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Over at the The Small Screen Network, drink expert Robert Hess has been performing an invaluable public service for tipplers everywhere. No, it’s not an online petition to put a restraining order between vodka and Red Bull. It’s even more valuable: He’s been hosting episodes of an online show, The Cocktail Spirit.
Part history lesson, part instructional video, and always absorbing, Hess guides viewers gently and sagely through the world of cocktail making and drinking. Fellow tropaholics will find posts on how to make such classic rum drinks as the Daiquiri, Mojito, and El Floridita; other posts offer a primer on bitters, tips on which bar tool to use with which recipe, and solid advice on how to stock your bar, as well as your cocktail library.
Our favorite posts have definitively detailed how to build two of our most beloved (and most abused by today’s bartenders) non-Tiki drinks, the Old Fashioned and the Sidecar. Now we have a new favorite post … because Mr. Hess has just added an interview he did with the Beachbum back in July. You’ll find it here: