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You should know that you are living in the Second Golden Age of the Cocktail. 

Since 2000, something has happened in the Cocktail World that you should be 
aware of and its the second Golden Age of the Cocktail. The first golden age 
was in the late 1800s until 1920. Bartending was taken seriously and cocktails 
were crafted with real ingedients.

Today, the second golden age can best be described by comparing and 4-5 star 
chef crafting an incredible meal with a classic foundation then using the 
freshest ingredients and imagination.

The man credited for this shift in the cocktail world is Dale DeGroff. His 
website is http://www.KingCocktail.com. Starting in about 2000 and all the way 
to today this rebirth has exploded. Craft and classic bars are no longer 
limited to big cities. They are trinkling into the the smaller cities 
worldwide. Dale started the Museum of the American Cocktail and also helped 
start the world's largest cocktail festival held every July in New Orleans 
called Tales of the Cocktail. Since, there are cocktail weeks popping up all 
over the world. There is now The Manhattan Cocktail Classic, San Francisco 
Cocktail Week, Portland Cocktail Week, London Cocktail Week, and so many more.

With so many websites and information, it's hard to know how to get started on 
the right path, but the links below will give you a head start.

Make sure you become facebook friends with as many as these people as possible 
and that will lead to more connections.

Join Gary Regans' Bartender Database: 
http://www.gazregan.com/bartender-database

Join Tobin Ellis' Social Mixology: 
http://www.socialmixologyvegas.com/cocktails/home.cfm

Join Simon Diffords' newsletter: http://www.diffordsguide.com

Join Liquor.com: http://liquor.com

When you are checking out drink recipes sites then there are three that you 
should use as guidelines. The Webtender Wiki: 
http://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Home, Ted Haighs' Cocktail Database: 
http://cocktaildb.com, and David Wondrichs' Cocktail Database: 
http://www.esquire.com/drinks .

A new modern recipe database is Kindred Cocktails: 
http://www.kindredcocktails.com.

This should be enough to get you started. These links will lead you in the 
right direction and catch you up with the modern cocktail world.
Cheryl
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Cheryl Charming aka Miss Charming™
Miss Charming, Inc.
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