cover of episode 100 Proof: It Wasn't Always Like This (Episode 1)

100 Proof: It Wasn't Always Like This (Episode 1)

2024/5/23
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This week, we kick off Proof's first-ever miniseries. Episode 1 explores how we got to our modern cocktail renaissance. Why were cocktails in the 90s and early 2000s shells of the well-crafted drinks we see today? It took a renegade group of bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts to resurrect drinks from the cocktail's heyday. Hosted by *Cook's Country *Editor-in-Chief Toni Tipton-Martin, and reported by Proof's managing producer, Yumi Araki.

Looking for a new cocktail shaker? We've tested) over a dozen types to find the best options that will fit your home bar.

Further Reading:

*A Proper Drink *by Robert Simonson)

Difford's Guide for Discerning Drinkers)

Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice - Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin)

*Straight Up or On the Rocks - The Story of the American Cocktail *by William Grimes)

Ted Saucier's Bottoms Up - Ted Saucier

"The born-in-Detroit cocktail that has spawned countless variations,)" Washington Post by M. Carrie Allan

The New Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Think Like a Master Mixologist by Dale DeGroff)

*The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails *(Edited by David Wondrich & Noah Rothbaum))

Special thanks to the following recording studios:

Brooklyn Podcasting Studio)

Signature Sound Studios)

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