Author: Camper English
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The Weird Exception of Early Landed Cognac (Hine Series Part 5)
I have been writing a series of blog posts about cognac, and I've really been looking forward to this one about "early landed" cognac. This series has been detailed information about cognac production generally, and Hine cognac specifically, as I was able to ask the cellar master Eric Forget a ton of questions. It has…
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Aging Conditions for Cognac (Hine Series Part 4)
I'm in the middle of a series of posts about how cognac is made generally, with details from Hine cognac cellarmaster Eric Forget about how Hine is made specifically. Hine offers a special blend meant for mixology (H by Hine), other VSOP and XO blends, single vineyard cognacs, and many vintage-dated cognacs. The posts in…
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Wood and Barrels for Cognac (Hine Series Part 3)
At the end of 2019, I sent a list of 100 questions to the cellarmaster of Hine cognac, Eric Forget. I'm writing up what I learned over several posts. Hine is a small (relative to the majors) cognac brand founded a bit over 250 years ago. The main house is located along the Charente River…
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Make Clear Ice Balls Using a Thermos
Most readers of Alcademics are probably familiar with this by now, but I realized that in my many (many, many) ice posts here on Alcademics I don't have a straightforward post listing how I most often make large perfectly clear ice spheres at home. So I made this post to insert into my ice project index. This…
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Clear Ice in Cook’s Illustrated
A quick mention of my clear ice method in Cook’s Illustrated and an older Milk Punch story is online and in video form.
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Cognac Distillation On the Lees (Hine Series Part 2)
A second post in a series about cognac production.
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Cognac from Grapes to Wine (Hine Series Part 1)
Facts about grapes, winegrowing, and winemaking for cognac.
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All the Cocktail and Spirits Books Released in 2019
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in alcohol law, baijiu, beer, bitters, books, bourbon, cider, cocktails, distilling, garnish, gifts, gin, history, legal/law/regulations, mixers, molecular mixology, non-alcoholic, punch, recipes, rum, rye, sake, scotch whisky, tequila, tiki, tonic, tonic water, whisky, wineMore than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019.
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Simple Starter Seedlip Recipes – Non-Alcoholic Cocktails
I make hundreds of non-alcoholic cocktails each year for tech events, at which a fair percentage of event attendees do not consume alcohol. I've made it a policy to have drinks that are of equal quality to the alcoholic ones, and for that Seedlip has come in very handy. Many people have issues with Seedlip…
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Non-Alcoholic Spirit Brands List
A big list of non-alcoholic spirit brands similar to Seedlip, Stryyk, and Lyre’s.