I contributed the recipe for the Gin & Tonic in Jim Meehan's new book The Bartender's Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar. I did so at his request, given my history writing about the cocktail. In the process of researching the recipe, I considered four gins, three tonics,... Read more →
In October 2024 I gave three Ice Diamond cutting classes at Portland Cocktail Week. The classes were sponsored by the Campari Academy. I just noticed that the photos, taken by Josh Brasted, are up online. You can see the rest of them here. Read more →
I got a new shirt, thanks to Shawn Soole of Post Shift Podcast. Get your own shirt here. Read more →
I was invited in to the new Bar at Osito, the room to the left of the live fire restaurant Osito in San Francisco's Potrero Flats neighborhood. The bar is just a small room with concrete walls and a few two-top tables. There is also a plant. A small menu... Read more →
I received a copy of The Bourbon Drinker's Companion: A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes by Colin Spoelman a few month ago and was planning to breeze through a quick read of it. [buy it on amazon][buy on bookshop] The plan for the quick... Read more →
This review that I wrote first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Boozy Book Review: Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit by Josh Noel Jeppson's Malört is a famously disgusting liqueur from Chicago. It’s the drink that your party friends force you to try when you visit them, or sometimes... Read more →
Just yesterday I was in the elevator in my office building and the person next to me was trying to peep the book I had in my hand. (This is okay when there is a library in your building, we are all book peepers here.) The book is this giant... Read more →
San Francisco has two main sherry bars (at least that I know about, now that Bellota is closed), and though one is in the Lower Polk and the other is in Potrero Flats, you can take one bus between El Lopo and El Chato. Actually it's a choice of bus:... Read more →