June 15th, 2009
The Ward Eight – now on video
Now presenting: a discussion of the lore behind Boston’s Ward Eight cocktail, and a demonstration of how to mix one, in a video starring the somewhat-ready-for-prime-time blogger behind drinkboston.com.
You may already be familiar with how2heroes (tagline: cook. eat. be merry.), a video website that “celebrates people’s passion for food [and drink] – the flavors, the presentation, the secrets to success, the cultural inspirations, and of course the ‘heroes’ who share their knowledge and experience.” In just a year, the site has produced 500 short videos featuring food and drink professionals and enthusiasts demo’ing and talking about particular foodstuffs and drinkstuffs. Besides myself, featured Boston folk in the Beverages category include:
- Brother Cleve, ambassador to Cocktail Nation (his Ninth Ward video is a sibling to mine above)
- Kirsten Amman, aka Pink Lady of LUPEC Boston
- Jackson Cannon of Eastern Standard
- Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli of Craigie on Main
- Evan Harrison of the Independent
- Adam Lantheaume of the Boston Shaker
There’s a lot worth checking out on this site. The how2heroes staff does a good job getting a bunch of people who aren’t used to being on camera to convey their knowledge of food and drink in a straightforward and often engaging way.
I did my damnedest to get Locke-Ober, where the Ward Eight was invented, to let me shoot my video there. Regrettably, they showed no interest. A special thanks to Tremont 647 for letting me (and some of the others above) shoot at their bar.
Tags: cocktail videos, How2Heroes, Ninth Ward, Ward Eight
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