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Nonstop to Tokyo: A Tales of the Cocktail Journey with Hidetsugu Ueno

By thirstyinla | August 17, 2011 |

There were certainly bigger and more spectacular events to come in the days ahead, but Nonstop to Tokyo was easily my favorite event at Tales of the Cocktail.

Lessons from a World Class Bartender: A Cocktail Master Class with Erik Lorincz

By thirstyinla | May 6, 2011 |

For a bartender, dream jobs don’t get more prestigious than Head Bartender of the American Bar at The Savoy. The current Head Bartender of the American Bar is Erik Lorincz, a 31-year-old native of Slovakia who began his tenure when The Savoy reopened on October 10, 2010.