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 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 240
New and Noteworthy Spirits: Fall 2022
Episode 239
Types of Wine and Spirits Tastings
Episode 238
From Sorghum, with Love
Episode 237
The Legendary Silkie with James Doherty
Episode 236
Fassbind Eau de Vie
Episode 235
Malört Report with Tremaine Atkinson of CH
Sneak Preview: Tales of the Cocktail 2022
Episode 234
Chinola Liqueur with Andrew Merinoff
Episode 233
Meated Whiskey with Matt Power of Tamworth
Episode 232
Vanishing Spirits: The Art of Whisky with
Episode 002
Bar Cart Hardware
Episode 000
Episode Zero
Episode 223
Rethinking Vermouth with Birk O'Halloran
Episode 211
The Science of "Switched" Cocktails with Iain
Episode 210
Fever-Tree Mixers with CEO Tim Warrillow
Episode 209
Through the Looking Glass with Deke Dunne
Episode 208
Recipes Aren't Enough
Episode 206
Redwood Empire with Lauren Patz
Episode 205
The Atlas of Bourbon & American Whiskey
Episode 203
Barr Hill Gin with Ryan Christiansen
Episode 202
Sam Calagione on the Past and Future
Episode 200
"The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails"
Episode 199
Infuse Your Booze with Andrew Hellman
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!