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New Booze is now on a separate blog - you can subscribe to its feed, visit that blog, or just check out the links to the posts on a sidebar here on Alcademics. Read more →

I recently had to fill out my occupation on a form and put "journalist," which is only accurate in that all my work comes from the idea that I'm a journalist, but inaccurate in that I don't really do all that much true journalism these days. Read more →

When I'm talking to my bartender friends and mention making cocktails, they all say some version of, "Wait what? You're bartending now?" The answer is "sorta." Read more →

I receive a lot of boxes of liquor in the mail, sometimes in the form of a launch kit rather than just a bottle wrapped in bubble wrap. These kits are usually complete with little gifts like tasting glasses, cocktail shakers, and nearly always a USB drive with a press kit on it. So here's a post just about that. Read more →

Here are a few of my favorite (and your favorite juding by popularity) posts on Alcademics from 2013. Have a look, perhaps there's something good you missed... A Sampling of Sugars from Asia A Tribute to Harry Craddock on the 50th Anniversary of his Death Tasting the Regional Waters of... Read more →

The new Alcademics Global World Headquarters is fully operational and is no longer just a desk in my bedroom. It's now a desk in an office building. If you're in the business of mailing me stuff, please drop me a line and I'll send you the new address. As for... Read more →

I decided to add up all the trips I took in 2012 and compare it to last year's travel, and it appears this year I was a total slacker. I took a mere 17 trips this year (22 last year), and flew only 90,000 miles in the air, compared with... Read more →

During Portland Cocktail Week, I was a panelist in a seminar called "PR and Writers: Can't We All Just Get Along?" We talked about things that PR folks do that aggravate cocktail bloggers and writers, and things that writers do to annoy PR people. In yesterday's post, we talked about... Read more →