My Life as a YouTube Star
during Lockdown
How I Produced 50 Videos in
3 Months
Dan Gardiner was
introduced to the delights of fermented
beverages at the ripe old age of 2 with some
watered-down wine along the French coast -
"Mow Wine" seemed to be the name of the game
at that age. Since then, between
scotch distillery tours in middle school and
reformatting computers for carefully chosen
bottles of bourbon in college, there are few
categories of yeast-inspired delight that
have not been yet sampled and enjoyed.
When the Covid quarantine caused a rapid
increase in the amount of free time
available, what was he to do but start a
video series to accompany the evening
cocktails produced by his ever-expanding
collection of liquors? After 50 videos
covering 54 drink recipes, he's now racked
up over 75 subscribers, 100 hours of watch
time, and 2,000 video views.
In this episode, he'll walk us through the
story of how his YouTube channel Dan's
Bar came to be, what he's
learned along the way, and finish up with an
audience-participation-encouraged mixing
session.
For those planning to mix along at home,
here are the two drinks on tap for the
evening:
FREE and
ONLINE
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
5:30-7:00 pm CDT
Sign in 5:00-5:30 pm for
informal cigar and cocktail chatter. The event will be
called to order at 5:30.
There will be a Q&A session
following the lecture. Audience
participation is invited. The event will conclude at 7 pm.
An optional cocktail party and
discussion will continue after the
event. Be sure to have your
cocktails and cigars at ready
hand.
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND
greatest traditions of the city clubs of
Chicago is the discussion of intellectual,
social, legal, artistic, historical,
scientific, musical, theatrical, and
philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately
provocative individuals, all under the
beneficent influence of substantial
amounts of tobacco and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and extends it
with its Informal Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which cigars,
and from time to time pipes and
cigarettes, appear as an important
component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the
Cigar Society's mailing list, write to the
secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org
Dan Gardiner was
introduced to the delights of fermented
beverages at the ripe old age of 2 with some
watered-down wine along the French coast -
"Mow Wine" seemed to be the name of the game
at that age. Since then, between
scotch distillery tours in middle school and
reformatting computers for carefully chosen
bottles of bourbon in college, there are few
categories of yeast-inspired delight that
have not been yet sampled and enjoyed.