Alcademics

Below is a collection of new spirits launches this December from my Instagram page. Click on over to insta for more info. Read more →

I was recently in Hawaii and finagled a visit to the Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum distillery. General Manager Kyle Reutner drove me a short distance to a nearby cane field then we walked through the distillery and I got to taste through the line. Agricole-style rum is distilled from... Read more →

I wrote a story for Eater San Francisco on a trend of purple drinks with coconut cream and usually ube as a flavoring. Photos by @vivo.visuals, Melissa de Mata, @equal_parts_cocktail, Allison Webber You should probably go read it. Read more →

Taken from my Instagram account, here are some new bottles that have hit the market lately. Read more →

For a long time I've been tracking the increasing number of non-alcoholic spirits. There are now more than 115 brands on the market. I've also made hundreds of non-alcoholic cocktails with these n/a spirits (mostly Seedlip) for events, when there used to be events pre-Covid. In my opinion, these products... Read more →

I haven't done a new books post yet this year, so there are almost 30 of them. As usual, the write-ups are from the publishers and are not reviews by me. I have purchase links to Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores, as well as Amazon, which does not. If you'd... Read more →

A little global pandemic won't stop cocktail books from coming out this summer! In this posting we have books coming out in June 2020 or before (along with a couple I missed from the end of 2019/beginning of 2020). They star some of the big names in bartending: Eric Alperin,... Read more →

A new wave of coffee flavored booze is hitting the market - but this time it's cold brew added to aged spirits. Read more →