Alcademics

June 2012: Oysters at an oyster farm near Marseillan, home of Noilly Prat vermouth. Read more here. Read more →

May 2008: Inside the still room at Glenmorangie in Scotland. Read more here. Read more →

June 2012: Laprhoaig's master distiller John Campbell cutting peat on Islay. Learn more about it here. Read more →

September 2009: A cooper at Hennessy Cognac repairs a barrel for aging. Read more here. Read more →

May 2008: Cows in the Scottish Highlands on the way to the Speyburn distillery. A write-up here. Read more →

October 2008: Rows of tiki mugs at Forbidden Island in Alameda. A bit about that day's tiki crawl here. Read more →

August 2011: This huge distillery makes a lot of vodka, including Zubrowka bison grass vodka. Read more here. Read more →

September 2010: Agave for tequila production is not usually allowed to sprout as this plant is doing, so that they retain more carbohydrates that can be converted into sugar before fermentation. Photo taken at the Sauza propagation facility, more info here. Read more →