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 →
Brian Hoefling's third book, The Cocktail Seminars [amazon][bookshop], is based on cocktail classes he began teaching in college. Today he runs the Herzog Cocktail School in Boston and is the author of two other books: Classic Cocktails, and Distilled Knowledge: The Science Behind Drinking's Greatest Myths, Legends, and Unanswered Questions.... Read more →
I haven't done a new books post yet this year, so there are almost 30 of them. As usual, the write-ups are from the publishers and are not reviews by me. I have purchase links to Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores, as well as Amazon, which does not. If you'd... Read more →
It's time for the annual Alcademics drink book round-up! Below are all the books that have come to my attention in 2020. I don't follow wine/beer closely so there are only a few in that section. The links below are to Amazon and to Bookshop.org. If you buy stuff after... 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 last blast of new booze books before the end of the year! As usual, the descriptions come from the publishers and are not reviews. How to Drink Like a Royal by Albert W. A. Schmid buy on: [Amazon][Bookshop] "Royalty." A single word that invokes daydreams of champagne, lavish lifestyles,... Read more →
It's a big batch of booze books for fall! As typical, there is a big rush of publications before the holiday season. I have another post going up in later November of some books not available just yet, and then I'll publish my annual list of all the booze books... Read more →
In October 2019, the New York Times posted a story, "Witches are Having Their Hour" that I thought was pretty odd. They followed it up with, "When Did Everybody Become a Witch?" I guess witches are happening, and as we know now, anything that's happening happens in cocktails too. A... Read more →