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Chris MacCocktail

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Booze. Cocktails. Randomness.

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SeanMike @beerandashot.wtf · 05/10/2026
I'm led to believe that was a good time. (The Big Gulp Negroni is only 50% larger than my usual pour...hmmm...)
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Eating Beagles 🎱 @eatingbeagles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Go big 🥤 or stay home.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Big Gulp Negroni! Possibly the greatest invention ever! 3 oz. Edinburgh Gn, 3 oz. Campari, 3 oz. Sweet Vermouth! #GreatestToGoDrinkEver!
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Robert Simonson @robertsimonson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Portrait of a Martini Drinker as a Young Man, by David Wondrich. Today on The Mix. Check it out! @davidwondrich.bsky.social robertsimonson.substack.com/p/the-cockta...
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The Cocktail Colloquy: The Martini Now—David Wondrich
Cocktaildom's Premier American Historian Talks About His Early Encounters with the Martini.
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David Wondrich @davidwondrich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A long but very relaxed discussion between me and my old pal Tristan Stephenson about—well, all kinds of stuff. If you like that sort of thing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4QRe...
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David Wondrich – Cocktail History: Savoy, Punch, Jerry Thomas' Business Card, Unmarked Graves
YouTube video by The Curious Bartender
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Portland’s New Eastside Cocktail Haunt Delivers Jucy Lucys and Refined Hotel Bar Vibes The team behind Side Eye and Jackies is unveiling their latest bar project, Eldorado, in the Lollipop Shoppe and Dig-a-Pony space” pdx.eater.com/restaurant-n...
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Portland’s New Eastside Cocktail Haunt Delivers Jucy Lucys and Refined Hotel Bar Vibes
The team behind Side Eye and Jackies is unveiling their latest bar project, Eldorado, in the Lollipop Shoppe and Dig-a-Pony space.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Minnesota widow wins fight for ‘Grandparents’ Happy Hour’ law, allowing nursing home residents, guests to drink booze” nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...
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Minnesota widow wins fight for ‘Grandparents’ Happy Hour’ law, allowing nursing home residents, guests to drink booze
“Just because we are older and live in assisted living doesn’t mean that we should have fewer freedoms than anyone else,” she told a Senate committee
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Trump’s new tariffs give Ontario and Québec the perfect excuse to sell their unsold American booze” theconversation.com/trumps-new-t...
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Trump’s new tariffs give Ontario and Québec the perfect excuse to sell their unsold American booze
Provincial alcohol bans have drawn presidential notice. Ontario and Québec should now sell their U.S. inventories as a goodwill gesture while continuing to ban imports.
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Loraine @loraine.selfhosted.social · 15/07/2026
#photography #wildlife
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 29/06/2026
If you want to know what actually happened at Stone, do not read @richmond.com. Read Hop Take instead:
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Stone Brewing Flew Too Close to the Sun. It Still Hasn’t Hit Rock Bottom
It was easy to be outrageously optimistic about the craft-brewing industry midway last decade. Too easy, in fact. Thanks in part to greater San Diego’s status as a bona fide first-wave craft-brewing h...
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“The States That Drink the Most Alcohol Per Capita” vinepair.com/articles/map...
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The States That Drink the Most Alcohol in America [MAP] (2025)
A Gallup survey shows the number of Americans who drink alcohol was in consistent decline between 2022 and 2025. Fewer people imbibing directly correlates to a drop in the yearly volume of alcohol the...
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“KASH PATEL’S PERSONALIZED BOURBON STASH The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash
The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.
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David Wondrich @davidwondrich.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A great find from Barry Popik on the history of the Tequila Sunrise.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Ford rejects idea of putting U.S. booze back on shelves unless White House concedes trade war Ontario premier has previously said ban will remain until tariffs removed or new trade deal reached” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ford rejects idea of putting U.S. booze back on shelves unless White House concedes trade war | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is rejecting any idea of putting U.S. alcohol back on store shelves in Ontario without the White House first conceding in the ongoing trade war.
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Steve Rush @thewhiskywire.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Oh, la, la, Laphroaig! As a lover of all things Laphroaig, I’m genuinely thrilled to finally be getting around to pouring and exploring their 12 Year Old GTR Exclusive. Their 10 Year Old is an Islay icon, and I can’t wait to find out… #Laphroaig #Islay #Scotch #Whisky
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Eating Beagles 🎱 @eatingbeagles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Cheers!
