Jim Meehan
AUTHOR + FOUNDER OF MIXOGRAPHY INC, Portland
The Universal Bar
1 pm
Location: Bisou Bisou
Presented by:
TUESDAY, MAY 21st
SYNOPSIS
Just weeks before The Bartender’s Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar is published on June 11th, Jim Meehan will share what he’s learned over the six years he and designer Bart Sasso worked on the book with writer Emma Janzen and photographer AJ Meeker.
A frosty jug of pasteurized lime juice thawing on a backbar in Philadelphia was the spark that ignited this journey into the culinary side of cocktails, which is frequently overlooked and undervalued compared to the contributions of the spirits bartenders mix with. Meehan will discuss the ingredients he surveyed in the book, the discoveries he made while testing some of the world’s best bartenders recipes, and the conclusions- some of which might surprise you- he’s come to about the value of community as it relates to our ingredients. The seminar will conclude with an open discussion of what a universal bar could look like in the future.
BIOGRAPHY
Jim Meehan’s career spans over 25 years from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City to Portland, Oregon, where he works with spirits companies such as The House of Suntory and hospitality clients such as the American Express Centurion airport lounges through his consultancy Mixography Inc. After editing multiple editions of Food & Wine Cocktails and Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide; Jim authored The PDT Cocktail Book and Meehan’s Bartender Manual, and his latest book, The Bartender’s Pantry, will be published by Ten Speed Press this June.