Frederic Yarm
@fredericyarm.bsky.social
Boston bartender, cocktail blogger, author of Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book and Boston Cocktails: Drunk & Told. He/him.
Book 17 of 2025: Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World’s Favorite Treat by Kay Frydenborg. www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Sc...
Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat
Amazon.com: Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat: 9780544175662: Frydenborg, Kay: Books
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November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Book 17 of 2025: Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World’s Favorite Treat by Kay Frydenborg. www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Sc...
Haus Alpenz using one of my recipes for their Halloween post!
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Haus Alpenz using one of my recipes for their Halloween post!
How to talk to your bar hero: an essay I wrote after returning back from Portland Cocktail Week and reflecting on my early years. Also with thoughts on how to be more approachable in case someone wants to approach you at an event.
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:: how to talk to your bar hero ::
I recently returned from Portland Cocktail Week where there was a mixed array of attendees, presenters, and staff in the bar industry at all...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How to talk to your bar hero: an essay I wrote after returning back from Portland Cocktail Week and reflecting on my early years. Also with thoughts on how to be more approachable in case someone wants to approach you at an event.
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-...
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-...
The history of the band, some nuggets about my DJ past, and nine bartenders inspired by #TheClash with #cocktail recipes!
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October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The history of the band, some nuggets about my DJ past, and nine bartenders inspired by #TheClash with #cocktail recipes!
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
The Clash cocktail biopic is out! 9 drinks inspired by songs or lyrics from The Clash by bartenders: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
:: cocktail rock: drinks inspired by the clash ::
I recall my amazement back in 1982 when The Clash’s video for “Rock the Casbah” came on MTV. The edgy haircuts, the musicians stomping in th...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Clash cocktail biopic is out! 9 drinks inspired by songs or lyrics from The Clash by bartenders: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
Tales of my mentoring sessions at Portland Cocktail Week where I gave back to the kids. I did 12 sessions in all on whatever topic(s) they came to me with: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/ment...
:: mentoring sessions at pdxcw ::
I just got back from Portland Cocktail Week two Friday nights ago. Before the event began, I had signed up to do mentoring sessions in the m...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tales of my mentoring sessions at Portland Cocktail Week where I gave back to the kids. I did 12 sessions in all on whatever topic(s) they came to me with: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/ment...
Book 16 of 2025: Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds. A book that I purchased from Powell’s in Portland, Oregon, while there for Portland Cocktail Week. www.amazon.com/Lessons-Surv...
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism [Reynolds, Stewart] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
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October 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Book 16 of 2025: Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds. A book that I purchased from Powell’s in Portland, Oregon, while there for Portland Cocktail Week. www.amazon.com/Lessons-Surv...
Two of my guests tonight taught me the expression "promoted to customer" as a business euphemism for being fired. As in "Thank you for your service -- you've been promoted to customer".
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Two of my guests tonight taught me the expression "promoted to customer" as a business euphemism for being fired. As in "Thank you for your service -- you've been promoted to customer".
My autumnal smoky and bitter number as a The Misfits musical tribute, Horror Hotel, was published in Bar&Restaurant in their Halloween article. The band named the song after a 1960 movie.
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Halloween Cocktail Recipes
Halloween may not be the biggest drinking day of the year (although that night, Thanksgiving Eve, is just | Scare up a good time by adding these Halloween cocktail recipes to your bar/restaurant menus...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My autumnal smoky and bitter number as a The Misfits musical tribute, Horror Hotel, was published in Bar&Restaurant in their Halloween article. The band named the song after a 1960 movie.
www.barandrestaurant.com/food-beverag...
www.barandrestaurant.com/food-beverag...
3am transmission from war torn Portland, Oregon, on my second night there for PDXCW.
October 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
3am transmission from war torn Portland, Oregon, on my second night there for PDXCW.
My book purchase in Portland for my flight back. I got it Powell's albeit the airport one. I'm half way through this gem of a book.
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My book purchase in Portland for my flight back. I got it Powell's albeit the airport one. I'm half way through this gem of a book.
The Portland newspaper article I read in my hotel lobby this past week directly compared the inflatable animal protests to the Dada movement circa Workd War 1, and I now need to go down that rabbit hole. Anyone have a good link or two about that?
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Portland newspaper article I read in my hotel lobby this past week directly compared the inflatable animal protests to the Dada movement circa Workd War 1, and I now need to go down that rabbit hole. Anyone have a good link or two about that?
This was art by the bathrooms at the Campari classes at Portland Cocktail Week a few days ago. When I posted it to the unofficial cocktail week chat room, someone replied "I would order a bartender's choice from this man. He has seen some shit."
October 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This was art by the bathrooms at the Campari classes at Portland Cocktail Week a few days ago. When I posted it to the unofficial cocktail week chat room, someone replied "I would order a bartender's choice from this man. He has seen some shit."
When I mentioned to one of my regulars who used to be in the industry that there were some folks angry that they did not win the competition last week, he replied "They should view it like one player Mario Cart where you are racing against a ghost of your last race, your former self."
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When I mentioned to one of my regulars who used to be in the industry that there were some folks angry that they did not win the competition last week, he replied "They should view it like one player Mario Cart where you are racing against a ghost of your last race, your former self."
Photos from my panel at Boston Rum Week 2025. The Anatomy of Rum Cocktails: Choices, Trends, and Culture in a Glass. Moderated by Garnett Philip and presented by Shannon Mustipher, Katie Stryjewski, and myself.
