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Into The Barchive is a cocktail history and education podcast that explores the stories, traditions, and techniques behind the world’s most iconic drinks. Hosted by historian and spirits educator Dr. Blake Jones alongside cocktail enthusiast Tim Wright, each episode breaks down classic cocktail families, their origins, and how to make them at home. Equal parts history lesson and hands-on bar class, Into The Barchive helps listeners drink smarter, understand what’s in their glass, and appreciate the culture behind every pour.
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S1E15 Women Who Shaped the Bar
This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, we take a deeper look at the stories cocktail history too often leaves out—the women who helped shape the bar as we know it today.While the narrative is…
S1E14 Vermouth Takes the Lead
This week on Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright give vermouth the attention it deserves.For a lot of home bartenders, vermouth becomes a question mark. You buy a bottle for one martini…
S1E13 St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails Beyond Green Beer
This week on Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright take on St. Patrick’s Day without the green beer, gimmicks, or Irish car bombs. Instead, they dig into the real history behind the…
S1E12 Shaken vs. Stirred: The Gimlet Experiment
Few phrases in cocktail culture are more famous or more misunderstood than “shaken, not stirred.” But behind the pop culture reference lies a much deeper question bartenders have wrestled with for…
S1E11 The Ideal Bartender - Tom Bullock’s Legacy
On Into the Barchive, we dig through the footnotes, forgotten names, and overlooked pages of cocktail history to better understand what’s actually in our glass. And for Black History Month, we’re…
S1E10 Nightcaps: The Last Drink of the Evening
In Episode 10 of Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright slow things down and explore the quiet ritual of the nightcap. Not dessert drinks. Not last-call chaos. But intentional,…
S1E9 The Sazerac | The Official Cocktail of New Orleans
This week on Into The Barchive, the beads are flying, the brass bands are rolling, and Mardi Gras is in full swing. So there is only one drink that makes sense to tackle. The official cocktail of New…
Heat, History, and the Art of Hot Cocktails
February can feel like the longest month of winter: cold, dark, and still a ways from spring. In Episode 8 of Into the Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright turn up the heat and explore the often…
S1E7 Non-Alcoholic Cocktails That Don’t Feel Like Compromises
Usually on Into the Barchive, we talk about spirits like gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey, the ingredients that give cocktails their backbone. But as Dry January winds down, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim…
S1E6 The Flip — Cocktails as Dessert, Texture, + Indulgence (and whole eggs!)
In Episode 6 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright close out their inaugural cocktail family series with the richest, most decadent template of them all: the Flip.If sours and daisies…
S1E5 The Highball - Simple, Sessionable, and Surprisingly Deep
In Episode 5 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright tackle the cocktail template most people overlook because it seems too easy: the Highball.At first glance, it is just “spirit plus…
S1E4 The Daisy - The Sour’s More Colorful Cousin
In Episode 4 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright keep the cocktail template journey rolling with one of the most important building blocks in the canon: the Daisy.If the Sour is…
S1E3 The Manhattan and the Martini
In Episode 3 of Into The Barchive, Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright continue their exploration of classic cocktail families by diving into two of the most iconic and influential drinks of all time: the…
S1E2 Sours — Balance, Brightness, and Simplicity
In Episode 2 of Into The Barchive, hosts Dr. Blake Jones and Tim Wright dive into one of the most refreshing and foundational cocktail families: the Sour. Building on the cocktail framework…
S1E1 What is a Cocktail?
Welcome to the very first episode of Into The Barchive, the podcast where history, culture, and great drinks come together. Hosted by historian and certified spirits specialist Dr. Blake Jones…
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Into The Barchive has published 15 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Arts, History.
Into The Barchive is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 34m.
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