Sep 9, 2025
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What’s shakin’ drinks fans?
Thanks for joining me for this special industry shop talk episode, where I give you a free, behind-the-scenes look at some of the content I produce specifically for people who work in the spirits and cocktail industry.
This time around, you’ll get...
Mar 29, 2025
Eric presents selected recordings from the 2024 ADI Gin Summit to provide a few extra perspectives on botanical spirits from some of the world's best category experts, including:
- David T. Smith - a prolific gin judge and author of The Gin Dictionary and many other excellent cocktail books,
- Natasha Bahrami - creator of...
Nov 25, 2024
Courtesy of the illustrious David T. Smith, author of The Gin Dictionary, Disco Cocktails, and other fine bibulous publications, I and a group of friends were treated to a rare Chartreuse tasting after we had wrapped up all of our work at the American Distilling Institute’s annual conference and trade show this past...
Nov 8, 2024
Eric leads a panel discussion about flavored whiskey at the 2024 American Distilling Institute Conference and Trade show in Baltimore, Maryland. The esteemed panel includes:
- Virginia Miller, The Perfect Spot, World's 50 Best
- Brad Nichols, Flavor Man
- Sara Sergent, Alpine Distilling
- Keven Szady, Murlarkey Distilled...
Oct 25, 2024
Eric presents a "soup-to-nuts" crash course on how to crush your next cocktail competition. If you'd like to view this seminar with slides, you can watch it on YouTube.
Some of the topics covered include:
- How to structure your approach to cocktail competitions so that they can help to advance your career goals
- An...