Tales of the Cocktail 2015

PRICE: $50 in advance/$40 for SoFAB-MOTAC and USBG members and all Tales of the Cocktail® registrants/$60 at the door

TICKETS & ADDITIONAL INFO: cocktailmuseum.org/events-and-seminars

The Museum of the American Cocktail (MOTAC), a division of the nonprofit SoFAB Institute, celebrates a singular cultural icon and develops its craft, field, and market through exhibits, programming, and a range of media. Founded by craft cocktail pioneer Dale DeGroff and a group of cocktail authorities and historians, MOTAC advances the profession and expands consumer knowledge of mixology while stressing the importance of responsible drinking. Led by Director Philip M. Dobard, MOTAC maintains permanent collections in New Orleans and Los Angeles and regularly presents both consumer-focused and trade-oriented programs in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, DC. MOTAC also works to boost career opportunities in the spirits industry and encourage greater participation by women and others under-represented in the field.

Before Tales of the Cocktail® became the international festival it is today, it started as a walking cocktail tour of one of America’s most spirited cities: New Orleans. Today the tour continues to delight visitors and locals alike with tall tales on how the city’s most legendary drinks came to be. Join New Orleans’ resident cocktail history expert, Joe Gendusa, on an exclusive Tales of the Cocktail® romp through the French Quarter.

Kick off your Tales of the Cocktail® 2015 with a spirited presentation from one of the world’s renowned experts on hospitality, Danny Meyer from the Union Square Hospitality Group. Meyer literally wrote the book on how to serve with the his book Setting the Table and he will share the insights from his 25-year career during a lively discussion moderated by Paul G. Tuennerman at the Harrah’s Theater. Tickets start at $115 or you can upgrade to the exclusive VIP experience, which includes a meet and greet with Meyer before the show. This intimate setting means there are a limited number of tickets so get yours today to be a part of the first-ever Tales of the Cocktail® keynote event.

Restaurateur Danny Meyer has become a world-renowned master of hospitality. This summer at Tales of the Cocktail, he'll be answering your questions during his keynote address. Make the most out of this opportunity by using #AskDannyMeyer on Twitter to post your questions. 
@TOTC #TOTC2015 #AskDannyMeyer
 

Before Tales of the Cocktail® became the international festival it is today, it started as a walking cocktail tour of one of America’s most spirited cities: New Orleans. Today the tour continues to delight visitors and locals alike with tall tales on how the city’s most legendary drinks came to be. Join New Orleans’ resident cocktail history expert, Joe Gendusa, on an exclusive Tales of the Cocktail® romp through the French Quarter.

Tales of the Cocktail® is an international festival celebrating spirits from around the world. But at Made in America we’re keeping things close to home as we feature a special selection of craft distilleries and their liquors that are made right here in the good old US of A. Join us for this special event to sample whiskeys, gins, rums, vodkas and other spirits that represent the best of American craftsmanship as we salute the spirits that make our country so flavorful.

Close your eyes and picture a Ken Burns documentary on Bourbon brought to life through live bluegrass music. Join Heaven Hill at the House of Blues and experience the evolution of Bourbon by tasting whiskey (and what became Bourbon) that folks drank back in the 1700’s, followed by what they drank in the 1800’s and finally what they’re drinking in present day.  

This tasting of whiskeys from Heaven Hill stimulates all the senses.  See, hear, smell, feel and taste the history of the native spirit of the United States and literally drink in the history of Kentucky’s fine spirit through its music. Enjoy music performed by Heaven Hill’s International Whiskey Ambassador, Bernie Lubbers and bluegrass musician, Hickory Vaught. 

Get on the bus and roll with us to the Daiquiri Shop! Since the New Orleans style Daiquiri (AKA Frozen Daiquiri) is the official cocktail this year, Tales of the Cocktail has teamed up with the New Orleans Daiquiri Festival & Defend The Daiquiri to take you on a Daiquiri Tour! Jump aboard an authentic New Orleans Party Bus (you have to see it to believe it) and roll with us around the city to the tune of what we've dubbed "Daiquiri Music." The Daiquiri is the icon of outdoor drinking in NOLA, it's the poster boy of Go-Cup culture, so Daiquiri Music is the outdoor sound of NOLA, what you hear rolling by outside, flooding out of bars, and being played on street corners. In other words, Brass, Bounce, & old-school Rhythm & Blues. We'll be rolling to a few legendary Daiquiri Shops and some new school Craft Daiquiri spots. Hosted by local comedian, historian and Daiquiri Expert, Corey Mack, you'll learn a thing or two about the history of Daiquiris in New Orleans, as well as some essential Daiquiri pop culture insights (like where Beyonce & Jay Z stop for Daiquiris). The Who Daiq Flava Girls will be there to demonstrate how to dance on a party bus while enjoying your Daiquiri (a required skill for locals). 

