This story first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits (Abrams Press, March 5, 2024) is the first book devoted to a specific phenomenon within the liquor industry. Dusty hunters chase after bottles from bygone brands or old formulations that are no longer available. When I first... Read more →
The reporter for this story in The Guardian and I talked a long time about clear ice, iceberg water, and bottled water. Not much made it into the final story from me (so it goes) but I did get mentioned in the lead paragraphs! Towards the end of 2009, Camper... Read more →
For many years I have been compiling The Big Drink, a list of the most iconic cocktails in San Francisco, for 7x7 Magazine. Here is this year's list. Read more →
This review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Boozy Book Reviews: A Field Guide to Tequila: What It Is, Where It’s From, and How to Taste It A Field Guide to Tequila by long-time Mexican resident and tour operator Clayton Szczech (Artisan, October 3, 2023) tackles tequila on a level of detail... Read more →
This review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Book Review: How to Taste by Mandy Naglich In the book How To Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life, author Mandy Naglich describes, you guessed it: how to taste. But not only how to taste beer, wine, and spirits: The book... Read more →
I am quoted in this story about luxury ice (from Greenland, sold in Dubai) in which I manage to become an advocate for importing glacier ice for cocktails, lol. Most of what I talked about in the interview was that we all choose our battles when it comes to where... Read more →
I was invited to write a story for MSNBC.com about the coming new normal of casual sobriety, aka the end of Dry January. I made a bunch of points about generational drinking habits, parallels to vegetarianism, and flaws and challenges of serving nonalcoholic spirits in bars. Read the story here. Read more →
This story first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Boozy Book Reviews: Three New Cocktail Books (2023) This year we’ve reviewed a lot of drinks books. Some books we’ve reviewed this year includes Bourbon 101, The Maison Premiere Almanac, Tropical Standard, Agave Spirits, Signature Cocktails, Holy Waters, The Anchor Brewing Story and many... Read more →