I attended Bar Convent Berlin 2019. This was probably my sixth trip to Berlin for this most excellent bar show. My talk on CocktailSafe topics had a standing-room only crowd, so my trip was a success. Below are a few observations from the show. Ginsanity There was so much new... Read more →
A trip to the Black Forest region of Germany to witness Monkey 47 gin being made. Read more →
Items of interest from the best bar show on earth. Read more →
For the May issue of Saveur Magazine, I wrote a small piece (accopmanied by big pictures) about drinks at Lebensstern, one of my favorite bars anywhere. Check it out and get the recipes here. Read more →
I've been bursting waiting for the Saveur 100 issue to come out so I could write more about Gamsei, a bar I visited in Munich this fall and included in the January issue of the magazine. The story is now online at Saveur.com, with a lot more info below. Gamsei... Read more →
I'll be speaking and leading tastings at this year's Bar Convent Berlin in October. The lineup of speakers is pretty great (I mean, if you exclude me), and include Matthew Bax (Der Raum, Gamsei), Stephan Berg (The Bitter Truth Bitters), Ian Burrell, Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon (The Dead Rabbit),... Read more →
Diageo is experimenting with crowdsourcing and Absolut has set up a boutique distillery in Berlin. The following story comes from Mixology Magazine in Germany. It was written by Helmut Adam and was originally published in German here. It was translated into English by Kirstin Müller. Below is an edited version... Read more →
A couple of months ago I visited Berlin for the Bar Convent. On that visit I hit up Lebensstern, the bar that won World's Best Drink Selection at Tales of the Cocktail in 2010. My quick write-up on the bar is here. I asked permission to print the cocktail menu... Read more →