tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1689856 2012-06-01T08:13:00-07:00 Cocktails, spirits, bars, and bartenders: Alcademics is the study of booze with beverage journalist Camper English. TypePad Alcademicshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016766d0dec0970b 2012-06-01T08:13:00-07:00 2012-05-26T13:21:32-07:00 Camper English Over at ShakeStir.com, an online community for bartenders and industry folk, I run the New Booze blog. There I keep track of new spirits being released and new distribution of existing spirits into new markets. New spirits released (or announced) in April and May were: Absolut Cherrykran Purus Vodka (increased distribution) Pink Pigeon Rum Karlsson's Batch 2008 Grey Goose Cherry Noir Four Roses 2012 Limited Edition Single Barrel Bourbon Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum Wild Turkey 81 Rye Camus Cognac...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/pnSDMPwKoXk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/06/new-booze-for-april-and-may-2012.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016766aec64a970b 2012-05-31T09:00:00-07:00 2012-06-01T15:16:10-07:00 Camper English Today's post was written by Kevin Liu. We were having an email conversation about filtration- he uses a small-pore coffee filter that removes the bark bits when he makes tonic water and I thought that filter might also be good for removing charcaol after clarifying spirits- and I asked him if he'd share his information with us. Kevin Liu is an editor at ScienceFare.org, a site about cooking with science. Kevin is obsessed with cocktails and science and he's always...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/tOKfaeJUlEw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/homemade-tonic-water-filtration.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da2088340168ebcde168970c 2012-05-30T08:45:00-07:00 2012-05-30T08:45:00-07:00 Camper English In the June 2012 issue of 7x7 Magazine, I wrote the story The Big Drink. It's a list of 50 cocktails to try in the city. It's basically a list of 50 Things to Drink in San Francisco Before You Die, but it's not always about what you're drinking, but where. I chose a mix of can't miss City classics (Pisco Punch, Tommy's Margarita, Irish Coffee), classic bars (Big Four Grill, Vesuvio), emblematic cocktails of the bars they're in (Bloody...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/09ICgyCd28E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/50-things-to-drink-in-san-francisco-before-you-die.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016766a206e6970b 2012-05-29T09:00:00-07:00 2012-05-29T09:00:00-07:00 Camper English What is pot still whiskey? The obvious answer is "whiskey that's made in a pot still," but apparently that's not true if you're in Ireland. I was on a trip recently with whiskey writer/expert/class clown/author Dominic Roskrow and was showing off my sexy Irish whiskey distillery diagram, when he called me out on it. He said that the Cooley distillery makes no pot still whiskey. "But they have pot stills in which they make whiskey, so obviously they make pot...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/awKBBUXGcxs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/when-pot-distilled-whiskey-is-not-pot-still-whiskey.html