Staying cutting edge

Revision as of 14:15, 1 December 2006

So you want to be the best of the best. It is easy to know where to start, but where do you continue going afterwards? The Internet is your best bet, as the information is always changing, and is constantly being updated.

Blogs

• All about Bartending
• The Art of Drink
• Bar Mix Master
• The Bartender Savant
• Boston Cocktails
• Cocktail Chronicles
• Cocktail Parlor
• Days that End in Y
• DC Drinks
• Jimmy's Cocktail Hour
• Martini Republic
• On the House
• The Spirit World

Forums

• Barbore - Scottish Cocktail Board
• Drinkboy - Community for the Cultured Cocktail
• Egullet "Fine Spirits and Cocktails" forum
• Mixology Management Forum
• Nightclub & Bar magazine forums
• Tiki Central "Tiki Drinks and Food" forum
• The Webtender Forums

Magazines, Newsletters, and Newspaper columns

• Ardent Spirits newsletter
• Cheers article archive
• Difford's Guide
• Christopher Hirst's "101 Cocktails that Shook the World" column in the London Independent
• Drink Trader
• Flair Bar
• Gary Regan's San Francisco Chronicle articles
• Nightclub & Bar magazine

Podcasts

• Brilliant Cocktails

TV Shows

• Cocktail Kings
• Mixing with the Best
• The Thirsty Traveler

Training

• Taste and Flavour (UK)

Websites

• Adams Beverage Group
• Alconomics
• Cheryl Charming
• Drinkboy.com
• Esquire Drinks Database
• Flair Bartenders' Association
• International Bartenders' Association
• Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail
• Museum of the American Cocktail

Not specifically about Bartending

Beer

• BJCP beer style guidelines

Bourbon

• Straight Bourbon Forums

Coffee

• CoffeeGeek

Miscellaneous

• Chuck Taggart's Looka
• Home Distiller
• Imbibe Unfiltered

Rum

• Egullet "Ministry of Rum" forum
• Republic of Rum

Scotch

• The Scotch Blog
• Whisky Magazine Forums
• WhiskyCast podcast

Tequila

• Mumpsimus Tequila Forums

Wine