Camper English

just got word that I’ll be moving on from my position here at Alcademics at the end of they day to take up the role of Special Envoy for The Shitfaced of the Americas at the bar

One last drink with Esther After 10½ years at the Chronicle, I’m taking on a new adventure, senior wine critic Esther Mobley writes.

Wine critic Esther Mobley leaving the SF Chronicle for the Boston Globe. www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...

‘Old Man in Flip Flops’: Notes from a Surprisingly Exciting Water Tasting Class Camper English’s popular water tasting course is an exercise in attention — even for us tap-lovin’ plebes.

Who *wouldn’t* want to try water that tastes like sauna steam?

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HOW DARE U

‘Old Man in Flip Flops’: Notes from a Surprisingly Exciting Water Tasting Class Camper English’s popular water tasting course is an exercise in attention — even for us tap-lovin’ plebes.

Props to the folks in my water tasting class who called out Vichy Catalan water as tasting like buttery chardonnay.

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I think I’m going to go drink vermouth at El Chato now then hit Casements after, you should come.

Bar & Cocktail History Tour with Top Drink Writer · ★4.99 Learn the history of San Francisco's bars and most popular cocktails on this walking tour of the City’s former waterline, business district, and Barbary Coast, and share a drink at a restored saloon.

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69 reviews? nice.

The Daily Pour Launches First-Ever National Water Choice Awards The Daily Pour, Dan Abrams’ beverage media platform, is excited to announced the launch of the 2026 Water Choice Awards, an inaugural program honoring the finest water brands, styles and innovations f...

I am going to be judging waters this August in NYC.

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BOYSINADISCO - Shout (Medsound Remix ) MBO085 Media Blackout welcomes Barcelona based duo Boysinadisco with their latest release, a cover of the classic Tears for Fears song 'Shout' featuring Claude van Drum, with remixes from Medsound, Rafael La

There’s a lot of music I like that I don’t want to like. Here is a groovy dance remix of Shout by Tears for Fears.

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‘Old Man in Flip Flops’: Notes from a Surprisingly Exciting Water Tasting Class Camper English’s popular water tasting course is an exercise in attention — even for us tap-lovin’ plebes.

Props to the folks in my water tasting class who called out Vichy Catalan water as tasting like buttery chardonnay.

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Park Avenue Liquors is now K&L

the good ice

‘Old Man in Flip Flops’: Notes from a Surprisingly Exciting Water Tasting Class Camper English’s popular water tasting course is an exercise in attention — even for us tap-lovin’ plebes.

good morning! I’m interrupting your doomscrolling session with a joyful account of, of all things, a water tasting and appreciation class in San Francisco www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

Sometimes when you go to the Walgreens before eight in the morning, you are the only person in the store not actively trying to steal from it

plurp

Did the Social Drinker Emperor Norton Close Out as a Teetotaler? | The Emperor Norton Trust By reputation, Emperor Norton did not drink much. But, he did enjoy the occasional tipple — especially if he was being treated, perhaps by a well-wisher at one of the free-lunch taverns that he often ...

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Is the Pousse-Café Making a Comeback? | Alcohol Professor The Pousse-Café is a layered drink that relatively few living people have tried, yet many millions can identify

Check out the caddy of squeeze bottles that Archive & Myth uses to make superquick Pousse-Cafes.

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Gargulls

It’s the whole world now, the whole world.

The best thing about living in cities is running into friends and acquaintances while you’re out and then joining up for whatever.

America is running out of Topo Chico mineral water | CNN Business Coca-Cola, which owns the carbonated mineral water brand, said the flagship product sold in glass bottles is “temporarily unavailable” in the United States because of “facility upgrades at the water s...

Theyre Maaloxing Topo Chico www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/f...

hello it’s 3:30 and i just got through enough admin to start the writing i was supposed to do all day today

stay tuned for steam classes next :)

Water Tasting, Education, and Appreciation Workshop Learn to taste and rate tap and bottled still and sparkling waters like a pro and understand the difference between brands!

Hi - There is space in my next Water Tasting Classes this coming Saturday and Tuesday in San Francisco. Come drink with me!

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I feel like I’ve given away 40 bottles of bitters over the years, for a while they just kept showing up in the mail.

I don’t know of anything happening currently, there are rumors but they might be more like wishes.

I don’t recall when I first went to distillery at Anchor Brewing on Potrero Hill. But when Fritz launched the genever they called me up to write about it. He lent me his books that were in Dutch he bought on a research trip. I asked if he read Dutch and he said, “No, but I can look at pictures."

Reinventing bitters / House-made concoctions give cocktails a signature spin Bitters, the cocktail flavoring agent once considered a crucial ingredient in drinks, fell...

I think the first time I went to this distillery was in 2007, when bartenders were treated to a make-your-own bitters session. Back when bitters only came in 2 flavors: Ango or Peychaud’s.

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