Category: camper_clips

  • The Count of San Francisco

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    Silly me, I didn't even notice that my story on Count Niccolo Branca of Fernet-Branca was in this month's San Francisco Magazine. Here it is. The count comes a-courting Bottle talk with the CEO behind San Francisco's favorite shot, Fernet-Branca. By Camper English, Photograph by Cody Pickens San Franciscans consume around 35 percent of all…

  • Drinks to Match the Dress

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    San Francisco bartender pairs cocktail with cocktail dress Camper English, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, July 12, 2009 Many cocktail contests now require bartenders to pair drinks with meals or invent them on the spot with a secret ingredient, but a recent competition challenged mixologists around the world with a new pairing: cocktails with cocktail…

  • The Intercontinental Cocktails of Charles H. Baker

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    I wrote a story in this weekend's San Francisco Chronicle about Charles H. Baker's cocktails and their popularity, centering around the program at Heaven's Dog in San Francisco. "A hazy memory of a night in Havana during the unpleasantnesses of 1933, when each swallow was punctuated with bombs going off on the Prado…" This line…

  • Alcademics in India

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    Alcademics was mentioned in The Telegraph, a newspaper in Calcutta, India, in a big story on cocktail blogging. Also mentioned were CocktailChronicles, TheLiquidMuse, KaiserPenguin, SpiritsAndCocktails, MyAchingHead, IntoxicatedZodiac, and Cocktailians.  The global takeover continues!  

  • Alcademics En Espanol

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    The Alcademics global onslaught continues! This time the site has been mentioned in the Spanish magazine Vinos y Restaurantes. My Spanish translation skills aren't what they used to be, but I'm pretty sure it says, "Alcademics is the most awesome cocktail blog in the universe, and everyone knows it."

  • Alcademics in Mutineer Magazine

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    In the April/May issue of Mutineer magazine, there is a 12-question survey with a bunch of cocktail bloggers, including your pal Camper of Alcademics. It's fun to see how different answers are on some topics (making your own ingredients, ingredients we'd like to see used more) and how similar on others (absinthe, vodka vs. gin).…

  • Top 5 Beer Cocktails on Epicurious.com

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    Hey look, I wrote another story for Epicurious.com! It's the Top 5 Beer Cocktails, including ones you know like the Shandy and Black Velvet, plus ones that are probably new to you: The Stout Diplomat by Yanni Kehagiaras The Happy Mich by the Tippling Brothers The Cure by Gina Chersevani My previous story for Epicurious…

  • How Sweetened It Is

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    Here's the second of my two stories in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend. Spirits: Bartenders find new ways to sweeten the deal Camper English, Special to The ChronicleFriday, April 10, 2009 Nearly all cocktails contain a sweetening agent, the simplest of which is raw sugar or simple syrup. Other, newer options include ginger, elderflower,…

  • Bartender Style

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    I have two stories in this Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle. The first one is on bartender style, with man-on-the-street shots taken at the St. George Spirits distillery during the American Distilling Institute conference last weekend. On Location: Bartenders' personal style Camper English, Special to The ChronicleFriday, April 10, 2009 Bartenders' outfits are largely dictated by…

  • Hello, Wall Street!

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    Hey, did y'all see Alcademics quoted in the Wall Street Journal this weekend? Wahoo! Why Do Mocktails Fall Flat?By Eric Felten Last year the Dry Soda brand of very lightly sweetened fizzy drinks came out with a new flavor, "juniper berry," which it advertised as "the perfect 'non-alcoholic gin and tonic.'" Juniper, of course, is…