Ice Cream Bar (815 Cole St. at Frederick), a throwback to the 1930’s soda fountain/ice cream parlor is just about to open in Cole Valley, and while the ice cream sundaes deserve their own write-up, the soda program from Texas/Rickhouse barman Russell Davis is mind-boggling. Everything on the menu is reconstructed from century-old recipes. More …
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My Cocktail Brunch Seminar Experience on CitySip
For my 3rd piece of SF Cocktail Week coverage, I attended an excellent seminar on hosting a cocktail brunch. Read my article on CitySip
Home Field Advantage
Rundown.com, a daily local email targeted at young urban males ran a piece I wrote today on where to watch football if you aren’t a 49ers fan in SF. Read all about it on The Rundown
My Irish Whiskey Seminar Review on CitySip
Entertaining, but terribly misleading, the seminar on “How San Francisco Saved the Irish Whiskey Category” dedicated only 3% of the session to the topic as advertised. Thank heavens they were serving great cocktails! Read my article on CitySip
My Shaker and Flask Recap on CitySip
SF Cocktail Week was a blast, particularly the molecular mixology event put on by Cocktail Lab. You can read my coverage on CitySip, which just launched in SF! Note: I’m writing more for other food and beverage sites, so I will post links to those as they are released and I’ll try to post all …
Hermetus Bottle Opener & Resealer
Update: sign up for the email newsletter to get a $7 off coupon, bringing the cost under a buck (+$5 shipping). For crooked bar owners, roofy dosers and those who just can’t drink a whole beer in one sitting, there is now the Hermetus Bottle Opener & Resealer. This churchkey can also be used to hermetically …
St. George’s New Gins (& The Best Place To Taste Them)
My favorite mad scientists, the fine distillers at St. George Spirits have just released their first gin… and their second… and their third. This delectable trio of new gins is incredibly diverse and unique. When I mentioned the endeavor in an article earlier this year, master distiller Lance Winters only described what would become the …
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Gunpowder Test
In the 18th and 19th centuries, when the British Royal Navy rationed rum to mariners, it wasn’t Bacardi Gold. This stuff had to be fiery enough to fend off the elements, so to ensure their booze wasn’t being watered down, seamen would perform the gunpowder test by dousing a pile of gunpowder with rum, touching …
UrbanDig it
Sometimes I forget that there are at least three of you who aren’t my Facebook friends, and thus probably haven’t heard from me about UrbanDig. It’s a fantastic, free iPhone app (Android coming soon) that supplies very specific urban tours. Rather than digging around on Yelp, trying to figure out where to go, you can …
California Backing Down On Stupid Liquor Laws
It’s been over a year since I mentioned California’s absurd post-prohibition blue laws being newly enforced, ticketing bars for the heinous crime of infusing alcohol with fruit and herbs, and finally this week, it looks like things are about to change. Local boy, SF State Senator Mark Leno’s bill has passed the legislature and just …
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