A month ago I binge watched Drink Masters on Netflix to do a write-up for AlcoholProfessor.com, where the below story first appeared. Since then several other analyses have come out and it's fun to see the various takes on the show. I asked a person who was on it when... Read more →
For AlcoholProfessor, I wrote up a "Bars We Love" feature about San Francisco bar PCH. Check it out here. Read more →
This review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Feel free to read the original here. Purchase the book via these links: Amazon or Bookshop. This is the bartending book for bartenders who’ve already read a lot of bartending books and are sure they don’t need another. Toby Maloney, an owner of Chicago’s... Read more →
My latest for the SF Standard: When bartenders travel, they tend to visit—surprise!—bars. And when local barkeeps act as guides, they often steer their guests toward the best watering holes they know. We polled some top Bay Area mixologists, asking them to reveal their favorite spots and what makes them... Read more →
So many drink books are coming out before the end of 2022 I decided to make a list of them. Links are to Amazon and they earn me an affiliate fee. The Little Book of Aperitifs: 50 Classic Cocktails and Delightful Drinks Cheer: A Liquid Gold Holiday Drinking Guide The... Read more →
Dale DeGroff released a new version of his 2002 book The Craft of the Cocktail as The New Craft of the Cocktail [Amazon] [Bookshop] this summer. If you have been in the game for a while, you probably have the first version too. And if you have both books, you... Read more →
A little global pandemic won't stop cocktail books from coming out this summer! In this posting we have books coming out in June 2020 or before (along with a couple I missed from the end of 2019/beginning of 2020). They star some of the big names in bartending: Eric Alperin,... Read more →
It's time for the big list of pre-holiday cocktail book releases! Read more →