Category: Tales of the Cocktail
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Educational Development Around Brands – and Photos from Tales of the Cocktail 2026
I wrote a post for LinkedIn but I’ll cross-post it here as I wanted to share photos from my Tales of the Cocktail Seminar anyway: I create hands-on, interactive learning and tasting experiences around cocktails and spirits (and ice and water) for bartenders and, more recently, consumers. Through my 20+ years leading industry education sessions…
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Find Camper English at Tales of the Cocktail 2026
I’ve finalized my schedule for Tales of the Cocktail Foundation this year, with three speaking events in 24 hours, plus another couple I’m attending in between. (Note to self: remember to eat. ) Tuesday July 21:12PM Soda Science & Whiskey Highball Workshop seminar with Bushmills, Ritz2PM The Cocktail Anthology with Gallo at Ohm Lounge4PM Living…
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The Ice Book Wins Best Cocktail or Bartending Book at the Spirited Awards!
The Ice Book is the winner of the Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards! This is the highest award within the global bar community. I am delighted! The Ice Book’s photographer Allison Webber was there to accept the award for us both. photo: @jbrasted…
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I’ve Been Distilling Some Things
Wine was (probably) first distilled into eau de vie in the practice of trying to make medicines and perfumes like rosewater and wormwood water. Distilling these herbs would make a preserved medicine that would last beyond the herbs' seasons. Today we'd call them hydrosols and essential oils. These were water based distillations, and it was…
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Color Talk Resources from Tales of the Cocktail
For attendees of my talk on Color in Cocktails and Spirits at Tales of the Cocktail 2019, below are notes and links from the slides. Product links are to Amazon.com. For all the natural colorings to use in cocktails, see Cocktail Coloring – Natural Food Colorings to Use in Drinks Cocktail Techniques book by Kazuo…
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Extracting Natural Color from Plants: The Freeze-Thaw Method
A simple technique for extracting color from flower petals or other plants.
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Audience Feedback on Camper’s Tales of the Cocktail Seminar
Great feedback on a seminar I gave this year at Tales of the Cocktail.
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Campari Production Info: Extraction, ABV, Coloring, and Fining
Processes and parameters used in production of Campari. Now we just need to figure out what’s in it.
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A Little Overkill at my Tales of the Cocktail Seminar on Bitter Flavors
The slightly ridiculous amount of tasting samples I prepared for a talk at Tales of the Cocktail.
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Bitter Ingredient Flavors and Use from Martini Vermouth Masters
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A lot of bits and bites of information about bittering agents used in vermouths and aperitivo bitters from some people who know a lot about them.