Alcademics

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 →

Trick Dog in San Francisco is known for their wild concept menus that change every six months. Everything from Dr. Seuss-style rhymes to voting posters to tourism maps. This tweet lists them all, in a ranking I completely disagree with as the record album was one of my all-time favorites!... Read more →

Suggestions on other ways to prepare chickpeas to make froth to replace egg whites in cocktails. Read more →

In this round of experiments we test chickpea flour added as a solid rather than liquid. Read more →