The Modern Bar Cart Podcast

A New Kind of Cocktail Podcast

The Modern Bar Cart Podcast is a spirits and cocktail podcast for home bartenders and industry pros alike. Featuring interviews with bartenders, distillers, and cocktail authors, and deep dives into the most important topics in mixology, this is your portal into the shaken, stirred, strained, and garnished world.

Each week, host Eric Kozlik interviews leading experts in the spirits and cocktail field and distills their knowledge into helpful tips and guiding principles in the quest for better drinks. The Modern Bar Cart Podcast has been recognized by the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards and The New York Times as an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to improve their spirits and cocktail knowledge.

Enjoy our backlog of well over 250 interviews, audio essays, book reviews, and more!

New episodes go live every Thursday!

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Episode 260
Mesquited, Not Peated
Episode 259
Tiki in Japan with Brandon and Kim
Episode 258
Mint Condition
Episode 257
Gin Tonica with David T. Smith
Episode 256
Yeasty Boys with Faye Johnson
Episode 255
New & Noteworthy Spirits (Winter/Spring 2023)
Episode 254
Meet Mr. Lyan with Ryan Chetiyawardana
Episode 253
Winning Dry January with Jon Schott
Episode 252
Year in Review: 2022
Episode 251
SUYO Single Origin Pisco
Episode 250
Just the Tip (Part 2)
Episode 249
Just the Tip (Part 1)
Episode 248
Getting Twisted with Jordan Hughes
Episode 247
Modern Caribbean Rum with Matt Pietrek
Episode 246
Boozy Collective Nouns
Episode 071
Fat Washed Cocktails
Episode 065
The Cork Episode
Episode 062
Eau de Vie: The Water of Life
Episode 058
Summer Cup & Sangria
Episode 053
Homemade Syrups
Episode 047
How to Give Tasting Notes
Episode 044
Cocktail Snobs vs. Cocktail Slobs
Episode 039
Intro to Terroir
Episode 037
Optimizing Your Home Bar
Episode 022
Decoding Spirits Labels
Episode 016
Batched Cocktails
Episode 012
Ice and Cocktails
Episode 008
Bitters, Vermouth, and Liqueurs
Episode 006
Citrus Crash Course
Episode 004
Bar Cart Software
Episode 248
Getting Twisted with Jordan Hughes
Episode 247
Modern Caribbean Rum with Matt Pietrek
Episode 245
Hanky Panky: An Unintentional Speakeasy
Episode 244
Midcentury Cocktails with Cecelia Tichi
Episode 243
The $150 Old Fashioned
Episode 242
Uncle Nearest
Episode 241
Sorel: The Red Drink
Episode 238
From Sorghum, with Love
Episode 234
Chinola Liqueur with Andrew Merinoff
Episode 233
Meated Whiskey with Matt Power of Tamworth
Episode 229
The Art of the Barrel Pick with
Episode 228
New Gin in Town
Episode 226
You Put the Bogbean in the Poitín
Episode 225
Amber Revolution: Orange Wine with Simon Woolf
Episode 224
The Worm and the Margarita