The Museum of the American Cocktail

The Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization dedicated to education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail.

Overview

The Museum of the American Cocktail was founded in October 2004 by Dale and Jill DeGroff, Robert Hess, Philip Greene, Ted Haigh, Anistatia Miller, Jared Brown, Chris and Laura McMillian, and a group of spirits experts, writers, and cocktail historians that included David Wondrich, Gaz Regan, among others. The Museum provides education in mixology through its exhibits, monthly seminars, publications, and events. Visitors are also treated to a fascinating tour of the history of the cocktail and the way it has influenced music, theater, art, film, and politics around the world during its two hundred year history. The exhibit includes vintage cocktail shakers, Prohibition-era literature, music, bar tools, photographs, and exciting cocktail memorabilia from the collections of the Museum's friends and founders.

The Museum of the American Cocktail also publishes a website, a monthly newsletter, and an annual journal titled Mixologist. In May 2006, the Museum published The Museum of the American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide, a pocket-sized book of cocktail tips, techniques and 100 classic recipes.

The museum is now part of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans. For more info, go to http://sofabinstitute.org/southern-food-and-beverage

Return to New Orleans

The Museum returned to New Orleans in July of 2008. Its new home is in the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. The Museum of the American Cocktail showcases a collection of rare spirits and books including Prohibition-era literature. There will also be antique cocktail shakers, glassware, recorded music, graphics, paper ephemera, fabrics, bartending tools, and examples of the cocktail's impact on broader historical trends. The museum will feature tastings associated with specific events and seminars, but will not, itself, be a bar. [1]

The Olives

In association with the United States Bartenders Guild, the Museum of the American Cocktail annually presents the American Cocktail Awards (the "Olives").[2] Awards are given to establishments and individuals for individual pre-dinner cocktail recipes and execution, and overall cocktail list development.

The First Annual American Cocktail Awards were held on May 13, 2006, in New York City, and at Commander's Palace, Las Vegas. The winning cocktail was "The Wet Spot" by Will Shine and Aisha Sharpe, head bartenders at B.E.D. New York in New York City.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Foster, Mary (2008-07-01). ""Cocktail museum shakes and stirs history"". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  2. ↑ Hugh Rawson "What Do We Say...? Cocktail," American Heritage, June/July 2006.

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