Last week I received a pitch about the cocktails at Oxalis in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. One drink ingredient stood out to me: Breakfast Martini, inspired by the classic cocktail and exclusively offered during brunch, this frothy cocktail features burrata water instead of egg white and gomme syrup instead of orange... Read more →
A look at the new menu at Pabu in San Francisco. Read more →
A look at the new Virgin Hotel's two bars, one on the roof. Read more →
Drinking pisco cocktails at a Japanese-Peruvian restaurant. Read more →
A new batch of drink books has arrived! This time around it's mostly recipe books, with four! of them on gin. As usual, the descriptions below are not reviews by me but text from the publishers. Links are to purchase on Amazon. The Big Book of Gin by Dan Jones... Read more →
I visited San Diego for a quick 30 hour trip this week to give a talk about CocktailSafe topics to a regional meeting of the US Bartenders' Guild, and had the chance to run out to three bars. The last time I was in town was about 7 years ago... Read more →
A new crew of drink books is out for your reading and drinking pleasure. What follows is information from the publishers (not reviews) and links to Amazon for purchasing. The Art of Distilling, Revised and Expanded: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Whiskey, Vodka, Gin and other Potent... Read more →
Sixty-plus drink books released in 2018. Wowza. Read more →