–Julep Journey with Jared Plummer
- SavourEASE with Gina Chersevani
- Shhhhh! It’s A Secret withCharlotte Voisey
- Sodatender or Barjerk with Darcy O’Neil
- Sporting Life and Other Anecdotes with Allen Katz
- Swizzling Around The World, Here And Now with Stanislav Vadrna
- Tequila’s Rise and Redemption with Frank Coleman
- The Chicken or the Egg? with Tony Conigliaro, Harold McGee, and Dave Arnold
- The Emperor’s New Bitters with Jacob Briars
- The European Bartending Perspective with Jonathan Pogash
- The Journey of Artemisia Absinthium with Giuseppe Gallo
- The Menu with Angus Winchester
- Timber! In History & Sensory Analysis with Eric Seed
- Ultra-Advanced Spirits Critic’s Workshop with Paul Pacult
- Vanilla, Vanilla, Baby with Philip Duff
- Vinegar…the Other Acid with Kelley Slagle
- Welcome to the Whiskey Business with Chad S. Solomon
- What the Dutch East India Trading Company did for the Modern Bar with Misja Vorstermans
- What Would Aristotle Drink? with Derek Brown
- Who’s Your Daddy? A Mai Tai Paternity Test with Jeff Berry
- Your Own In House Soda Program with Andrew Nicholls