I have partnered with the Beverage Academy at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco to lead classes beginning November 2023. For my Ice Bling classes, the venue allows for legal alcohol service, plus they can make the starter ice for us in their commissary. I can also store my many,... Read more →
I'm leading hands-on ice butchering classes in San Francisco! Cubes and diamonds and spheres, oh my! The next classes are scheduled for October 7. Tickets here. Want to keep informed of future classes and events? Subscribe to the Alcademics Newsletter to hear when they're scheduled. photos: Allison Webber In the... Read more →
Budget sonicator! Smoky science! Read more →
A story on how copyright, trademark, and patents in the world of craft cocktails. Read more →
Stephen Shellenberger, writer of the Bostonapothecary blog, will be giving a 5-week class on Culinary Aestheticism this fall at the SMFA in Boston. You can find it in the fall course catalog. I wish I could go, so you go instead. Shellenberger sat down with himself to write this interview... Read more →
Have you seen enough gift guides yet? Answer: NO YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE. Read more →
Lou Bustamante reports on a seminar on wood and barrels from this year's Tales of the Cocktail convention. Read more →
In FSR Magazine I wrote about bartender training programs in better cocktail bars, from online and in-class corsework to conference and conventions, to hosting brand ambassadors for in-bar trainings. Read more →