Alcademics

More than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019. Read more →

A visit to ABV's new incarnation of Overproof in the balcony. Read more →

It's time for the big list of pre-holiday cocktail book releases! Read more →

I make hundreds of non-alcoholic cocktails each year for tech events, at which a fair percentage of event attendees do not consume alcohol. I've made it a policy to have drinks that are of equal quality to the alcoholic ones, and for that Seedlip has come in very handy. Many... Read more →

A big list of non-alcoholic spirit brands similar to Seedlip, Stryyk, and Lyre's. Read more →

I made more fun ice for Halloween. Recently I put some bouncy eyeballs into ice balls and froze a Halloween mask into an ice block. This time I put some big glass eyes into ice balls and put vampire fangs into other ice balls. The glass eyes were an idea... Read more →

I was recently in Calistoga to meet with Baptiste Loiseau, cellarmaster for Remy Cognac. We had a quick interview early in the day but I wanted more info, so I ended up monopolizing his time after dinner. We spoke for a very long time (I promised it was "quick questions"... Read more →

My annual list of the most iconic cocktails in San Francisco. Read more →

In which Lance Winters of St. George Spirits analyzes the list of ingredients prohibited as alcoholic beverage adulterants in Florida that are the subject of a lawsuit. Read more →

I attended Bar Convent Berlin 2019. This was probably my sixth trip to Berlin for this most excellent bar show. My talk on CocktailSafe topics had a standing-room only crowd, so my trip was a success. Below are a few observations from the show. Ginsanity There was so much new... Read more →