SF Cocktail Week was a blast, particularly the molecular mixology event put on by Cocktail Lab.

You can read my coverage on CitySip, which just launched in SF!

Note: I’m writing more for other food and beverage sites, so I will post

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For  crooked bar owners, roofy dosers and those who just can’t drink a whole beer in one sitting, there is now

My favorite mad scientists, the fine distillers at St. George Spirits have just released their first gin… and their second… and their third.  This delectable trio of new gins is incredibly diverse and unique. When I mentioned the endeavor in

In the 18th and 19th centuries, when the British Royal Navy rationed rum to mariners, it wasn’t Bacardi Gold.

This stuff had to be fiery enough to fend off the elements, so to ensure their booze wasn’t being watered down, seamen

Sometimes I forget that there are at least three of you who aren’t my Facebook friends, and thus probably haven’t heard from me about UrbanDig.

It’s a fantastic, free  iPhone app (Android coming soon) that supplies very specific urban tours. Rather

It’s been over a year since I mentioned California’s absurd post-prohibition blue laws being newly enforced, ticketing bars for the heinous crime of infusing alcohol with fruit and herbs, and finally this week, it looks like things are about to

I needed new business cards for Tales of the Cocktail this year, and realizing that it was an opportunity to be remembered and redirect a boring conversation, I made these beauties on an Epilogue Laser, modeled after an old-school model

I’ve mentioned BarSmarts, but didn’t go into detail, however I have completed the course and found it enlightening.

BarSmarts Wired is an online cocktail and spirits education program created by some of the biggest names in the business, and it is

I had forgotten all about this recipe, which I posted on nermo.com before I wrote (or knew) much about cocktails, until I got an email today from a gal at Al Gore’s office asking if he could use my red

One of the most impressive seminars I attended at Tales of the Cocktail was this year’s industry-focused presentation on designing your bar’s menu. It’s a topic which fascinates me, and yet serves no practical purpose in my life…for now. Hopefully