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Feb. 9, 2023

TCGP S2 E9 - The Pacific Standard-Bearer with Jeffrey Morgenthaler

On this episode of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, we go west—Pacific Northwest, that is—with Jeffrey Morgenthaler, owner of Portland, Oregon's Pacific Standard and The Sunset Room and creator of Ninkasi Canned Cocktails. Watch and listen as the author of The Bar Book and Drinking Distilled shares tales of a singularly focused journey from bartender to bar owner and more, including serving as head judge at the gold-standard San Francisco World Spirits Competition, with hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash. All brought to you by Glenmorangie X Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Marie Brizard Peach Liqueur, Monin Premium Gourmet Hot Honey Syrup, and Sobieski Vodka.

On this episode of THE COCKTAIL GURU PODCAST, we go west—Pacific Northwest, that is—with Jeffrey Morgenthaler, owner of Portland, Oregon's Pacific Standard and The Sunset Room and creator of Ninkasi Canned Cocktails. Watch and listen as the author of The Bar Book and Drinking Distilled shares tales of a singularly focused journey from bartender to bar owner and more, including serving as head judge at the gold-standard San Francisco World Spirits Competition, with hosts Jonathan & Jeffrey Pogash. All brought to you by Glenmorangie X Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Marie Brizard Peach Liqueur, Monin Premium Gourmet Hot Honey Syrup, and Sobieski Vodka.

FURTHER READING & MEDIA

Website

https://jeffreymorgenthaler.com

 

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/jeffmorgen

 

Books

Drinking Distilled: A User's Manual [A Cocktail and Spirits Book] (2018) (https://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/561256)

 

The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique (2014) (https://www.chroniclebooks.com/collections/food-drink-bestsellers/products/the-bar-book?_pos=1&_sid=f0a90514b&_ss=r)

 

Press

"Star Bartenders Jeffrey Morgenthaler and Benjamin Amberg Are Opening Their Own Bar" - Eater (May 2, 2022) (https://pdx.eater.com/2022/5/2/23053746/morgenthaler-pacific-standard-opening)

 

"Celebrated Portland bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler plans bar that’s a ‘love letter to the West Coast’" - The Oregonian (April 29, 2022) (https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2022/04/with-pacific-standard-celebrated-portland-bartender-jeffrey-morgenthaler-to-open-bar-of-his-own.html)

 

"Ninkasi Taps Acclaimed Bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler for a New Line of Canned Cocktails" - Portland Mercury (January 20, 2022) (https://www.portlandmercury.com/food-and-drink/2022/01/20/38011532/ninkasi-taps-acclaimed-bartender-jeffrey-morgenthaler-for-a-new-line-of-canned-cocktails)

 

"Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Destroyed American Bar Culture?" - The Daily Beast (May 11, 2021) (https://www.thedailybeast.com/has-the-coronavirus-pandemic-destroyed-american-bar-culture)

 

"Eggnog Haters: You Need to Make this Delicious Recipe" - The Daily Beast (December 4, 2020) (https://www.thedailybeast.com/eggnog-haters-you-need-to-make-jeffrey-morgenthalers-eggnog-recipe)

 

"A Top Bartender’s Favorite (and Low-Cost) Cocktail Books" - The Daily Beast (April 9, 2020) (https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-top-bartenders-favorite-and-low-cost-cocktail-books)

 

"Jeffrey Morgenthaler - ace bartender: Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the prolific drinks writer who manages two bars at Ace Hotel Portland, tells Richard Frost why bartenders should never quit their day-jobs." - Supper (October 31, 2019) (https://www.suppermag.com/stories/editorial/jeffrey-morgenthaler-ace-bartender)

 

"Jeffrey Morgenthaler: The Man Behind the Bar: The legendary Clyde Common bartender reveals his slow rise to cocktail stardom (by way of dive bars and white collar ambitions)." - Portland Monthly (June 2, 2014) (https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2014/06/jeffrey-morgenthaler-the-man-behind-the-bar-jun-2014)

 

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Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Bartender

Jeffrey Morgenthaler is an award-winning bartender and author from Portland, Oregon. He has worked behind the bar full-time since 1996 everywhere from neighborhood taverns and college nightclubs, to fine restaurants and upscale cocktail bars. He is the co-owner of Portland’s newest cocktail bar, Pacific Standard. Prior to this, he managed the seven-time James Beard Award-nominated bar program at Clyde Common, and the highly celebrated Pepe Le Moko.

Jeffrey has been writing about his experience with bartending and cocktails for several years at his website, jeffreymorgenthaler.com. He has been a regular columnist for Playboy Magazine, and contributes to a myriad of other publications, including Imbibe, Fine Cooking, and Punch. He is the best-selling author of the world’s first book devoted entirely to cocktail technique, “The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique”

He is an educator and speaker, sharing his work at Bar Convent Berlin, the P(our) Symposium, Tales of the Cocktail, and Portland Cocktail Week. He is the head judge of the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and regularly judges cocktail competitions such as the Heaven Hill Bartender of the Year competition and Diageo World Class. His recipes and wisdom have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wine Enthusiast and Wired magazines, and immortalized in classic cookbooks such as The New York Times Cookbook and The Joy of Cooking.

Playboy magazine named him one of the top ten mixologists in the United States, Food and Wine Magazine named him one o… Read More