Author: Camper English

  • Bartenders Looking Very GQ

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    Hey, I'm in GQ magazine in the December issue. Surprisingly not as their Man of the Year, but in the Bombay Sapphire advertorial looking somewhat constipated.   The four-page spread is about the Most Inspired Bartender contest 2011, for which I was one of the judges. We all carved our names into that ice block…

  • Bars in Japan: Observations

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    Here are some observations about bars in Japan from my trip with Suntory whiskies.  You can smoke in bars in Japan. Bars were all a little bit smoky, but none of them I visited were smoky that your eyes hurt.  When you enter a cocktail bar and most other types of bars, they give you…

  • Bars in Japan: Miscellany

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     On my five-day visit to Japan with Suntory whiskies I hit 21 bars by my count. I am talking about them in groups. Next up: The Rest of Them. The difference between the various styles of bars is subtle and I'm defining them as I see them. I'll be describing whisky bars, cocktail bars, highball and standing bars,…

  • Bars in Japan: Standing and Highball Bars

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    On my five-day visit to Japan with Suntory whiskies I hit 21 bars by my count. I am talking about them in groups. Next up: Standing and Highball Bars. The difference between the various styles of bars is subtle and I'm defining them as I see them. I'll be describing whisky bars, cocktail bars, highball and standing bars,…

  • Bars in Japan: Cocktail Bars

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    On my five-day visit to Japan with Suntory whiskies I hit 21 bars by my count. I am talking about them in groups. Next up: Cocktail Bars. The difference between the various styles of bars is subtle and I'm defining them as I see them. I'll be describing whisky bars, cocktail bars, highball and standing bars, and pubs/clubs/dives. Many…

  • Bars in Japan: Whisky Bars

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    On my five-day visit to Japan with Suntory whiskies I hit over 20 bars. I think the best way to talk about them will be in groups. First up: Whisky Bars. The difference between the various styles of bars is subtle and I'm defining them as I see them. I'll be describing whisky bars, cocktail…

  • A Visit to the Yamazaki Distillery in Japan

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    Yesterday I wrote about visiting the Hakushu distillery in Japan. Today I'll write about Suntory's other single-malt distillery, Yamazaki. It is located between Kyoto and Osaka, at the convergence of several rivers. I believe they said the distillery welcomes 100,000 visitors each year.  (Mount Fuji as seen from the train to Kyoto.) The Yamazaki distillery…

  • A Visit to the Hakushu Distillery in Japan

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    I visited the Hakushu distillery owned by Suntory, located in the Yamanashi prefecture, about two hours by train from Tokyo in Japan. There is a new Hakushu single malt whisky on the US market.  As I mentioned in a previous post, Hakushu was built in 1973 and is located at a high elevation – 700 meters…

  • A Kim Kardashian Shrinky Dink Sun Catcher Painted in Dehydrated Midori

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    I found a new use for the dehydrated Midori I made in the Solid Liquids project.  I made a sun catcher in the shape of Kim Kardashian from her Midori ad, and painted it with dehydrated (and rehydrated) Midori for her dress and X-Rated Fusion liqueur for her hair. Because why not?  I started with…

  • Solid Liquids: The Missing Link Aviation

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    I haven't created cocktails yet with the dehydrated liqueurs I've been making for the Solid Liquids project, mostly because I figure y'all are don't lack imagination and will find good uses for them. But here's a drink I've been hankering to create since the beginning.  The Aviation cocktail was originally made with gin, maraschino liqueur,…