Staying cutting edge

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.

Resource Sites by Category

Blogs

• All about Bartending
• The Art of Drink
• Bar Mix Master
• 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

TV Shows

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

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

• Chuck Taggart's Looka
• Egullet "Ministry of Rum" forum
• Home Distiller
• Imbibe Unfiltered
• Mumpsimus Tequila Forums
• Republic of Rum
• The Scotch Blog
• Straight Bourbon Forums
• Whisky Magazine Forums