Schedule of Events

Download and print a copy of the final Tales of the Cocktail 2009 Schedule of Events in PDF format. This folding program includes times, venues, descriptions, a convenient map, and more.

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Tales of the Cocktail?

New Orleans, Louisiana is the annual host to the internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine, and culture, Tales of the Cocktail. This event brings together the best and brightest of the cocktail community — award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs, and designers — for a five-day celebration of the history and artistry of drink making.

Each year offers a spirited series of dinners, demos, tastings, competitions, seminars, book signings, tours, and parties; all perfectly paired with some of the best cocktails ever made.

Tales of the Cocktail 2009:
Wed, July 8^th – Sun, July 12^th

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Stir Your Soul at the

7^th Annual Tales of the Cocktail

Tales of the Cocktail features more than 100 separate ticketed events. Ticket packages are available online while supplies last.

Get Your Tickets for:

• Founder’s Day Passes
• Day Passes
• The Nightclub & Bar Professional Series
• Seminars
• Spirited Lunches
• Spirited Dinners
• Cocktail Parties
• Competitions

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2009 Official Cocktail: The Creole Julep

Maksym Pazuniak, a mixologist at Rambla and Cure, won over the judges with his balanced and well-layered julep featuring Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum, Rhum Clement Creole Shrubb, Captain Morgan 100 Proof Rum, Fee Brothers Peach Bitters, Angostura Bitters, fresh mint, and Demerara sugar.

"The Mint Julep was the drink that put American mixology on the map, the thing that foreigners pointed to when they wanted to say something nice about the rough-and-tumble new nation on the western shore of the Atlantic. And originally, like most American inventions, it allowed for plenty of individuality and improvisation. With this contest, the Julep is back," says author and cocktail historian David Wondrich.

The Creole Julep
Created by Maksym Pazuniak, Rambla/Cure

2 1/4 oz. Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum
1/2 oz. Clement Creole Shrubb
1/4 oz. Captain Morgan 100 Rum
2 dashes Fee Bros. Peach bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters
8-10 mint leaves
1 Demerara Sugar Cube

Maksym's cocktail will be served throughout Tales of the Cocktail, July 8-12 and will be featured in the summer issue of Culinary Concierge Magazine and on CocktailTimes.com.

The second place cocktail was the Joie de Julep, created by Corey Bunnewith of Drink. The third place cocktail was the Ginger Peach Julep, created by Wayne Curtis, a freelance journalist.

Tales of the Cocktail has also collaborated with The Liquid Muse Virgin Mixology and Fre Alcohol Removed Wines to offer the festival’s second annual official non-alcoholic cocktail, which is also a Julep. The Sassy Southern Belle will be the official nonalcoholic cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail and will be served at several of their signature events.

© 2009 the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society