For AlcoholProfessor.com, I wrote up EcoSpirits, a company with a system for avoiding single-use glass bottles sold to bars. I've been following them for years and am psyched they've set up locations in the US now. They fill from bulk shipping containers, put them into their custom-made and reusable "ecoTotes"... Read more →
Since 2009 I have been weighing liquor bottles before recycling them. I was up to 1226 bottles weighed and decided it was about time for me to analyze the data. At the bottom of the post I'll include a link to my spreadsheets. Note that I dated when I weighed... Read more →
For the past bunch of years, I've done a round-up of all the drink books (mostly cocktails and spirits) that have come out during the year, in consideration for gifting. I'm not doing that this year, as there are too many cocktail books, and if you want to see them... Read more →
On AlcoholProfessor.com, I reviewed A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits by Shanna Farrell. You can buy it on Amazon or support local bookstores by purchasing on Bookshop. Purchasing via these links may earn me a small affiliate commission, and I could use the money. Read the review below.... Read more →
I was recently quoted in a story by Adam Rogers (author of the great book Proof: The Science of Booze and the new Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern that I haven't read yet) for his day job at Wired magazine. The Weird, Sustainable Booze of... Read more →
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 →
You're not giving good service with sucky straws. Read more →
Items of interest from the best bar show on earth. Read more →