Micah LeMon Author & Bar Manager at Alley Light

This week on the show we talk with Micah LeMon.  He is the bar manager at the James Beard Award nominated Alley Light in Charlottesville, VA.  He is also the author of The Imbible.

Bartender Journey Podcast No. 249.  Listen with the audio player above, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts,  Android or  Stitcher Radio.

We talk chat Micah LeMon about many subjects, including clear ice, Daiquiris, bitters and more.

See videos of Micha below.

Micah  Contributed our Cocktail of the Week:
The Orange Artichoke
2 oz Maker's Mark Bourbon
 1/2 oz Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
 1/2 oz Cynar
 1/2 oz Amaro Nonino
 2 dashes Angostura Orange bitters
 stir/tumbler with sexy cube/orange twist

Our sponsor this week is Shaker and Spoon cocktail club.  They’ll send you a box of great ingredients every month – enough to make 4 portions each of 3 great craft cocktails.  You just need to pick up one bottle of whatever spirit is called for that month. These are all original recipes sourced from awesome bartenders all around the US.

Go to shakerandspoon.com and use the coupon code  “Bartender” for $20 off and to show your support for this show.  Hazel hosted a cocktail party with some non-bartender friends recently using the Irish Whiskey box.  There are videos of it up on the Bartender Journey Facebook page.  You will have to scroll back in the feed a bit to find them.

Next week on the show we are going to talk to Natalie from Beautiful Booze.  She is an amazing photographer and has a great  blog and IG.  We had her on the show a couple years ago and talked about taking great photos of your drinks, but I want to have her back on because she’s done something really interesting…she gave up her apartment and just travels around the world full time now!  Amazing.  She blogs and documents her experiences going to distilleries, wineries, amazing hotels, restaurants and bars all over the world!

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Toast of the Week:
May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been…
And the foresight to know where you are going.