Alcademics

Imbibe Magazine published a mini-excerpt from The Ice Book. Check it out. Read more →

I hadn’t noticed just how many different ways bartenders were incorporating the same basic shape until I saw them all together on the menu at the bistro Causwells in San Francisco. “This whole menu I just gravitated to circles,” says Elmer Mejicanos, beverage director and managing partner. “I should have... Read more →

I was a guest on the Imbibe Magazine podcast. We talked about ice. Listen to it here. Read more →

Jake Emen ruminated on the newish phenomenon of people combining ice and olives. The story includes references to Disco Cubes Dirty Martini ice, garnish at Hanky Panky in Mexico City, and the cover of The Ice Book by me. Check out the story here. Read more →

This Wall Street Journal article features both The Ice Book by me, and Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity by Amy Brady. Read more →

Writer Lisa Futterman interviewed me for this article on how to make fancy ice cubes for Wine Enthusiast. Check it out here. Read more →

For AlcoholProfessor.com I wrote a review of Holy Waters by Tom Morton. I have pasted the entire review with permission below. The review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Boozy Book Review: Holy Waters by Tom Morton If you study the history of alcohol for any length of time, you can’t help... Read more →

This is a list of the new drink books coming out between April through June of 2023 that I know about. You can view all of these books together at this link at Bookshop or this one on Amazon. The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail... Read more →