Alcademics

May 2008: Leaning against a tree behind The Macallan distillery in Scotland. Read about that day here. Read more →

July 2013: Sunset and a cocktail from a cruise ship; the site of Diageo's World Class 2013. More here. Read more →

August 2011: The protected Bialystok forest in Poland is home to free-roaming herds of bison. I visited on a trip with ZU (Zubrowka) vodka. Read more here. Read more →

November 2010: The heart of agave plants, called pinas (pineapples) at the Tequila Don Julio distillery in Atotonilco, Mexico. Read more here. Read more →

November 2011: A tree at the Yamazaki distillery near Kyoto, Japan. Read about the visit here. Read more →

May 2008: Scotland is the greenest place I've ever seen. A little about this day here. Read more →

September 2012: On a visit to the Olmeca Altos tequila distillery, we spent part of a day riding ATVs into the agave fields. So much fun. Read more here. Read more →

The Hakushu distillery in Japan uses several different shapes of stills to produce a variety of whisky flavor profiles. Read more here. Read more →