Alcademics

I am a cocktails and spirits writer and educator, covering drinks here in San Francisco for over 20 years, and contributing to the SF Chronicle, Popular Science, Food & Wine, and dozens of other publications. My books have been reviewed by the New York Times and Scientific American. I have taught classes and given talks for more than a decade, with a particular focus on science and history. (My published experiments changed how ice is made all over the world!) My primary subject matter expertise is in ice, water, bitter flavors, and the history of alcohol and medicine. Everything I know about San Francisco history I learned from studying the saloons of old.