It's time for the annual Alcademics drink book round-up! Below are all the books that have come to my attention in 2020. I don't follow wine/beer closely so there are only a few in that section. The links below are to Amazon and to Bookshop.org. If you buy stuff after... Read more →
It's a big batch of booze books for fall! As typical, there is a big rush of publications before the holiday season. I have another post going up in later November of some books not available just yet, and then I'll publish my annual list of all the booze books... Read more →
I've been reading the word "terpenes" a lot lately and a pitch on a terpene turbocharged tequila finally gave me the push I needed to learn what the heck they are. Terpenes are any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C10H16, obtained from plants. [source] Any of... 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 →
More than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019. Read more →
A new batch of drink books has arrived! This time around it's mostly recipe books, with four! of them on gin. As usual, the descriptions below are not reviews by me but text from the publishers. Links are to purchase on Amazon. The Big Book of Gin by Dan Jones... Read more →
Sixty-plus drink books released in 2018. Wowza. Read more →