Erick Castro from Polite Provisions

  Our guest this week is Erick Castro from Polite Provisions San Diego.  We talk about Cocktail Creation, Cocktail Competitions, and his new venture Bartender At Large. Its Bartender Journey Podcast # 147. Listen to the podcast with the audio player on this page or: On the Bartender Journey Web Site Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Radio Subscribe on Android   BevSpot is Software to manage your entire beverage program.  From inventory to ordering, pour cost and ways to analyze your usage and sales.  They are basically in the business of making your bar run more efficiently and more profitably.  I had a talk with Co-Founder & CEO Rory Crawford.  He’s going to tell us a bit about what it does and how it works.  We are proud to have BevSpot as our new sponsor! Go to BevSpot.com and request an online demo. Cocktail of the Week: Kentucky Buck 2 ounces bourbon 3/4 ounce lemon 3/4 ounce ginger syrup 1 muddled strawberry 2 dashes Angostura bitters Shake and pour into a Collins glass. Top with club soda and a lemon wheel. Recipe by Erick Castro   Book of the week: The Birth of Bourbon – A Photographic Tour of Early Distilleries by Carol Peachee. Toast of the Week: This is a quote from Charles Henry Baker Jr.’s 1935 book The Gentleman’s Companion  — it wasn’t written as a toast, but it works as one: “ Each  of our experiences that fetches joyous memory of some friend, place or adventure…is flaked with happy memory of a frosted glass, a smile and a sip of something perfect”.  Here’s to us.