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Barfly Podcast S5 E14

Scott Beattie, legendary mixologist a new bar consultant at Watershed MV Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/15304530

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Barfly Live! Sweetwater June 29, 7pm

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Barfly Film Premiere! Performance and Demo!

Sweetwater Music Hall, Saturday June 29, 7pm All ages! Tickets available here: Film Premier: Twenty Years Behind Bars w/ Jeff Burkhardt | Sweetwater Music Hall

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Barfly Podcast S05 E13

Chef Heidi Krahling Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/14993762

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Nobody forgets their first kiss

The bachelorette party rolled in the door late — not so late that we weren’t open, but later than one would expect for a group of…

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The secrets behind these two common cocktail ingredients

Sometimes, what we think we know, and what we actually know are two different things. Often, we tend to trust labeling and the government agencies overseeing…

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Old dogs sometimes can’t learn new tricks

The two men arrived in the middle of the rush, which didn’t mean much me, but it seemed to matter a lot to them. “You guys…

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Barfly Podcast S05 E12

listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/14850898

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Food and fun for a good cause

Lifehouse’s Great Chefs and Wineries gala is Saturday The annual Great Chefs and Wineries gala might just have found a more permanent home. This year, the…

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A tough week in the service industry

It was getting late, not so late that the restaurant was closed, but we were definitely in the final stretch. And it was a weekday, which…

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The Press Loves “Twenty Years Behind Bars”

Top 25 iBooks Bestseller

Top 100 Amazon Bestseller

“more about mixing people than drinks”
Christopher Kimball America’s Test Kitchen

“racy and innocent”
Marin Independent Journal

“insightful writing about bar culture and human nature”
SF Examiner

“the best stories are of the clueless at their worst behavior — often before they’ve ordered their first drink” “juicier reads than you would find in the pages of a family newspaper”
Patch

“a book of riotous stories”
The Bold Italic

“great book, quite funny, and includes recipes!”
Joel Riddell, Dining Around, NewsTalk 910

“I love this book. It's insightful, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, and includes expert cocktail recipes, too!”
Erika Lenkert, author of Last-Minute Party Girl and Raw: the Uncook Book

“Served straight up, with humor, irreverence and a one-of-a-kind perspective, Twenty Years Behind Bars takes us up close into the life of bars, bartenders, and those who frequent both. To get any closer, you'd need be an olive in one of Burkhart's martini glasses.”
Kimberley Lovato, author of the award winning cookbook, Walnut Wine & Truffle Groves

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