Ticket includes:

• Chartered tour guide and bus to some of New Orleans best Daiquiri Shops and several of the cocktail bars serving up Craft Daiqs!
• Discounted Daiquiris 
• Limited Edition "Defend The Daiquiri" Go-Cup
• Daiquiri Shirt
• Defend The Daiquiri swag

Cost: $49.00 per person 

Before Tales of the Cocktail® became the international festival it is today, it started as a walking cocktail tour of one of America’s most spirited cities: New Orleans. Today the tour continues to delight visitors and locals alike with tall tales on how the city’s most legendary drinks came to be. Join New Orleans’ resident cocktail history expert, Joe Gendusa, on an exclusive Tales of the Cocktail® romp through the French Quarter.

With five days of events from morning till night, your Tales schedule can get a little busy. The Daiquiri Time Out was started just for times like these. Founded by Andrew Deitz as a way to remind us to slow down when life gets hectic, the Daiquiri Time Out is a growing cocktail trend to savor the moment with a perfectly crafted daiquiri.

Our DTO invites everyone to take it easy for an hour or so as a team of bartenders from around the world serves their own take on traditional, frozen, Hemingway and all kinds of other daiquiris featuring the world’s best rums. Be a part of this special event to enjoy some R&R and the best collection of daiquiris you’ll ever taste.

Get on the bus and roll with us to the Daiquiri Shop! Since the New Orleans style Daiquiri (AKA Frozen Daiquiri) is the official cocktail this year, Tales of the Cocktail has teamed up with the New Orleans Daiquiri Festival & Defend The Daiquiri to take you on a Daiquiri Tour! Jump aboard an authentic New Orleans Party Bus (you have to see it to believe it) and roll with us around the city to the tune of what we've dubbed "Daiquiri Music." The Daiquiri is the icon of outdoor drinking in NOLA, it's the poster boy of Go-Cup culture, so Daiquiri Music is the outdoor sound of NOLA, what you hear rolling by outside, flooding out of bars, and being played on street corners. In other words, Brass, Bounce, & old-school Rhythm & Blues. We'll be rolling to a few legendary Daiquiri Shops and some new school Craft Daiquiri spots. Hosted by local comedian, historian and Daiquiri Expert, Corey Mack, you'll learn a thing or two about the history of Daiquiris in New Orleans, as well as some essential Daiquiri pop culture insights (like where Beyonce & Jay Z stop for Daiquiris). The Who Daiq Flava Girls will be there to demonstrate how to dance on a party bus while enjoying your Daiquiri (a required skill for locals). 

Ticket includes:

• Chartered tour guide and bus to some of New Orleans best Daiquiri Shops and several of the cocktail bars serving up Craft Daiqs!
• Discounted Daiquiris 
• Limited Edition "Defend The Daiquiri" Go-Cup
• Daiquiri Shirt
• Defend The Daiquiri swag

Cost: $49.00 per person 

Letters to a Young Bartender returns to Tales of the Cocktail® with new letters from legendary mentors of the global bartending scene. Find out what advice they wish they could have given themselves as they started out on their journey behind the stick.

You've heard of dinner theater?  Well, drinks theater is way better!  Only Bacardi could bring Off-Broadway to The French Quarter with this critically-acclaimed, smash-hit musical comedy, on special break from its sold-out run in New York City!  Join world-renowned mixologist and raconteur Anthony Caporale along with a glittering cast of guest stars for a boozy romp through the history of spirits and cocktails!  Founder Ann Tuennerman calls The Imbible "a super addition to Tales of the Cocktail!"

Combining history, science, and music along with three craft cocktails served during the performance, The Imbible sweeps audiences along a 10,000-year journey through history and across the globe accompanied by the vocal stylings of The Backwaiters acapella group.  Sit back and enjoy the music and drinks while Anthony holds forth on all things alcoholic, traces their economic and political impact on our cultural development, conducts live demonstrations of brewing mead and distilling spirits, and – like any good bartender – keeps his guests laughing throughout the night!  Combining Anthony’s encyclopedic knowledge of beverage history and decades of bartending experience with his legendary skills as a storyteller and entertainer, The Imbible treats audiences to a completely original and thoroughly enjoyable evening of immersive theatre utterly unlike anything they’ve ever experienced.  Renowned beverage writer Robert Haynes-Peterson declares that “while the show is wholly entertaining for the average civilian, it’s particularly poignant for bartenders, cocktailians, and distillery geeks.”

Before Tales of the Cocktail® became the international festival it is today, it started as a walking cocktail tour of one of America’s most spirited cities: New Orleans. Today the tour continues to delight visitors and locals alike with tall tales on how the city’s most legendary drinks came to be. Join New Orleans’ resident cocktail history expert, Joe Gendusa, on an exclusive Tales of the Cocktail® romp through the French Quarter.

At Tales of the Cocktail® 2015, we’re taking you from Bourbon Street to the streets of Havana for the 9th Annual Spirited Awards®. This colorful and festive event will pay homage to the unique sights, sounds and flavors of Cuba as we honor the best of the spirits industry from bars and bartenders to writers and distillers. Come dressed in your best Cuban attire as we sip on daiquiris, take in some Cuban Jazz and celebrate the people that are changing the way the world drinks.

