Well, more or less. In my latest for Food & Wine, I trace the origin of both drinks and how they each deviated from the original Cocktail. Read it here. The post The Old Fashioned and the Champagne Cocktail are the Same Drink first appeared on Alcademics .
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A while back I spoke with Jayson Wilde of Future Bars on how he developed the menu for Long Weekend in North Beach. He described how he and a coworker made specific blends of rum for strawberry, “tropical,” and watermelon Daiquiris (plus a one-rum unflavored version), and then turned these 4 options into 24 drinks: […] The post How to Turn 3 Rum Blends Into 24 Cocktails first appeared on Alcademics .
For AlcoholProfessor, I wrote about all the dirty drinks. Read the story here. The post Dirty Drinks Beyond the Martini first appeared on Alcademics .
In a recent story for AlcoholProfessor I wrote about John deBary’s latest book on nonalcoholic cocktails and the tricks he uses to improve the NA spirits you can buy off the shelf, mostly with the addition of boosting botanicals and/or intense tea infusions. I’m a big fan of deBary’s work in the category. Read the […] The post Nonalcoholic Cocktails Need Texture first appeared on Alcademics .
