tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1689856 2012-05-25T08:59:00-07:00 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-6a00e553b3da208834016766ae45ea970b 2012-05-25T08:59:00-07:00 2012-05-25T13:30:20-07:00 Camper English A few weeks ago I traveled along the American Whiskey Trail, from Washginton DC to Tennessee to Kentucky. While I'll have a lot more to write about the whiskey distilleries I visited, here's a first story in CLASS Magazine about the rest of the trip: the historic sites, copper still makers, and cooperage. The highlights of a trip through America's whiskey distilleries are, of course, the distilleries themselves: the contrasting scales of operations in Tennessee of the George Dickel distillery...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/KJocewK0y8U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/the-american-whiskey-trail-history-in-the-making.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56719801 2012-05-24T20:52:00-07:00 2012-05-24T20:54:00-07:00 Camper English One day science says drinking will make you live forever. The next day science says it will kill you tomorrow. Good Booze, Bad Booze is an Alcademics category where I put all these stories together. 4/11/12: Alcohol Dosage May Speed or Slow Dementia [link] From PsychCentral.com: "New research looks at risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia and how low to moderate alcohol consumption can serve to protect the brain from deterioration while heavy alcohol can destroy brain function.." Previous...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/CWHuPcWBng0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/good-booze-bad-booze.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da2088340168eb9e6521970c 2012-05-24T08:50:00-07:00 2012-05-24T08:50:00-07:00 Camper English Seafood restaurant Riffle NW has opened in Portland, Oregon, with Dave Shenaut as the venue's Beverage Director. From the press release: The cocktail program celebrates un-aged spirits such as vodkas, agaves, and rums, but offers the full range of premium spirits. The bar will always offer both a wine and a cocktail on tap, along with select craft beer and hard cider. Shenaut's cocktail menu was created with dining in mind, organized by sections that correspond to the progression of...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/hVydEtUhXn8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/cocktail-menu-riffle-nw-in-portland-or.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016305a8d264970d 2012-05-23T08:23:00-07:00 2012-05-23T08:23:00-07:00 Camper English The other week I was in DC between one trip and another, and I hit a few great bars. So I wrote them up for CLASS Magazine online. Follow this link to find write-ups of PX, The Passenger/Columbia Room, Tabard Inn, and Jack Rose Dining Saloon.<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/yDy73e7mlNc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/05/cocktails-in-washington-dc-and-alexandria-virginia.html