Category: camper_clips
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Nice Ice in the News
The Associated Press released the following story on ice today, with a quote from your favorite icesperimentator Camper English. The whole story is here. SIP: Bartending trend calls for nice ice, baby By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Erik Adkins spends a lot of time on ice. As general manager of…
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Beverages by the Bowlful in San Francisco Magazine
My latest story in San Francisco Magazine is online here. The pictures are way better in the print version. Beverages by the bowlful By Camper English, Photograph by Shaun Roberts Though punch predates the classic cocktails San Franciscans have been sipping for the past few years, it has taken a while for local mixologists…
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The Count of San Francisco
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…
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The Intercontinental Cocktails of Charles H. Baker
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…
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Alcademics in India
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!