Alcademics

This year's batch of cocktail and spirits books - all put together in one big list to make your gift list (or your own wish list) easy to see. Read more →

Over at FineCooking.com, I have shared a recipe from Nate Quiroga of Liberty in Seattle. The drink seems to be a variation on the Aviation. Instead of gin, which is scary to some drinkers, Quiroga uses vodka. But the price you pay is that he also replaces the maraschino liqueur... Read more →

The citizens of San Francisco were lucky enough to unload Beretta bartender Ryan Fitzgerald on the unsuspecting populace of Seattle for a couple of days. In exchange, we get to see two Seattle bartenders working shifts at Beretta today and tomorrow. What will these strange foreigners bring to the bar?... Read more →