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“One of Asia’s best bars just opened a cocktail omakase bar on the Lower East Side Leave it up to the chef, er, mixologist.” www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
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The Lower East Side is now home to a cocktail omakase bar
Expect coursed drinks and bites to the tune of $55 per head.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/03/2026
I think my favorite part of this suit is where the guy who was suing because Afroman said he fucked his wife said on the witness stand that he did not know for sure that Afroman did not fuck his wife.
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Eating Beagles 🎱 @eatingbeagles.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
400+ rums (a pirate’s paradise).
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
With Thanos Prunarus at Baba au Rum in Athens, Greece.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Cognac exports to North America slide 34% Global exports of Cognac plunged in volume and value by double digits last year after tariffs hindered the category’s two biggest markets.” www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2026/03/cogn...
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Cognac exports to North America slide 34% - The Spirits Business
Global exports of Cognac plunged in volume and value last year after tariffs hindered the category’s two biggest markets.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“A look back at the days when tequila was the drug smuggled across the Mexico-US border” mexiconewsdaily.com/news/during-...
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A look back at the days when tequila was the drug smuggled across the Mexico-US border
When the U.S. went dry in 1920, Mexican tequileros were born — border folk smuggling tequila into the U.S. in exchange for quick profit.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“Leftover Booze? This Bar Has a Creative Solution For That. Oddball’s clever rotating punch is made by literally rolling the dice.” punchdrink.com/articles/odd...
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Leftover Booze? This Bar Has a Creative Solution For That.
NYC bar Oddball uses up leftover alcohol bottles from a past tenant by make a rotating cocktail punch special with a roll of the dice.
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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Happy International Sazerac Day!
Two reddish cocktails in vintage rocks glasses labeled 

SAZERAC
ROOSEVELT HOTEL 
NEW ORLEANS
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LiBOOtion LeGhostly 👻🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Was the Bartholdi Cocktail the original Stinger? "Green Mint" was likely Creme de Menthe, since fresh mint wasn't really referred to as "green". From the New York Evening Telegram, January 15, 1891. See alt-text, which in the case of 135-year-old newsprint is helpful for all.
Have you tried the new cocktail? If not, go into the cafe of the Hotel Bartholdi and ask Herman for a Bartholdi cocktail. It is the proper thing, and said by lovers of such things to be very fine. This is how it is made:--Take fine French brandy, some green mint and crushed ice, shake it up well, a squeeze of rind, and there you are. Try it.
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Susan Whelan @nolamaven.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Bacchawhoppa had a baby! Baby Bacchawhoppa is cute.
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Matthew Rowley @mbrowley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Damn. Just catching up to the news that Bud Cort has died. In Hal Ashby’s 1971 film Harold and Maude, Ruth Gordon offered Cort ginger pie. For nearly 30 years, I’ve baked ginger pies inspired by that moment between them. Recipe link in the replies. But first:
I came to realize that ginger pie was not some old-fashioned recipe fallen out of favor. It was more than that. By offering a slice, Maude
extends not only hospitality, but a slyly camouflaged offer of herself and Harold's first hints of escape from his doleful life. With the point of that pie, she wedges open Harold's somber soul and floods it with bracing warmth and sweetness, the distillate of her own fading life's fire and spice. Harold's change is so profound that he picks up a banjo, abandons his mourning suits, turns cartwheels, and declares his intention to marry a woman old enough to be his grandmother.
This pie doesn't affect those sorts of change; it's not likely—not likely, mind you—to prompt proposals.
Sitting here with a late-night wedge pilfered from the kitchen, though, I can't help but smile. In the end, I don't know what Maude's recipe was, but l've cemented friendships over slices of this rich, ginger-and-rum custard pie. Surely that is the sort of thing she meant to dish up.
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Robert Simonson @robertsimonson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Like certain political offices, there should be a minimum age for editors.
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The difference between the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics is that if I competed at the Summer Olympics I would humiliate myself while if I competed at the Winter Olympics I would die.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“French companies cut down on drinking at work Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.” www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
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French companies cut down on drinking at work
Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.
