Episode 117
Fancy Rum & Cokes
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What’s shakin, cocktail fans? Welcome to episode 117 of The Modern Bar Cart Podcast!
This time around, we catch up with Dan Marlowe (@fractionsofzero), who’s a really talented bartender currently heading up the brand new tavern program at BlueDyer Distilling Co. Dan is an extremely passionate student of cocktail history and a really precise libationary practitioner behind the stick, so we’re really excited to share this interview.
In this spirited conversation, some of the topics we discuss include:
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How Dan worked his way through the bartending ranks to take the helm at the brand new tavern program at the BlueDyer Distillery.
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Why a “barkeep” is a bit different than a “bartender”
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The merits of a fancy handcrafted rum & coke and when it’s appropriate to call it a Cuba Libre.
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How Dan thinks about things like hospitality, and how he has developed his personal brand of cocktails and bartending
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What to bring when you’re grabbing drinks with Theodore Roosevelt
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And much, much more.
As we chat, Dan also takes me through a tasting of some of BlueDyer’s awesome spirits, including several rums, a barrel-aged gin, and a port cask finished whiskey. So if you’re in the Mid-Atlantic and have the chance to visit the distillery yourself, please do so – it’s a great space run by great people.
