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The Long Bar is about spirits and cocktails and bars and the history and stories behind them. It’s written by Wayne Curtis, author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails, and a current or former columnist with Imbibe, Garden & Gun, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast. 

In the past two decades cocktails and lounges have become regarded with a seriouness that rivals interest in artificial intelligence. And that’s great! But I’d like us to return to a time when cocktails were the medium, not the message. When a good story over a drink won out over a detailed discussion about tinctures or whether vodka should have flavor. Anyway, if we're going to talk about ingredients and cocktail histories, can we at least make it factual and fun? 

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