Alcademics

A lot of bits and bites of information about bittering agents used in vermouths and aperitivo bitters from some people who know a lot about them. Read more →

15 new cocktails and drink books on everything from distilling to mead to drinks to accompany music and travel to favorite bars to rules for drinking. Read more →

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 →

An interview with the creator of brands like Hendrick's Gin and Sailor Jerry Rum about branding and his new book on Colonial drinks. Read more →

Behold the new liquor releases that came out in June or are coming soon. There is a lot of gin and brandy, and some fancy scotch too. Read more →

Behold a big batch of new drink books, from drink recipes to cocktail culture to history and architecture. Read more →

My annual list of most all of the cocktails and spirits books that have been released. This year we see tons of whiskey books again, and a whole segment of bar-specific cocktail books and a new category of narrative cocktail history. Read more →

In today's edition of New Booze, we find new vermouths, vodka, flavored gin, flavored vodka, flavored rum, a couple of amari, a smokeless mezcal, a bottled Old Fashioned, and a ton of new scotch, rye, and bourbon. Read more →