Send us a textWhat are the 7 cocktails every drink is based on? 🍹 Dive into tiki, bitters, fire tricks & cocktail history w/ bartender legend Dr. Cush! 🎙️@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMESTWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/azJZrXe5R2Q💡 What happens when a comedian turns into LA’s best bartender? You get Dr. Cush’s Exotic Drinks — a one-man show mixing cocktail science, bar wisdom & some hilarious fire tricks 🔥🍊✨ Highlights from the episode:🍹 The 7 cocktails that rule all other cocktails🔥 His signature drink: Dr. Cush’s Exotic Old Fashioned📚 Why bartending is more books than booze🍍 How pineapples became the symbol of hospitality🧊 The lost art of ice (yes, really!)🎭 From improv heel to hospitality hero💻 Building an online bar community during COVID💥 Flaming citrus, tiki wars, and cold pizza cocktails🎯 CTA: Subscribe for weekly food & bev innovation talks 🎙️ — and try making the Hemingway Daiquiri or your own signature drink!0:00 Intro to Dr. Cush 🍸  1:00 From comedy to cocktails  5:00 The 7 cocktails theory explained  12:00 Punch vs daiquiri: tiki breakdown  17:00 Cocktail vs experience: why it matters  25:00 Building an online bar community  31:00 Hemingway Daiquiri tutorial 🍹  41:00 The Dr. Cush Exotic Old Fashioned (🔥)  50:00 Shelf-stable lime juice recipe  1:03:00 State of the booze industry  1:10:00 Signature drink + fire tricks  1:20:00 Cocktail nerd history tour  1:30:00 Outro & cocktail class inviteMentors in Drinks and Tiki Steve the BartenderCreated Drinks Website: Kindred Cocktails    Discovered: Pseudo Juice CalculatorDave Arnold - Technique Liquid IntelligenceJeffrey Beachbum Berry Owns Latitude 29 in New Orleans Martin & Rebecca Cate own Smuggler's Cove in San FranciscoWrote James Beard Award-winning “Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of TikiDavid Wondrich Drinks Historian and author, Link to his Books and awardsSammy Ross Best Bar Dudes of All Time NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn