Brian Hoefling's third book, The Cocktail Seminars [amazon][bookshop], is based on cocktail classes he began teaching in college. Today he runs the Herzog Cocktail School in Boston and is the author of two other books: Classic Cocktails, and Distilled Knowledge: The Science Behind Drinking's Greatest Myths, Legends, and Unanswered Questions.... Read more →
I haven't done a new books post yet this year, so there are almost 30 of them. As usual, the write-ups are from the publishers and are not reviews by me. I have purchase links to Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores, as well as Amazon, which does not. If you'd... Read more →
Just yesterday I gave a tasting of the bitter components found in Jagermeister and other bitter/sweet liqueurs. In my introduction I have everyone taste a sample of aloin, a compound from aloe that is extremely bitter and used in fernets in particular. However, not everyone can taste it, as I... Read more →