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Camper English

@alcademics.bsky.social

Cocktail writer, author of The Ice Book (2023) and Doctors and Distillers (2022). Now also giving SF cocktail history tours and water tasting classes. https://www.alcademics.com

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HOW DARE U

03.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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 β€” 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.

www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

02.03.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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

03.03.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bar & Cocktail History Tour with Top Drink Writer Β· β˜…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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02.03.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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69 reviews? nice.

02.03.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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02.03.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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02.03.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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 β€” 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.

www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

02.03.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Park Avenue Liquors is now K&L

02.03.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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the good ice

01.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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 β€” 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...

02.03.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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

01.03.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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plurp

01.03.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€” 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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25.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is the Pousse-CafΓ© Making a Comeback? | Alcohol Professor The Pousse-CafΓ© 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.

www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/i...

25.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gargulls

25.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s the whole world now, the whole world.

24.02.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

22.02.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œtemporarily unavailable” in the United States because of β€œfacility upgrades at the water s...

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

21.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

19.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

stay tuned for steam classes next :)

19.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

www.eventbrite.com/e/water-tast...

19.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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.

18.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

18.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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, β€œNo, but I can look at pictures."

18.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

www.sfgate.com/wine/spirits...

18.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

But it seems like this moment is the end of Fritz Maytag’s company; Anchor Brewing sold to Sapporo, Anchor Distilling now effectively closed.

18.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Old Potrero is made at Sonoma Distilling Company - now known as Corning and Co (need to get that corrected). Single barrels of it were bottled at the Pier 50 distillery.

18.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I visited last week on the last day of bottling Junipero. If anyone is looking to buy a San Francisco distillery, this one comes with 2 pot stills - one of them huuuuge that made 209 Gin - the previous tenant.

18.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0