Update 2: Now this list is up to 34 books Update 1: Detailed reviews of many of these books in my story for AlcoholProfessor are here. Citrus: A World History A Forager's Guide to Wild Drinks: Ferments, infusions and thirst-quenchers for every season Sicilian Cocktails: Contemporary Island Mixology Flavor Lab... Read more →
Here are new drink books coming out in 2024. These are just the cocktails and spirits ones, rather than beer and wine. I would imagine there will be a lot more toward holiday 2024 but this is plenty for now! Links are to Amazon and I may earn an affiliate... Read more →
The flavor of nonalcoholic beer is far ahead of that of spirits (and I think wine, but I know a lot less about wine both alcoholic and not). And now that it is, nearly all the largest beer brands have released nonalcoholic line extensions recently. Off the top of my... Read more →
This January I gave three tastings of nonalcoholic products to small classes. The goal was to talk about the category and highlight some star products. I've tasted dozens of NA cocktails and spirits and frankly a lot of them are very bad. And some brands have a whole line of... Read more →
New booze arrivals at the Alcademics office. These are pulled from my Instagram account, where I often show more information about them. Read more →
For the San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote about the Chartreuse shortage and how some bartenders are looking locally to Brucato Chaparral as a stand-in. Read more →
Tammy Coxen is producing an ongoing video series in which she is going through her grandmother's vintage mini-bottle collection, learning about the products, and then tasting them with other people. I was a guest on her My Tiny Bottles video series and together we tasted a circa 1980s maraschino liqueur... Read more →
Looks like it's been a few months since I did a New Booze post, gathering together new products hitting the market from my Instagram page. Well then, with no further ado, here they are: Read more →