Drink of the Month: Bit of a Fix-You-Upper
May 1, 2008
by n/a in Playboy
May 1, 2008
by n/a in Playboy
April 1, 2008
by in
Q: “Is it rude to use my laptop at the local watering hole? My neighborhood pint-puller always shoots me the stinkeye when I open my MacBook by his taps.” As long as you’re a good customer, you have every right to compute while getting buzzed. “If you’re spending money and tipping well, and you want | Read More
December 1, 2007
by Kirstin Henninger in Forbes Traveler
Another drink-slinger who’s putting the Pacific Northwest on the cocktail map is Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bartender at El Vaquero in Eugene, Oregon. “There are amazing drinks being made in this region right now and people don’t really know about it.” He’s doing his best to change that. Of late, his favorite drink is an Old Fashioned | Read More
July 12, 2007
by Nick Fauchald in Food and Wine Magazine
Oregon-based mixologist/blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler … recently posted an excellent list of mojito dos and don’ts, which should be posted behind every bar in America, along with his recipe for a proper mojito, which has given me hope that the mojito still has a chance.
July 1, 2007
by Lance Sparks in Eugene Magazine
“Bartender Jeff Morgenthaler is a skilled mixologist with distinctive charm and a talent for invention. His “senuous cocktails” (each $8) include special selections of classics (43 Manhattan, Planter’s Punch) and Morgenthaler’s own ideas (Red Agave, Pink, Irish Laundry). The revival of interest in the cocktails couldn’t have come at a better time. Morgenthaler’s corner of | Read More
July 1, 2007
by Paul Clarke in Imbibe Magazine
At El Vaquero in Eugene, Ore., bartenders have also taken to using house-made falernum instead of the commercial versions. “I think the reason we’ve been pursuing the do-it-yourself approach is because we’d like to turn the clock back to a time when there were so many more flavors available to mixologists,” says Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bar | Read More
May 1, 2007
by Gary Regan in Wine Enthusiast
The Richmond Gimlet, adapted from a recipe by Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Head Bartender, El Vaquero, Eugene, Oregon. … Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full of ice and add the ingredients. Shake for approximately 15 seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
April 30, 2007
by Lewis Taylor in The Register Guard
“The great thing about blogs is they’re so specialized,” says Jeffrey Morgenthaler, head bartender at El Vaquero restaurant in Eugene and author of a mixology blog. … “(The best part) is being able to connect with like-minded people. My area is so specific. There aren’t a lot of people in town that I can talk | Read More
April 19, 2007
by Mike Hale in Monterey Herald
A bartender (or barman, barmaid, barkeep, mixologist) is a listener, a counselor, a joke-teller, a gossip, a pal, a mediator, a matchmaker, a diplomat and a sage. A great bartender recognizes customers and puts to memory our names, our drinks, our quirks and our foibles. He or she can lend insight into entertainment options beyond | Read More
December 5, 2006
by n/a in Spin Magazine
Feel like a nice tall glass of history? Seventy-three years ago today, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, striking down the 18th (which took booze out of the hands of Joe Bartender and put it into the hands of Joe Bootlegger). To honor the repeal of the 13-year-long national nightmare known as | Read More
November 27, 2006
by Tea Austen Weaver in Chow Magazine
Blogger and mixologist Jeffrey Morgenthaler is a man on a mission. His goal: to help spread the news of Repeal Day, the only holiday devoted solely and entirely to drinking. Celebrated on December 5, Repeal Day marks the anniversary of the day the 18th Amendment (that would be Prohibition to you and me) was repealed, thereby allowing all God-fearing Americans | Read More
June 1, 2006
by Gary Regan in Wine Enthusiast
Everyone knows you use triple sec in a Margarita. What kind of lunatic uses Cointreau? Someone said that to me recently and I had to explain to the poor unenlightened one that Cointreau, no matter what the label says, is triple sec, and it’s my triple sec of choice whether I’m mixing up a batch | Read More
March 9, 2006
by Molly Templeton in Eugene Weekly
On an unremarkable night last year, I was at Luckey’s, and I was bored with my drink. “I don’t know what I want,” I said to the bartender. “Have you ahd a Richmond Gimlet?” he asked. “No,” I said. “What’s that?” Simply delicious was the answer: a gimlet made with Tanqueray No. 10, fresh lime, | Read More