Alcohol Professor: American Hotel Bars

Over at my other home on Alcohol Professor, I’m spinning the tale of the rise and fall and rise of the American hotel bar and cocktail culture. Or rather, in Cocktail History: American Hotel Bars, I am writing about “Rediscovering the American Hotel Bar,” a Manhattan Cocktail Classic event in which Rene Hidalgo, head bartender…

Alcohol Professor: To Catch Aperitif

My latest Frolic Afield over at Alcohol Professor is To Catch Aperitif, a dizzy account of my efforts at the recent Manhattan Cocktail Classic Industry Invitational to expand my usual area of study beyond the world of whiskey. For me, this meant delving into the bitter, herbal, fruity, and floral world of Italian and Alpine…