I was a speaker on a panel for Tales of the Cocktail 2020 in which I said that we should be careful about bitters in non-alcoholic cocktails. In my experience, if you ask someone who orders a non-alcoholic cocktail if "a dash of alcohol is okay" to put bitters in... Read more →
I get questions, a lot of questions. Questions in email, from Facebook, from Twitter, from Instagram, via text. I usually answer them, when I can! But, I am finally asking myself, why don't I at least paste the questions and answers into blog posts, as similar questions tend to come... Read more →
More than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019. Read more →
Long gone are the days when there were only a few drink books out each year; now it's a few every month. Below I've listed the drink books coming out mostly in in September and the beginning of October 2019. There will be another round-up around Thanksgiving most likely, as... Read more →
A closer look at 23 botanicals used in Cocchi products. Read more →
Processes and parameters used in production of Campari. Now we just need to figure out what's in it. Read more →
The slightly ridiculous amount of tasting samples I prepared for a talk at Tales of the Cocktail. Read more →
A lot of bits and bites of information about bittering agents used in vermouths and aperitivo bitters from some people who know a lot about them. Read more →