Tobin Shea
Ask Redbird’s rugby retiree Tobin Shea about Armenian brandies and you’ll get a mouthful
Across the endless sprawl of Los Angeles, there are many great bars but a handful I would deem destination-worthy or worth crossing town for, spending the...
Miller Duvall
Meet the micro-distiller who is making California citrus a flavor to be reckoned with
Miller Duvall grew up in a farming family going back six generations in Central California. Their Los Banos farm grew row crops like tomatoes, cotton and...
Top 10 LA Bars
Described as “100 cities in search of a city,” sprawling Los Angeles really is dozens of cities spread across over a massive 4700 square miles. Growing up nearby in Orange County until we moved to New Jersey/NYC area —...
Interview with Marguerite Regan & Christian “Suzu” Suzuki of Wildhawk
The San Francisco Bay Area pioneered cocktails first in the 1800s as cocktail bars rose to prominence, then again the last 30 years as a global renaissance was revived starting in its original birth towns of SF and NYC....
The Flavors of Likarish
The Ironroot Republic craft distilling success formula: Mix equal parts risk-taking, geography, industrial manufacturing expertise, strong family bonds, a wise and sympathetic banker, hard work, strong appetite for ADI workshops, a French connection, YouTube influencers, and a corn silo...
Book Review: Whiskey Rebels
Whiskey Rebels, The Dreamers, Visionaries & Badasses Who Are Revolutionizing American Whiskey the new book by Men’s Health Magazine spirits and cocktails pundit, editor of Barlycorndrinks.com and judging director for the John Barleycorn International Spirits Competition, tells the stories...
Interview with Tim Obert of Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery
Since Tim Obert and Clint Potter founded Seven Stills in 2013 in San Francisco, they became the first and only brewery-distillery within the city’s small 7x7 miles. Seven Stills refers to the city’s seven signature hills (akin to Rome)...
Top San Francisco Bars & Pioneering Bar History
How does one summarize the drink history and current status of a city that has pioneered in every drink category from beer (Anchor Steam) to cocktails? It’s not easy. San Francisco — alongside New York and in some key...
New Release Roundup September 2021
My bottle review column (last month’s edition here) is about what is unique, standout, new or trending in spirits with my review ratings on a 1-5 rating scale. More than ever, small-batch distillers and drink producers need our aid....
New Release Roundup August 2021
My bottle review column (last month’s edition here) is about what is unique, standout, new or trending in spirits with my review ratings on a 1-5 rating scale. More than ever, small-batch distillers and drink producers need our aid....
