Alcademics

A recap of the first Shanghai Shake cocktail competition by Camus cognac. Read more →

I'm delighted to be visiting Shanghai for the first time this early September as a judge for Camus Cognac's Shanghai Shake global finals! Read more →

I judged a competition at the WSWA convention of recipes submitted by brand representatives. You gotta see some of these garnishes. Read more →

On June 13, Mission bar Asiento hosted the San Francisco regionals of the Disaronno Mixing Star challenge. Five bartenders from the day will have drinks go into the next round in consideration to be published in a print book by Simon Difford. Read more →

This year's Disaronno Mixing Star contest is less of a contest than usual, though there is still a casual challenge resulting in increased visibility/promotion for the entering bartenders, and one person from each of the nine countries will be invited to a to special event to present their cocktail to... Read more →

The convention is a meeting of the second tier of the three tier system: the distributors who buy from the producers and sell to either bars or liquor stores as required by US law. Read more →

I helped judge a cocktail competition with Tullamore D.E.W. and the winner gets sent to Ireland! Read more →

I helped judge the Angostura rum/bitters Global Cocktail Challenge regionals in San Francisco last week, alongside Smuggler's Cove owner Martin Cate and Angostura brand ambassador David Delaney. Here's what happened. Read more →