Have you ever had a Blackbird? Do you know what goes into a Blackbird? Do you know who created The Blackbird and where? Our Josh decided a while ago to do some digging about this ubiquitous Toronto Industry handshake. Over the course of 5 installments in this audio documentary he talked with dozens of Bartenders, representatives from brands, published cocktail historians and eventually...the creator of The Blackbird. In this first episode we explain what we are trying to do here and also have a chat with historian and author Christine Sismondo. Josh wanted to ask Christine about the phenomenon of shots, cocktails or drinks that only exist in one geographical location and somehow they never travel from that city, or sometimes even that bar. This is just the beginning though. For the next few weeks we will be releasing episodes detailing the evolution of The Blackbird.
Follow Christine on Instagram at @modosismondo .
Thanks to Wild Turkey and Amaro Montenegro for their support.