Alcademics

You can do all your holiday shopping without leaving the warmth and comfort of your favorite bar. Read more →

For a quick post on Details.com I wrote about two new travel cocktail kits. The first one is above. The second one is the Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit: Read about them both here. Happy trails! Read more →

Have you seen enough gift guides yet? Answer: NO YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE. Read more →

Each year for Details.com I write a gift guide of spirits to consider for holiday gifting or just winter drinking. This year's list includes 11 spirits and 1 book, nearly all of which came out in the later half of the year. Read more →

I have a to-read backlog of more than 40 cocktails and spirits books in my house, and that's just the print ones. So while I haven't read the majority of these books released in 2013 yet, I want to list them all together in case you want to buy something... Read more →

Octopus Punch Bowl - I haven't forgotten about this punch bowl since I saw it at Bellocq in New Orleans a couple years ago, and then Imbibe magazine had a picture of it in their November 2013 issue. It's available on the VagabondHouse website (for a mere $2640) along with... Read more →

Hey, I wrote up a gift guide of spirits for Details.com. It includes rum, tequila, gin, vodka, scotch and other whiskies, brandy, and a liqueur. Go get it. Related articles Drink Books Published in 2013 in Consideration for Gifting or Reading With Tobacco-Flavored Liquor, You Can Smoke While You Drink Read more →

Japanese mixing glasses are beautiful but they don't travel so well. Brand ambassadors and other traveling bartenders have come up with various creative solutions to this problem, but finally a commercial version goes on sale this week. Phillip Mauro, Vince Toscano, and Jon Gasparini, who work at Rye in San... Read more →