Ranked #1
Life Behind Bars - Episode 28 Everything You Know About the Sazerac is Wrong
Life Behind Bars - Episode 28 Everything You Know About the Sazerac is Wrong
The legendary New Orleans drink had a lovely history about how it was originally made with Cognac, but thanks to the mas... Read more
24 Aug 2018
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29mins
Ranked #2
Life Behind Bars - Episode 47 Death to Scotch Snobbery
Life Behind Bars - Episode 47 Death to Scotch Snobbery
When did drinking Scotch get to be so damn complicated? There are rules, myths, legends and half-truths that are, for la... Read more
22 Nov 2019
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29mins
Ranked #3
Life Behind Bars Live - Episode 49 The Unspoken History of Scotch Whisky
Life Behind Bars Live - Episode 49 The Unspoken History of Scotch Whisky
For the first time ever, Life Behind Bars hosts Noah Rothbaum andDavid Wondrich have taken their award-winning podcast o... Read more
11 Dec 2019
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45mins
Ranked #4
Life Behind Bars - Episode 48 American Whiskey’s Miraculous Comeback Story
Life Behind Bars - Episode 48 American Whiskey’s Miraculous Comeback Story
Imagine a world without bourbon or rye whiskey.As terrifying as that scenario sounds, not that long ago, America was hea... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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32mins
Ranked #5
Life Behind Bars - Episode 19 Debunking the Biggest Cocktails & Spirits Myths
Life Behind Bars - Episode 19 Debunking the Biggest Cocktails & Spirits Myths
Was rye more popular than bourbon at the turn century? Was the Manhattan cocktail created for Winston Churchill’s mother... Read more
8 Feb 2018
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34mins
Ranked #6
Life Behind Bars - Episode 11 - The Old-Fashioned
Life Behind Bars - Episode 11 - The Old-Fashioned
Anybody can make an Old-Fashioned cocktail: It’s just sugar, water, bitters and spirit (usually whiskey, these days). Th... Read more
18 Sep 2017
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26mins
Ranked #7
Life Behind Bars - Episode 23- Are There Any Classic Cocktails That Are Still Lost?
Life Behind Bars - Episode 23- Are There Any Classic Cocktails That Are Still Lost?
There are have been hundreds of cocktail books published over the last 200 years. While a lot of the drinks listed in th... Read more
7 May 2018
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28mins
Ranked #8
Life Behind Bars - Episode 50 The Year in Drinks: 2019
Life Behind Bars - Episode 50 The Year in Drinks: 2019
Over the last 12 months, David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum have traveled the globe—from New York to New Orleans to Naples... Read more
31 Dec 2019
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23mins
Ranked #9
Life Behind Bars - Episode 46 The Undisputed Heavyweight Bar Champion: Vodka
Life Behind Bars - Episode 46 The Undisputed Heavyweight Bar Champion: Vodka
Drink trends come and go in America, but seemingly the one constant now is the unprecedented sale of vodka. Just how big... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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27mins
Ranked #10
Life Behind Bars - Episode 26 - Your Summer Drink: The Tom Collins
Life Behind Bars - Episode 26 - Your Summer Drink: The Tom Collins
The beautiful simplicity of the Tom Collins recipe—gin, sugar, lemon juice and club soda—makes it hard to believe that s... Read more
12 Jul 2018
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24mins
Ranked #11
Life Behind Bars - Episode 41 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Negroni
Life Behind Bars - Episode 41 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Negroni
Along with the Vespa scooter and the Ferrari, the Negroni is one of Italy’s greatest modern inventions. The three-ingred... Read more
5 Jul 2019
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26mins
Ranked #12
Life Behind Bars - Episode 13 - The Manhattan
Life Behind Bars - Episode 13 - The Manhattan
The Manhattan cocktail has been a star since it appeared on the scene more than 100 years ago. But despite being endurin... Read more
25 Oct 2017
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27mins
Ranked #13
Life Behind Bars - Episode 34 Future Cocktails: What You’ll Be Drinking in 2019
Life Behind Bars - Episode 34 Future Cocktails: What You’ll Be Drinking in 2019
From spirits and craft beer to spiked seltzer, on this episode of award-winning podcast, Life Behind Bars, hosts Noah Ro... Read more
18 Jan 2019
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31mins
Ranked #14
Life Behind Bars - Episode 22 The Guilty Pleasures We’re Not Embarrassed to Drink
Life Behind Bars - Episode 22 The Guilty Pleasures We’re Not Embarrassed to Drink
From Long Island Iced Tea to frozen cocktails to Grasshoppers, there’s a whole class of drinks that don’t get much respe... Read more
17 Apr 2018
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22mins
Ranked #15
Life Behind Bars - Episode 38 Are Dive Bars an Endangered Species?
Life Behind Bars - Episode 38 Are Dive Bars an Endangered Species?
Before there were fancy craft cocktail bars, Americans learned to drink in dive bars. These humble establishments are a ... Read more
29 Mar 2019
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25mins
Ranked #16
Life Behind Bars - Episode 10 - Bartender Drinks
Life Behind Bars - Episode 10 - Bartender Drinks
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? There’s a whole list of cocktails and spirits that are off the menu, which professional bar... Read more
5 Sep 2017
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22mins
Ranked #17
Life Behind Bars - Episode 9: The Martini
Life Behind Bars - Episode 9: The Martini
Join the Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum (@NRothbaum)and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@Da... Read more
21 Aug 2017
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36mins
Ranked #18
Life Behind Bars - Episode 24 Are Drinking Rules Made to be Broken?
Life Behind Bars - Episode 24 Are Drinking Rules Made to be Broken?
From no standing at the bar to no yelling to no hats, over the last two decades, craft cocktail bars from coast to coast... Read more
1 Jun 2018
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31mins
Ranked #19
Life Behind Bars - Episode 27 - Did Trump Curse New York’s Tiki Bars?
Life Behind Bars - Episode 27 - Did Trump Curse New York’s Tiki Bars?
During the winter of 1989, Donald Trump went to war with Trader Vic’s.The New York outpost of the famous tiki bar chain ... Read more
16 Aug 2018
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25mins
Ranked #20
Midwestern Mixology - Life Behind Bars - Episode 3
Midwestern Mixology - Life Behind Bars - Episode 3
Join The Daily Beast’s Drink + Food editor Noah Rothbaum @NRothbaum) and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich (@Da... Read more
4 May 2017
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36mins