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This review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. This beast of a rum book is 850 pages long, is illustrated with over 900 images, measures over ten inches square, and weighs eight pounds — all without containing cocktail recipes or brand tasting notes. Modern Caribbean Rum: A Contemporary Reference to the Region's Essential Spirit is a (very)...
I'm proud to say that The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts has been voted as a Top Ten Nominee for Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book at Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2024. The book was published a year ago May 23, 2023. This book was rejected by every publisher my agent pitched for a year or so,...
This review originally appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. The Cocktail Parlor by Nicola Nice This cocktail book isn’t expensive, but it’s going to cost me a bunch of money. It is inspiring me to buy a whole lot of other books referenced in its pages. The most important and most-referenced cocktail books of old were all...
This review first appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. Boozy Book Review: Canadian Whisky: The Essential Portable Expert (Updated and Expanded Third Edition) By Camper English Canadian whisky has generally not inspired the culty fandom of whiskies from Scotland, Japan, or the US. The category is dominated by easy-drinking brands like Crown Royal,...
This is a description of my Amaro class. I am currently teaching this class at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco as part of their Beverage Academy. Find all of my classes and events at the Classes and Events page here on Alcademics.com. Amaro: Uncover The Bitter Sweetness Bittersweet liqueurs like Campari, Fernet-Branca, Cynar, Averna,...
This is a description of my Ice Bling class. I am currently teaching this class at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco as part of their Beverage Academy. Find all of my classes and events at the Classes and Events page here on Alcademics.com. Ice Bling: Learn to Make Clear Ice and Cut Ice Diamonds, Spheres, and More! In the class on cutting...