Author: Camper English
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A Surprisingly Good Knife for Cutting Slabs of Ice
If you're making slabs of ice in a cooler as I showed folks how to do here on Alcademics and in The Ice Book, you need to cut them up into cubes and other shapes after you pop the slab out of your cooler. Most of the time over the last 10+ years, I've used…
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All About EcoSpirits
For AlcoholProfessor.com, I wrote up EcoSpirits, a company with a system for avoiding single-use glass bottles sold to bars. I've been following them for years and am psyched they've set up locations in the US now. They fill from bulk shipping containers, put them into their custom-made and reusable "ecoTotes" and refill them as needed. …
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Twice the Ice in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Angela Hansberger wrote up The Ice Book and Ice by Amy Brady for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The story is here (paywalled). I was able to access the text via my public library (did you know you can do that to get through newspaper and even magazine paywalls?) and a few quotes from the story: English's…
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“The Ultimate Guide to Clear Ice”
InsideHook writes up The Ice Book. The article includes an excerpt as well. "It’s a wonderful and quick guide for novices and drinks experts alike." "succinct and beautifully photographed drinks guide" "This Is the Ultimate Guide to Clear Ice" Read it here!
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Inside the Quest for Totally Transparent Cocktail Ice
In the New York Times, Robert Simonson writes about my quest for clear ice and The Ice Book! It's a great article. Read the article here. Order The Ice Book here.
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More Death Star Ice Spheres
A few years back I showed how you can make the Death Star ice mold turn out clear. There are more tips and detailed information in The Ice Book, and you should probably purchase a copy! Below are some more pics from a 2023 round of making more Death Star spheres for some friends.
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Local Trendsetter Releases Stylish Ice Book
The Nob Hill Gazette is a neighborhood newspaper in San Francisco – the posh neighborhood, that is. Writer David Nash penned a little preview of The Ice Book for the paper, which you can read here. It features another of Allison Webber's fantastic photos from the book.
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Excerpt from The Ice Book: Make a Drink Inside a Sphere
Imbibe Magazine published a mini-excerpt from The Ice Book. Check it out.
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Dots are So Hot Right Now
I hadn’t noticed just how many different ways bartenders were incorporating the same basic shape until I saw them all together on the menu at the bistro Causwells in San Francisco. “This whole menu I just gravitated to circles,” says Elmer Mejicanos, beverage director and managing partner. “I should have called it the circle menu.”…
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Olives and Ice are a Weird New Pairing
Jake Emen ruminated on the newish phenomenon of people combining ice and olives. The story includes references to Disco Cubes Dirty Martini ice, garnish at Hanky Panky in Mexico City, and the cover of The Ice Book by me. Check out the story here.