For AlcoholProfessor.com I wrote a series of articles about bitter botanicals. Check 'em out! What is Cinchona Bark & Where Do We Find It? What is Rhubarb Root & Where Do We Find It? What is Wormwood & Where Do We Find It? What is Gentian and Where Do We... Read more →
There are now at least three brands of nonalcoholic cocktail bitters on the market. It was formerly commonly believed that Fee Brothers bitters were nonalcoholic, but that is not true: they have a glycerin base, but the flavor extracts used in each have alcohol. Their bitters range in overall alcohol... Read more →
Below is a collection of new spirits launches from my Instagram page. Click on over to insta for more info. Read more →
Below is a collection of new spirits launches this December from my Instagram page. Click on over to insta for more info. Read more →
As there will be a TREMENDOUS amount of new drink books coming out this September and October, I figured I shouldn't wait to post a round-up of new books until then. Below are a bunch of books available right now. As usual, the description of the texts are from the... 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 →
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 →