The Cocktail Conjurer

The Cocktail Conjurer The Cocktail Conjurer is a fusion of magic, mixology, and controlled chaos. Known for bespoke cocktails, theatrical flair, and a taste for the dramatic.

Based somewhere between obsession and artistry.

Brooklyn hotel room.Aeropress.Coffee roasted back home in Akron.No matter how many cocktail bars, coffee festivals, and ...
06/14/2026

Brooklyn hotel room.

Aeropress.

Coffee roasted back home in Akron.

No matter how many cocktail bars, coffee festivals, and cities I visit, there’s something satisfying about bringing a little piece of home along for the ride.

Boston felt like the right place to slow down for a minute.Guinness.Shepherd’s pie.A seat at the bar in one of the city’...
06/13/2026

Boston felt like the right place to slow down for a minute.

Guinness.

Shepherd’s pie.

A seat at the bar in one of the city’s historic taverns.

Between cocktail bars, coffee shops, and airports, sometimes the best drink is just a properly poured pint.

What’s your favorite historic bar?

Walked into Astor Wines & Spirits in NYC and immediately lost track of time.Most people see bottles.I see a dozen cockta...
06/13/2026

Walked into Astor Wines & Spirits in NYC and immediately lost track of time.

Most people see bottles.

I see a dozen cocktail ideas.

Bonal, Byrrh, Mattei, Sfumato, Braulio, Alta Verde, Montenegro, Meletti…

If you’re into amaros, quinquinas, mistelles, and weird fortified wines, this place is dangerous.

I somehow left without buying half the store.

What’s the one bottle you’d grab first?

One year ago I found myself at the grand opening of BarChef New York.I got to perform magic, meet Frankie Solarik and th...
06/11/2026

One year ago I found myself at the grand opening of BarChef New York.

I got to perform magic, meet Frankie Solarik and the BarChef team, and experience the kind of cocktails that made me rethink what a drink could be.

Looking back, a lot of the ideas I’m chasing today started with places like this.

Still learning. Still experimenting. Still carrying a deck of cards.

06/10/2026

This week I recreated the Fumoir Negroni from The Claridge Cocktail Book.

But instead of grabbing a generic espresso, I paired it with a coffee selected specifically for the drink

The goal wasn’t just to make a cocktail with coffee.

It was to find a coffee that belonged in the drink.

No sign.No menu in the window.Just a little red door on a side street in Paris.Inside was one of the most creative cockt...
06/09/2026

No sign.

No menu in the window.

Just a little red door on a side street in Paris.

Inside was one of the most creative cocktail programs I’ve experienced—mushroom, miso, cascara, chestnut butter, calvados, fortified wines, and ingredients I’d never considered putting in a glass.

Places like this remind me how much room there still is to push cocktails forward.

Paris, you understood the assignment.

06/08/2026

Most espresso martinis treat the coffee like an ingredient checklist.

This dark roast pulped natural from La Terza Coffee in Cincinnati brought hazelnut, plum, and cacao to the glass, so I built the cocktail around those notes with Armenian brandy, crème de cacao, Frangelico, and plum bitters.

The goal isn’t just making an espresso martini.

It’s finding the cocktail hidden inside the coffee.

Trying to look like I have a plan.In reality I’m probably thinking about espresso extraction times, cocktail specs, and ...
06/07/2026

Trying to look like I have a plan.

In reality I’m probably thinking about espresso extraction times, cocktail specs, and whether buying another bottle of amaro is a terrible financial decision.

Today’s espresso: Costa Rica Tarrazú Honey Process.Notes of nectarine, guava, and honey from Lekko Coffee. One of the be...
06/06/2026

Today’s espresso: Costa Rica Tarrazú Honey Process.

Notes of nectarine, guava, and honey from Lekko Coffee. One of the best parts of working on espresso martini builds is discovering coffees I’d never have found otherwise.”

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