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 232
Vanishing Spirits: The Art of Whisky with
Episode 231
Picon Someone Your Own Size
Episode 230
Coming to a Death & Co. Near
Episode 229
The Art of the Barrel Pick with
Episode 228
New Gin in Town
Episode 227
The Margarita: A Sweet Technology
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
Episode 223
Rethinking Vermouth with Birk O'Halloran
Episode 222
Porchlight and Puppetry with Nicholas Bennett
Episode 221
Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Spirits with Maria Denton
Episode 220
Kentucky 74 with Lauren Chitwood
Episode 219
All The Bitter with Ian Blessing
Episode 218
World's 50 Best Bars with Mark Sansom
Episode 002
Bar Cart Hardware
Episode 000
Episode Zero
Episode 196
The Lagoon of Mystery with Jayme Blaschke
Episode 195
Intro to Japanese Whisky with Nicholas Pollacchi
Episode 193
Equiano Rum with Ian Burrell
Episode 192
Buck, Yeah!
Episode 191
Gilded Age Cocktails with Cecelia Tichi
Episode 190
Hawaiian Agricole Rum with Kyle Reutner
Episode 189
The Bloody Mary Ritual (Breaking Bloody -
Episode 188
Reviving Ancient Stills with Dr. Eric Stroud
Episode 187
Whisky Philosophy with Billy Abbott
Episode 184
Is Bourbon Broken?
Episode 183
Love and Bitters with Sother Teague
Episode 182
Coole Swan Irish Cream Liqueur with Mary
Episode 181
Negroni with David T. Smith & Keli
Episode 180
Horseradish Hijinks (Breaking Bloody - Part 4.2)
Episode 179
Breaking Bloody (Part 4.1) Fire and Spice