I did a new ice thing. I found online these Roks Silicone Ice Cube Tray Inserts, which press shapes, numbers, letters, etc into ice cubes. However, the trays they sell with them make cloudy ice. [note: looks like they're no longer on Amazon but here's their homepage.] So I put... Read more →
I mostly cover new (or just new to me) spirits products on my Instagram account, but every few months when I remember I cross post them here. Here's what has come in the mail lately: Read more →
I recently bought some ice cube trays from W&P Design. They have some funky new ones in blingy cubes and a star shape: But of course if you just fill them with water and freeze them normally they'll come out all cloudy and ugly: So I had planned to freeze... Read more →
If you attended Tales of the Cocktail - virtually or in person - you have access to some recorded seminars. I watched and this post reports on one of those seminars: From Usquebaugh to Aqua Fructum: The Early Modern English Origins of English Gin By Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller... Read more →
In which I talk about laser beams and syphilis. Read it here. Read more →
Along with the review, the New York Times put Doctors and Distillers on their list of book recommendations for the week. Awesome! Read more →
I was interviewed for KCRW's Good Food podcast, and they transcribed some of the interview here. Read more →
For the Washington Examiner, Jacob Grier reviews Doctors and Distillers: The recipes are a welcome addition, since, as befits the subject matter, Doctors and Distillers is not a dry text. The history is lively, told without getting too bogged down in details of medieval medicine, fermentation, and distillation. Mix the... Read more →