My article on local (Massachusetts) vermouth makers and on vermouth cocktails appeared today in Edible Boston & Edible Worcester.
Vermouth: The Hero of Summer Session Drinking — Edible Boston
Photo by Michael Piazza / Styled by Catrine Kelty The summer heat makes me crave longer, more refreshing drinks than I do in the cooler parts of the year. Libations with lower ABV-strength are the polar opposites of those stiff spirit-forward Old Fashioneds and Manhattans of fall and winter. When
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A cocktail biopic on The Clash with bartender submitted recipes and how their drinks tied into the politics, social concerns, and musical influences of the band.
Cocktail Rock: Drinks Inspired by The Clash | Alcohol Professor
With stirrings of rebellion, political consciousness, and humanitarian issues in current day society, it
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A 15 year retrospective on the highly influential Beta/Rogue Cocktails books along with quotes from their manifesto (or my 10 year retrospective, 5 years later).
:: a 10 year retrospective on the rogue/beta cocktails books ::
When Andrea and I traveled down to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail the first time in 2009, we went to Cure that first night on the Tue...
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Today is the anniversary of canceling The Noble Experiment -- one that took away choice, jobs, and tax intake and spawned crime, violent gangs, loss of culture, and more.
Repeal Day 2025
I have always been an advocate for making Repeal Day a national holiday. It is a day when we as Americans, should celebrate the freedom it brought back to the constitution. The 18th Amendment to th…
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Lessons on leadership, planning, humility, and action from the movie The Seven Samurai.
7 Lessons From Seven Samurai
One of my goals this year has been to become a cinephile, so I’ve been working my way through some of the classics that have influenced generations of filmmakers. Recently, I finally got around to watching Seven Samurai. Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 masterpiece has been on my list for a long time. It’s the film that […]
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How to talk to your bar hero: an essay I wrote after returning back from Portland Cocktail Week and reflecting on my early years. Also with thoughts on how to be more approachable in case someone wants to approach you at an event.
:: how to talk to your bar hero ::
I recently returned from Portland Cocktail Week where there was a mixed array of attendees, presenters, and staff in the bar industry at all...
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The Clash cocktail biopic: 9 drinks inspired by songs or lyrics from The Clash by bartenders.
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What's changed in the hospitality industry since the Pandemic with respect to service, warmth, passion, and mentorship.
Customer Service: 4 Interesting Things That Really Happened
Explore the shift in customer service and what the hospitality industry really lost during COVID. An honest look at mentorship, and why service still matters.
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My article on four local amaro producers (whether due to tariffs making the imports too pricy or just because these taste delicious) just came out in Edible Boston/Edible Worcester.
Edible Drinks: Local Amari Are Nothing to be Bitter About — Edible Boston
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After 16+ years, I finally wrote up my article on my city's rum distillery that produced Somerville Distillery Rum from the 1880s until Prohibition. This was a project that began in 2007-08 with a curiosity sparked by reading Wayne Curtis' And A Bottle of Rum that mentions Somerville rum and that led me to do research in starting in 2009.
:: somerville distillery rum ::
I first learned of my areas rich history in rum production when I read Wayne Curtis’ And A Bottle of Rum  circa 2007-08 where the book alert...
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My eight picks and advice for beginner Bourbon drinkers on The Manual.
We asked an expert bartender to tell us the best bourbons for beginners
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The Georgetown Club: a white rum-based Martini of sorts that I found 15 years ago in my Charles H. Baker's South American Companion and put on the menu at Loyal Nine in late Spring 2016.
This Is My Go-To Summer Martini
A forgotten recipe made with “the finest” rum has been in my rotation for nearly a decade.
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My article on my favorite affordable Canadian whisky, Lot No. 40, that is a 100% rye and around 6 year old was published in Men's Journal (the text is mine, the title is theirs).
I've Tried Hundreds of Whiskies. This Affordable Canadian Rye Is a Well-Kept Secret
I used to dislike Canadian whisky. This rye was a revelation.
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The chef concept of mise en place to improve every day work and life.
Mise en Place: The Chef's Secret to a More Productive and Organized Life
People have different styles when they cook. Some people are neat and tidy. After taking out and using an ingredient they don’t need anymore, they return it to the fridge or cabinet. After chopping up vegetables, they clean up the scraps left behind. When a dish has been dirtied, they put it in the sink. […]
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Men's Journal just published my article on Gouden Carolus Single Malt – a flavorsome whisky made with Belgian ale yeast and based off of their tripel's mash minus the hops.
This Unique Single Malt Whisky Proves That Different Yeast Strains Change Flavor. Here's How It Tastes
It's produced by a distillery that also made beer for hundreds of years.
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Where did all the good bars go? A cranky old man's historical view of changes.
Where Did All the Good Bars Go?
Let’s acknowledge one thing that is true: There’s a crisis in the modern drinking world.
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My first beer article got published in Men's Journal yesterday! It's about the history of bock beer, how it turned religious and spring-associated with the dopplebock, morphed over time into the weizenbock (and weizendoppelbock), maibock, and eisbock, and why there's a plastic goat on some of the bottles.
This Historic Style of Beer Is Perfect for Spring Sipping. Look Out for Our Top 11 Picks
Dating back 600 years, this type of beer is best enjoyed when winter begins to fade.
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French Senator Malhuret gives the best world view I've heard of what's happening in the U.S. including power grabs with Russia and China, what Ukraine means to the free world, and some great jabs at Trump and ''Un bouffon sous kétamine''.
Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de NĂ©ron", lance Claude Malhuret
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My third article in Men's Journal went live yesterday about Connemara that brought back the lost style of peated Irish whiskey to the world.
A Historic Style of Whiskey Was Almost Lost Forever—Until This Distillery Brought It Back
Its flagship bottling belongs on every whiskey aficionado's shelf.
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If you need a template of what to say and include in your calls to your Senators and Representatives in Congress, look here. Has a variety of current topics of concern and how to address them in your call.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Cobra's Tail as my mashup of the Cobra's Fang with the Lion's Tail plus swapping out the orange juice for the bitter orange liqueur Campari. I was inspired by Wusong Road's riff on the original Cobra's Fang on the menu for the Chinese New Year for Year of the Snake.
cobra's tail
3/4 oz Planteray OFTD Rum 1 1/4 oz Bonded Bourbon (Evan Williams Bonded) 1 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Passion Fruit Syrup 1/2 oz Campari 1/2 ...
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Declassified by the CIA. A manual (pdf download link after the 1st paragraph) of how undermine an enemy government. Training everyday citizens in the art of simple sabotage.
The Art of Simple Sabotage - CIA
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The slide deck for the talk I did yesterday for the Colorado Preservation conference on the intangible heritage of cocktails.
FredericYarm_CocktailsPreservationTalk_Colorado2025.pdf
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In a Reddit Cocktails thread today on Punt e Mes drinks, someone posted my Trash Polka drink that was a Ferrari (Fernet/Campari) taken by way of the Redhook and finished off like a Sazerac. Named for a German style of tattooing with black (Fernet) and red (Campari) motifs.
trash polka
1 oz Fernet Branca 1 oz Campari 1/2 oz Punt e Mes 1/2 oz Maraschino 4 dash Peychaud's Bitters Stir with ice, strain into a double old f...
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An article I wrote about an intriguing single malt whiskey -- but made either rye instead of Scotch's barley. The brainchild of Fritz Maytag while at Anchor Brewing.
Prefer Scotch to Rye Whiskey? This Single Malt Rye Might Change Your Mind
The unique San Francisco bottle melds rye’s 18th century past with today's Scotch whisky production.
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