8 episodes

A podcast about the scintillating, amusing, and often quite consequential stories to be found in a glass of spirits.

Cocktail History Podcast Sam Eilertsen

    • Society & Culture

A podcast about the scintillating, amusing, and often quite consequential stories to be found in a glass of spirits.

    PREVIEW Of Generation Green New Deal

    PREVIEW Of Generation Green New Deal

    Sneak peak of episode one of Generation Green New Deal, the new podcast from Cocktail History host Sam Eilertsen, part of the Critical Frequency podcast network.

    Listen to the rest: https://podlink.to/generationgnd

    • 9 min
    TRAILER: Generation Green New Deal

    TRAILER: Generation Green New Deal

    Trailer for a new podcast from Cocktail History host Sam Eilertsen! Subscribe to Generation Green New Deal wherever you get your podcasts.

    • 4 min
    Episode 5: The Napoleon of Temperance (with Joey Brunelle feat Herb Adams)

    Episode 5: The Napoleon of Temperance (with Joey Brunelle feat Herb Adams)

    In 1855 newspapers around the world carried the story of the Rum Riot in Portland, Maine. Maine had become a dry state, and an angry crowd had tried to break into city hall to seize a stash of rum being held there. The mayor, a Temperance crusader who had the movement for Prohibition ordered the militia to fire into the crowd, and a young sailor was killed. On this episode of Cocktail History, the story of Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, known to history as The Napoleon of Temperance.

    Co-hosted with Joey Brunelle of the Born Yesterday Podcast (bornyesterdaypodcast.com/). Featuring guest Herb Adams, Maine historian.

    Show notes: chpodcast.com/index.php/episodes/episode-5/

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Episode 4: Prohibition in the Land of Mardi Gras feat Hannah Griggs

    Episode 4: Prohibition in the Land of Mardi Gras feat Hannah Griggs

    New Orleans has long been known as an oasis of cultural deviancy in the conservative South. So how did the city react to Prohibition? Not well, as you might imagine. In this episode, host Sam Eilertsen is joined by Hannah Griggs of Boston College, creator of the Intemperance Archive, an online exhibit of Prohibition raids in New Orleans.

    Check out Intemperance Archive at: http://intemperance.org/

    • 42 min
    Episode 3: Eggnog Riot Christmas Special

    Episode 3: Eggnog Riot Christmas Special

    The eggnog of today is generally a tame affair, served around Christmas time. But there was a day when Eggnog was a hard-drinking pioneers beverage, it's been called the antebellum "dry martini of the south", and a favorite of military men. We have eggnog recipes from three presidents: George Washington, William Henry Harrison, and Dwight Eisenhower, and Texan prisoners held by Santa Anna made eggnog with mezcal. It even inspired a famous riot at West Point, and one of the ringleaders was a young Jefferson Davis.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Episode 2: The Great Spice War feat David Wondrich (Admiral Russell's Punch)

    Episode 2: The Great Spice War feat David Wondrich (Admiral Russell's Punch)

    The English and Dutch East India Companies battle it out for spices, and Punch is invented! Featuring David Wondrich, Esquire writer and author of Punch and Imbibe!

    Show notes at http://chpodcast.com/ (will be available by 7/5)
    Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cocktail-history-podcast/id1098439476?mt=2
    Facebook: http://facebook.com/CocktailHistory/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/CocktailHistPod/

    • 1 hr 30 min

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