Category: liqueur
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The Medical Claims of Suze
In my book Doctors and Distillers, I wrote a lot about the medicinal history of bittering agents used in many aperitifs, herbal liqueurs, and amaros. Suze is a gentian liqueur, and gentian is one of the most (if not the most) important bittering agents. The others are cinchona, wormwood, and to a lesser extent, rhubarb…
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Put Chartreuse in Your Martini
In my latest story for AlcoholProfessor.com I share the trend of putting Chartreuse in your Martini, featuring bars such as: Read the story here.
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How to Make an 8 Layer Pousse-Cafe in Under a Minute
For AlcoholProfessor.com I wrote a story about the Pousse-Cafe, they layered drink that many of us have seen but never tried. I have never had one! I wrote a bit about the history, but the real bang for your buck is learning how Jack Sotti and his team at Archive & Myth in London have…
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Thirty Four New Drink Books for Fall 2024
Update 2: Now this list is up to 34 books Update 1: Detailed reviews of many of these books in my story for AlcoholProfessor are here. Citrus: A World History A Forager's Guide to Wild Drinks: Ferments, infusions and thirst-quenchers for every season Sicilian Cocktails: Contemporary Island Mixology Flavor Lab Creations: A Physicist’s Guide…
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Monks can’t make enough of this famous spirit. Can an alternative from S.F. replace it?
For the San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote about the Chartreuse shortage and how some bartenders are looking locally to Brucato Chaparral as a stand-in.
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A Theriac in Digestif Form
If you read my book Doctors and Distillers you know that cure-all theriacs often contained viper flesh. Now one person has recreated a recipe for a branded theriac called L’Orvietan, with everything but the snake. Bernardini had to travel across Europe on the trail of L’Orvietan. He scoured historic archives and antique bookstores. He acquired…
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A New Book on Chartreuse Corrects the History of the Brand
Turns out, they were wrong about some stuff.
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A Visit to the Luxardo Distillery in Torreglia, Italy
A visit to the Luxardo distillery to watch them make the world famous maraschino liqueur.
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A Visit to the Rutte Gin Distillery in Dordrecht, the Netherlands
A quick visit to a historic distillery-shop where Rutte gins are made.