Camper English's Speaking and Consulting

In addition to writing, Camper English acts as a cocktail and spirits trend consultant, brand development consultant, marketing strategy consultant, and public speaker. Want to know what's hot now and what will be in the future? Planning a product launch or building a bar concept? Want to know what bartenders want to know? I can help. Email for more info.

Speaking

Camper has given many talks on cocktails, trends, and social media. 

• Regional Trends in American Cocktails, Tales of the Cocktail 2008
• The Cocktail Geography of San Francisco, SF Chefs 2009
• Community Building as a Cocktail Blogger, Drink.Write 2009
• Bloggers, Bartenders, and Brands, Manhattan Cocktail Classic 2009
• How to Be Interviewed for Print, Radio, and Television, Tales of the Cocktail 2010
• Creating Social Media Legends, Tales of the Cocktail 2010
• The Great Vodka Debate, US Bartenders Guild Meeting, 2010
• Future Trends in Global Mixology, Bar Convent Berlin, Germany, 2010 
• Cocktail Blogging: Where do we go from here? Drink.Write, Portland, OR 2010
• Cocktail Blogging: Ethics, the law, and you. Drink.Write, Portland, OR 2010
• Rocks Off! Ice Seminar. Portland Cocktail Week, Portland, OR 2010
• Renaissance of the Cocktail in America. Vino 2011, New York, 2011
• Cocktail Clinic: The Bartender is In. SF Chefs, San Francisco 2011
• Oh Sherry! A Class the the Bourbon & Branch Beverage Academy, San Francisco 2011 

Private Tastings, Tours, and Classes

Camper is available for private tastings and tutorials on any number of drink-related topics, for groups or individuals. He has lead private whisky tastings at bars and given classes on creating specific cocktails. 

He is available to lead cocktail tours of San Francisco, hitting a few of the best bars, describing the specialty style of each, and helping people get the most out of a few hours of cocktailing in one of the best drinking cities on earth.

Contest Judge

Camper is available as a judge for cocktail/mixology competitions. He has judged contests for brands including Chartreuse, 42 Below Vodka, Maker's Mark, Hendrick's Gin, Lotus Vodka, and Cherry Heering. The list of contests Camper has judged is on this page.

Custom Cocktails

Camper also creates custom cocktails for special events such as weddings, and is available to bartend as well.

Writing

Camper is a full-time journalist. See a list of the publications for which he's contributed here. He is also available for copy writing of ads, advertorial, etc.

Media Training

Because Camper does so many interviews, he can help bartenders, brand ambassadors, and other industry professionals do well in them. He's available for one-on-one or group training.