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Photos from my panel at Boston Rum Week 2025. The Anatomy of Rum Cocktails: Choices, Trends, and Culture in a Glass. Moderated by Garnett Philip and presented by Shannon Mustipher, Katie Stryjewski, and myself.
Book 15 of 2025: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost. I named a tropical cocktail this a few years ago, and I finally got to read this tale of two Americans trying to live on an atoll. www.amazon.com/Sex-Lives-Ca...
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific [Troost, J. Maarten] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
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September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Book 15 of 2025: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost. I named a tropical cocktail this a few years ago, and I finally got to read this tale of two Americans trying to live on an atoll. www.amazon.com/Sex-Lives-Ca...
State of the liquor industry: Went to two events recently promising lunch that was closer to hors d'oeuvres than anything substantial. Invite-only brand events are pay-to-drink (albeit $3-4 cheaper than market) instead of free like in the old days.
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
State of the liquor industry: Went to two events recently promising lunch that was closer to hors d'oeuvres than anything substantial. Invite-only brand events are pay-to-drink (albeit $3-4 cheaper than market) instead of free like in the old days.
Book 14 of 2025: The Tequila Ambassador V.O. by Tomas Estes. I tried to find the 2012 version around 8 years ago to no avail, and this is a beautifully expanded version put out by @rumwonk.bsky.social WonkPress. www.wonkpress.com/products/the...
The Tequila Ambassador V.O. Book
Enter the vibrant world of Tequila with Tomas Estes—cofounder of Tequila Ocho and the original Tequila Ambassador. Tomas educated on agave spirits around the globe for decades. The book contains chapt...
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August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Book 14 of 2025: The Tequila Ambassador V.O. by Tomas Estes. I tried to find the 2012 version around 8 years ago to no avail, and this is a beautifully expanded version put out by @rumwonk.bsky.social WonkPress. www.wonkpress.com/products/the...
Book 13 of 2025: Slow Drinks by Danny Childs. I heard Danny present on an online Campari Academy class, and I bought a signed copy directly from his website. www.amazon.com/Slow-Drinks-...
Slow Drinks
Slow Drinks [Childs, Danny, Childs, Katie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Slow Drinks
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August 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Book 13 of 2025: Slow Drinks by Danny Childs. I heard Danny present on an online Campari Academy class, and I bought a signed copy directly from his website. www.amazon.com/Slow-Drinks-...
I was quoted in this Business Insider article on the rise of Spaghetts (Aperol poured into a High Life): www.businessinsider.com/spaghett-rec...
Why drink of the summer, the Spaghett, is a sign of a recession
The Spaghett, a combination of cheap beer and Aperol, signals weaker consumer spending, which could push the economy into a recession.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I was quoted in this Business Insider article on the rise of Spaghetts (Aperol poured into a High Life): www.businessinsider.com/spaghett-rec...
Book 12 of 2025: Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone. Writer Richard Herschlag does a good job of taking Marky’s stories and presenting them in a coherent way. Other benefit is that my copy has amusing notes and commentary from a punk rock fan! www.amazon.com/Punk-Rock-Bl...
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone [Ramone, Marky, Herschlag, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone
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July 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Book 12 of 2025: Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone. Writer Richard Herschlag does a good job of taking Marky’s stories and presenting them in a coherent way. Other benefit is that my copy has amusing notes and commentary from a punk rock fan! www.amazon.com/Punk-Rock-Bl...
The story behind the rum distillery in @cityofsomerville.bsky.social from the 1880s until Prohibition!
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:: somerville distillery rum ::
I first learned of my areas rich history in rum production when I read Wayne Curtis’ And A Bottle of Rum circa 2007-08 where the book alert...
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July 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The story behind the rum distillery in @cityofsomerville.bsky.social from the 1880s until Prohibition!
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/06/some...
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/06/some...
The Kumulipo as a cross of the Royal Hawaiian with the Pago Pago: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/08/kumu...
kumulipo
2 oz Aged Rum (Don Q Añejo) 2 oz Pineapple Juice 1 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Orgeat 1/4 oz Green Chartreuse 1/4 oz Crème de Cacao (Tempus F...
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July 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Kumulipo as a cross of the Royal Hawaiian with the Pago Pago: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/08/kumu...
I saw a riff on the Penicillin that included some Campari that reminded me of a drink I created on the fly at a guest bartending shift in Oaxaca that was a Ferrari (Fernet-Campari) instead of Scotch riff that I dubbed the Body Shop (a car fixer-upper): cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/02/body...
body shop
1 oz Fernet Branca 1 oz Campari 1/2 oz Honey-Ginger Syrup (*) 1/2 oz Lemon Juice Shake with ice, strain into a rocks glass with fresh ic...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I saw a riff on the Penicillin that included some Campari that reminded me of a drink I created on the fly at a guest bartending shift in Oaxaca that was a Ferrari (Fernet-Campari) instead of Scotch riff that I dubbed the Body Shop (a car fixer-upper): cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/02/body...
In response to Instagram insisting that I add music to my photo post to receive better distribution in their algorithm, I selected John Cage's 4'33" as my silent soundtrack.
July 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In response to Instagram insisting that I add music to my photo post to receive better distribution in their algorithm, I selected John Cage's 4'33" as my silent soundtrack.