Category: Tales of the Cocktail
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Copyright, Trademark, and Patents for Bars, Brands, and Booze Recipes
A story on how copyright, trademark, and patents in the world of craft cocktails.
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The Impact of Phylloxera on Absinthe
If absinthe was made with a distilled wine base, why did the wine industry lobby to have it banned? Notes from a discussion about the impact of the vine infestation phylloxera on absinthe in the late 1800s.
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Science on How Spirits Change or Age in the Bottle, Rather than the Barrel
Do spirits change in the bottle? Yes they do, and so much depends on the type/size of the bottle and where it’s kept. Here is the science on the subject as learned in a seminar at Tales of the Cocktail.
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Cocktail Citratres: What, Why, and Where?
Citrates are an approximation of sour mix: sugar and citrus combined, but in a form that is predictable, reproducible, and stable. They start with an oleo saccharum (citrus peels and sugar), then add other acids and mouthfeel agents.
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The 99 Items I Packed to Give a Cocktail Seminar…
I gave two full-length seminars and one mini-seminar at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans this year. For my seminar on Prehistoric Cocktail Technology, I went kinda big. This post is my packing list, with its 99 items. Ridiculous.
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Prehistoric Cocktail Technology Live! at Tales of the Cocktail
All of the amazingness you could witness at my seminar during Tales of the Cocktail.
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Alcademics is a Best Publication Finalist for the Tales of the Cocktail 2014 Spirited Awards
Alcademics.com has made it through to the four finalists for the Best Publication.
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Alcademics and Camper English in Top 10 Finalists for Tales of the Cocktail 2014 Spirited Awards
Tales of the Cocktail announced the top 10 finalists in all categories for the 2014 Spirited Awards. Both this website and Camper English have made the list.
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A Handy Chart for Categorizing Sherry
In my talk on sherry at Tales of the Cocktail, I was trying to summarize sherry in a way that makes it easy to understand what is in the bottles you find on shelves. I think the three slides below get us pretty close (though I had 90 slides during the talk!). The last chart…
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Bottled Waters Most Resembling Waters of Scotland
In this post we'll look at commercial brands of bottled water that resemble water from the Speyside, Highlands, and Islay regions of Scotland. We saw before that different waters bring out different properties in scotch whisky. We can then look at properties of bottled water from Scotland. Thanks to UisgeSource, we can look at the…