All Things Tales, Bar Tonique's New Cocktails, More

QUARTER— Things that have been happening at Tales of the Cocktail: The Carousel Bar has been going off, experts have deemed the Hand Grenade, Hurricane and Shark attack to be authentic cocktails, seminars on women in the booze/bar industry, insane amounts of photos/tweets. There was also a camel involved. [NoDef, NOLA.com]

QUARTER— Laura Mcknight on Bar Tonique's new drink list: "Dry the Rain forms the bar's first beer cocktail. The Nick Adams adds a Genever drink. And the bar has served mezcal for years, but the St. Ann Tangeaux became the first mezcal cocktail on the list." [NOLA.com]

[Photo: Amy Jett]