Alcademics

Should you distill a whisky in Scotland and export it for additional aging it is no longer scotch whisky. Here are a couple of new products that do just that. Read more →

A couple weeks ago I was in Sitges, Spain for a quick visit to the Casa Bacardi. Don Facundo, founder of the company, was from Sitges. In their little visitors' center they had a bunch of vintage ads so I thought I'd share a few of them here. Read more →

I'm in Barcelona for the first Bacardi Legacy global cocktail competition taking place tonight. If there is wireless I'll be live-tweeting the event @alcademics. Last night I again took the opportunity to see some bars in Barcelona. We started at the Dry Martini Bar for the second night in a... Read more →

(A tequila shot and a Dry Martini at the Dry Martini Bar in Barcelona.) The Dry Martini Bar is one of those places on the international cocktail scene in which you must come to worship when in town. This was my first time here. I loved the look of the... Read more →