Josh Colquitt [facebook page] contacted me on Facebook to share some clear ice work he's been doing. He has been filling a punch cooler (aka "beverage dispenser") with water and freezing with the top off inside a big top-loading freezer. The cooler freezes from top to bottom via directional freezing,... Read more →
I gathered my favorite posts from 2020 at the links below. My favorite content to write is extra nerdy stuff. Besides that, I included my big book round-up and a couple silly ice posts. Check out the list to see if you missed anything good in 2020. All the Cocktail... Read more →
I forget to link to places that write about my work and am trying to be better about that. This is how I earn a living, after all. John deBary, whose book Drink What You Want I reviewed on this post, wrote about a few techniques for Thrillist, and included... Read more →
In this story in The Guardian, I'm mentioned as "perhaps the pre-eminent cocktail ice scholar," in the section about ice snobs. I'll take it. The story isn't about me at all, but it's a long read (no really, it's a very long read) about the packaged ice industry through the... Read more →
For over ten years now I've been making clear ice in an Igloo cooler in my freezer, a method I first developed in 2009. You fill a hard-sided cooler with water, stick in the freezer with the top off, and the ice freezes perfectly clear from the top-down, leaving only... Read more →
It's time for the annual Alcademics drink book round-up! Below are all the books that have come to my attention in 2020. I don't follow wine/beer closely so there are only a few in that section. The links below are to Amazon and to Bookshop.org. If you buy stuff after... Read more →