Got Whiskey?  Got Gin?  Got Rum?  Got Vodka?  YES

The only Louisiana distillery producing Rum, Vodka, Gin, and Aged Whiskey, Donner-Peltier Distillers, invite you to come enjoy the Spirits of the South. Makers of: Rougaroux Sugarshine Rum, Rougaroux Full Moon Rum, Rougaroux 13 Pennies Praline Rum, Oryza Vodka, Oryza Gin, & LA1 Whiskey. 

Located 65 minutes from downtown, come spend a few hours with us in Cajun Country, where you’ll be welcomed with cocktails, learn how we distill all of our products, enjoy small bites of Boudin, Andouille Sausage and more, from Bourgeois Meat Market (since 1891).  You’ll also learn the about the legend of the Rougaroux, leave with a bottle of our award winning Rougaroux Sugarshine Rum, and 1 lucky guest will receive a bottle of our limited LA1 Whiskey.

Transportation provided from Palace Cafe at 605 Canal Street at 12:00 PM Sharp

Highlights of our products:

LA1 Whiskey:
Gold Medal Winner San Francisco Spirits 
Louisiana’s first aged whiskey since prohibition

Rougaroux Sugarshine Rum:
Double Gold Medal Winner San Francisco Spirits
Gold Medal Winner World Spirits Awards
93 Rating by BTI (highest rated rum being produced in Louisiana)

Rougaroux Full Moon Rum:
Gold Medal World Spirits Award
Rougaroux 13 Pennies Praline Rum:
A truly unique rum, infused with toasted pecans grown in Louisiana.

Oryza Vodka:
Gold Medal World Spirits Award
50 Best Gold Medal Award
1 of only 2 rice made Vodkas in the United States

Oryza Gin:
50 Best Gold Medal Award
91 Rating by BTI

More about Donner-Peltier Distillers
“Handcrafted for the Soul”
Located in the heart of Sugarcane Country, you will find our distillery where we make Rougaroux Rum, Oryza Vodka & Gin, and LA1 Whiskey-the first aged whiskey made in LA since prohibition. We take pride in using local ingredients in our award winning spirits.
Everything we make is Handcrafted for the Soul one batch at a time. From Cane to Cocktail and Grain to Glass.
 
www.dpdspirits.com

Join us for Distillery Day featuring delicious barbecue, live music, and never-before-tasted rums straight from the barrel. We'll be having an open house from 12 to 5pm, with our guided distillery tours running at 12 and 3pm. Feel free to hang out as long as you like and enjoy the food, music, and fun!

Highlights of Distillery Day include:

• Meet the distillers behind our famous rums as they break open aged barrels for the first time and share them for you
• Enjoy a variety of delicious barbecue meats and tempting side dishes
• Live music to keep the party going!

Buy your tickets early to reserve a seat on our complimentary shuttle from the Michalopoulos Studio at 527 Elysian Fields Ave.

Calling Pig & Punch a party hardly does it justice. Now in its 6th year, the festival within a festival that began at Tales of the Cocktail® is filled with pork, punch, music, games, and friends – all under the New Orleans sunshine in Washington Square Park. It’s all about community and camaraderie. In the spirit of Tales of the Cocktail’s commitment to giving back, The Bon Vivants have once again partnered with the New Orleans KIPP Charter Schools to donate both a day of volunteer work with over 100 bartenders from around the country, as well as all the proceeds from the sale of T-Shirts at the event itself. T-Shirts are $30 and get you food and drink.

To date, the event series has raised over $80,000 and has coordinated approximately 3500 volunteer hours in charter schools.  Come out, buy a shirt, get your fill of pig and punch, and let the good times roll at this one of a kind Tales event. 

There will be a guided tour through the brewing process and history of brewing as a whole from our VP of Operations, and Director of Funk, Derek Lintern.  We will walk you step by step through the process from grain to glass going over the flavor profiles created from the 3 main brewing ingredients.  We will also tour the Funk Cave, with our barrel aged and sour beers, and explain the differences in the processes and flavors achieved.  There will be multiple opportunites to sample our different beers both before, during, and after the tour itself.  

The tour is complimentary and pre-registration is required. Book your spot here! 

Before Tales of the Cocktail® became the international festival it is today, it started as a walking cocktail tour of one of America’s most spirited cities: New Orleans. Today the tour continues to delight visitors and locals alike with tall tales on how the city’s most legendary drinks came to be. Join New Orleans’ resident cocktail history expert, Joe Gendusa, on an exclusive Tales of the Cocktail® romp through the French Quarter.

Join us for Distillery Day featuring delicious barbecue, live music, and never-before-tasted rums straight from the barrel. We'll be having an open house from 12 to 5pm, with our guided distillery tours running at 12 and 3pm. Feel free to hang out as long as you like and enjoy the food, music, and fun!

Highlights of Distillery Day include:

• Meet the distillers behind our famous rums as they break open aged barrels for the first time and share them for you
• Enjoy a variety of delicious barbecue meats and tempting side dishes
• Live music to keep the party going!

Buy your tickets early to reserve a seat on our complimentary shuttle from the Michalopoulos Studio at 527 Elysian Fields Ave.