Alcademics

I'm delighted to be visiting Shanghai for the first time this early September as a judge for Camus Cognac's Shanghai Shake global finals! Read more →

A recap of the unique aspects of the Toronto Cocktail Conference and a few highlights. Read more →

Over at Punch, Drew Lazor wrote a story about the Kold-Draft ice machine. He covers the role the big clear ice cube maker played in the cocktail renaissance (I didn't realize it was around so long), and how many bars are abandoning the machine today due to its problematic performance record.  Read more →

M. Carrie Allan wrote a story in this weekend's Washington Post about how to make quality non-alcoholic cocktails by taking into account things like texture, bitterness, and spice. My brief place in the story is in this quote: Drinks writer Camper English noted that he uses the word “slow” to... Read more →

Then new drink books (okay one of them is a card game) released from May through August before the fall book onslaught! Read more →

In which I find myself at number 39 in an inaugural ranking of the bar industry's most influential people. Read more →

For attendees of my talk on Color in Cocktails and Spirits at Tales of the Cocktail 2019, below are notes and links from the slides. Product links are to Amazon.com. For all the natural colorings to use in cocktails, see Cocktail Coloring - Natural Food Colorings to Use in Drinks... Read more →

A big list of ingredients that can be used to turn cocktails many different colors. Read more →

Anthocyanins are purple and blue food colorings found in many food products. Here are some of them. Read more →

A simple technique for extracting color from flower petals or other plants. Read more →