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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Wowwowwow
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“French companies cut down on drinking at work Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.” www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
lemonde.fr
French companies cut down on drinking at work
Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Rode the elevator yesterday with a DoorDasher delivering a paper bag of Taco Bell and. Listen. I am devoted to Taco Bell. But it is 20° and the streets are snow walled and you have this man fully risking death so you can reheat a thirty-four-dollar six-dollar crunchwrap in your microwave
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Mark Gillespie @whiskycast.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Tonight’s #hockeydram is the classic Buffalo Trace bourbon…master blender Drew Mayville will be my guest on the next episode of WhiskyCast!
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“Wild West booze: 150-year-old bottle unearthed in historic Utah mining town The discovery is sparking efforts to potentially revive a historic beer recipe.” www.scrippsnews.com/life/food-an...
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Wild West booze: 150-year-old bottle unearthed in historic Utah mining town
An archaeological team in Utah has discovered a literal time capsule from the state's Wild West past: a bottle of alcohol that had been buried for over a century.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
“‘Booze butt’ drinking side effect that might make you turn sober Many people end up trapped in the toilet after drinking, but not because of nausea” www.ladbible.com/news
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News
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Ontario government urged U.S. distillers to contact their politicians about the need to remove tariffs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario alcohol producers 'bet on ourselves' as U.S. booze ban nears 1-year mark | CBC News
Ontario sent a blunt message to U.S. booze suppliers when it yanked their alcohol off its shelves last year, pledging to redirect customers to local producers, and those businesses say they’re trying ...
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“‘Frantic’ first days as Atlantic Canada sells off U.S. booze; wine, bourbon dominate” globalnews.ca/news/1160663...
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‘Frantic’ first days as Atlantic Canada sells off U.S. booze; wine, bourbon dominate - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation says retail sales of its U.S. liquor total about $7 million so far, dominated by bourbon and whiskey.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
New Orleans restaurant recs please. As always more fucked up, the better.
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LiBOOtion LeGhostly 👻🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The decline of their Canadian market was probably the coup de grace.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
“Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026” www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This has to be as awful as it sounds —> “Dirty soda started as a Mormon alternative to booze. Now it's everywhere. How this sugary, creamy concoction went from ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ to the mainstream.” www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fo...
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Dirty soda started as a Mormon alternative to booze. Now it's everywhere.
Take a soda, add syrup and cream and voilà — you've got a sober-curious sensation.
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Steve Rush @thewhiskywire.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
(NEW) Our 138th Whisky Insiders Interview: Teddy Joseph, Global Brand Ambassador Scotch & Irish Brands at Suntory Global Spirits: thewhiskywire.com/2025/12/17/1... #TheOriginalSeriesOfWhiskyInsidersInterviews #Whisky #Whiskey #Interview
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138th Whisky Insiders Interview – Teddy Joseph
Name: Teddy JosephCompany: Suntory Global SpiritsJob: Global Brand Ambassador Scotch & Irish BrandsWebsite: suntoryglobalspirits.com How long have you been working in the whisky industry?I have…
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Most normie Caesar salads are just lettuce Alfredo anyway
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I can’t explain it but I think Alfredo sauce is about to get fuckin huge
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Randall Grahm @randallgrahm.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This will not end well.
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Andrew Bohrer @andrewbohrer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Historians would call this apocryphal but almost every bartender has done exactly this.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
No thank you!
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
“RoboDrop: can driverless cars rescue US booze sales? The drinks trade need not fret about the present malaise of the American appetite for alcohol. The Seventh Cavalry is riding over the hill to rescue it – in a fleet of robotaxis, says Ron Emler.” www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/robo...
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RoboDrop: can driverless cars rescue US booze sales?
Do not fret about the American appetite for alcohol. The Seventh Cavalry is riding over the hill to rescue it - in a fleet of robotaxis.
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Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Jack Daniel’s owner sees Canada sales plunge 62% amid boycott of US booze Brown-Forman said fallout from the Trump Administration’s trade policies has had a “significant impact” on earnings, with retailers in the country still refusing to stock alcohol from the U.S. www.fooddive.com/news/brown-f...
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Jack Daniel’s owner sees Canada sales plunge 62% amid boycott of US booze
Brown-Forman said fallout from the Trump Administration’s trade policies has had a “significant impact” on earnings, with the majority of retailers in the country still refusing to stock alcohol from ...
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