Category: Doctors and Distillers

I was recently interviewed by Astrid Kane of the SF Standard about Doctors and Distillers. You can read the full interview here. 

Jason Wilson wrote up a great story in The Washington Post Magazine considering the modern "low and no" movement, the threat (or not) of neo-prohibitionists, and thoughts about "mindful drinking" and health of alcohol in general.  He interviewed me for the story and provided a fantastic partial book summary: Read the full story here. Learn…

My very favorite magazine, Scientific American, published a review of Doctors and Distillers in the August 2022 issue. Needless to say I'm delighted with it! Read it here!

A quick interview with me on ABC News to promote Doctors and Distillers.  They call me a "master mixologist" which is most definitely not true, but I did write a heck of a book! 

LitHub published an excerpt from Doctors and Distillers, a section on scurvy. Coincidentally, they did so on National Daiquiri Day. Read it here. 

The Wall Street Journal published a short excerpt from Doctors and Distillers this weekend! Read it here – subscription required.   

Here's the review of Doctors and Distillers in the New York Times!   Here’s to Your Health In “Doctors and Distillers,” Camper English explores the long-running interconnection between medicine and alcohol in daily life.   Some review excerpts:  In “Doctors and Distillers,” English, a San Francisco-based cocktails and spirits writer, has collected many similar stories…

I'm so thrilled that Science wrote a review of Doctors and Distillers. Science is one of the most important academic journals in the world, and if you're a scientist it is a career goal to get into the publication. I didn't get in for doing any science, but for writing about the history of science.…