Alcademics

10/16/2026

Join me in Pittsburgh this November for Mixburgh. I'm giving one class and on two panels. More Camper English than you can shake a muddler at!

10/06/2026

Heads up book nerds! Bookshop dot org is having free shipping sale the next couple of days, their "anti-prime" promotion. There are lots of great new books coming out, in addition to these old ones by me :)

09/30/2026

A great Water Tasting Class last night. I love it when students come in with strong opinions. Yesterday I had some Evian haters, Vichy Catalan lovers, and S. Pellegrino preferers!

09/22/2026

I’m doing a water tasting on the water!

09/18/2026

Newscasters everywhere are convinced: water has flavor.

09/15/2026

Kickstarter for hardcover version of this absinthe book launches today.
Also added it to the 2026 drink books list:
https://alcademics.com/2026-new-drink-books/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/absinthias/the-green-fairys-canvas

09/12/2026

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 le...

09/11/2026

Spilling the details on water tasting, and also spilling water all over the place.

09/09/2026

Stay cool out there, San Francisco. Here's a somewhat-outdated list of bars that have air conditioning.

I'm compiling a list of bars with air conditioning in a city that rarely needs it.

09/06/2026

New fall dates for Water Tasting classes!