Category: cocktails
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Ume at Iris: My Story for StarChefs
I wrote a feature for StarChefs magazine about one drink called Ume. It includes ume in several different ways, as designed by Timofei Osipenko at Bar Iris in San Francisco. The story is online and in the print magazine. Read the online version here.
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Honey, They Highballed My Negroni!
I wrote a story about the somewhat recent mixological trend of converting cocktails and lowballs into highball cocktails with a little fizz. The story is on AlcoholProfessor.com and you can read it here.
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Dirty Drinks Beyond the Martini
For AlcoholProfessor, I wrote about all the dirty drinks. Read the story here.
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2026 New Drink Books
Here are new cocktails and spirits (and a few other) books out or coming out in 2026.
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Using Vinegar in Cocktails
I wrote a story for VinegarProfessor, sister site to AlcoholProfessor, about using vinegar in cocktails. It contains some very good advice from several bartenders. You can read it here.
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The Old Fashioned and the Champagne Cocktail are the Same Drink
Well, more or less. In my latest for Food & Wine, I trace the origin of both drinks and how they each deviated from the original Cocktail. Read it here.
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How To Highball
For Men’s Journal, I wrote about the choice of sparkling water for your whiskey highball. Read it here.