Cocktail adventures with Oh Gosh! TV

Pull up a bar stool at Le Bon Lion – a tiny private bar above Café Paris in Hamburg, opposite Le Lion – and join owner Jörg Meyer for a Martinez cocktail. Learn about the history of Le Bon Lion, and how the Traveling Mixologists began one evening at Le Bon Lion when Jörg invited Gonçalo De Sousa Monteiro to guest bartend. Show links: Le Lion Café Paris Traveling Mixologists Howard Britz

In our last episode at Le Lion – Bar de Paris join Mario Kappes for a drink he created for a guest that visited the bar one memorable Sunday evening. Combining kirsch, cherry liqueur and sherry, the Professor Langnickel is a deliciously sophisticated take on berry flavoured cocktails. Stay tuned for the final episode in Hamburg where we pay a visit to Le Bon Lion, Le Lion’s tiny private sister-bar, and learn about the beginnings of the Traveling Mixologists while enjoying a Martinez with Jörg Meyer. Show links: Le Lion Chris Greene Quartet

Continuing our visit to Le Lion – Bar de Paris in Hamburg join Torben Bornhöft for a Ranglum, a drink by former Le Lion bartender Gonçalo De Sousa Monteiro. A delicious cocktail that combines both dark and overproof rums, the Ranglum also makes great use of the falernum Torben produces with Philipp Jäckel under the Forgotten Flavours banner. Stay tuned for future episodes coming soon, where we take a look at Le Bon Lion, Le Lion’s tiny private sister-bar, learn about the beginnings of the Traveling Mixologists, and enjoy yet more great cocktails made by the Le Lion team. Show links: Le Lion Forgotten Flavours Chris Greene Quartet

Continuing our series of drinks from Le Lion – Bar de Paris, join Søren Sørensen for Le Lion’s house drink, Le Coquetiez du Lion. A sophisticated yet approachable take on the Vesper, Le Coquetiez du Lion pays tribute in both its ingredients and name to American drink culture, classic cocktails, and the French name of the bar it calls home. Stay tuned for future episodes coming soon, where we take a look at Le Bon Lion, Le Lion’s tiny private sister-bar, learn about the beginnings of the Traveling Mixologists, and enjoy yet more great cocktails made by the Le Lion team. Show links: Le Lion Chris Greene Quartet

Le Lion – Bar de Paris is a small but perfectly formed cocktail bar in Hamburg, Germany, which opened in late 2007 and has since gone to worldwide acclaim winning “Best New Cocktail Bar” at the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail Spirits Awards. Join owner Jörg Meyer at Le Lion for a Gin-Basil Smash, a simple but elegant drink that became the summer sensation of 2008 around the bars of Germany, and beyond. Stay tuned for future episodes coming soon, where we take a look at Le Bon Lion, Le Lion’s tiny private sister-bar, learn about the beginnings of the Traveling Mixologists, and enjoy some more great cocktails made by the Le Lion team. Show links: Le Lion Howard Britz

Join Greg Boehm at the Mud Puddle Books offices in Manhattan for a tour around his extensive cocktail library. Featuring some of the very first books about cocktails and bartending, and spanning four centuries, this collection is one of the most extensive in the entire world. See the books, learn about the history behind them, and find out about the reproductions now available. Show links: Mud Puddle Books David Hull

Perhaps most famous for certain other intoxicating substances, Amsterdam has a small but growing cocktail scene. The latest bar is door 74, a small pseudo-speakeasy hidden away on a busy street close to Rembrandt Square. After finding the unmarked door, and ringing the doorbell, you find yourself in an intimate and beautiful refuge from the gaudy, neon-lit tourist area outside. Join Jay at door 74 for a Super-Dry Martini Doble made by our esteemed host, Mr Philip Duff. Show links: door 74 Evan Tate

Join Jay Hepburn for cocktail adventures around the world, as he searches for perfect cocktails, great bars and fine spirits.