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.
https://www.alcademics.com
https://www.alcademics.com
hello it’s 3:30 and i just got through enough admin to start the writing i was supposed to do all day today
February 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM
hello it’s 3:30 and i just got through enough admin to start the writing i was supposed to do all day today
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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/water-tast...
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!
www.eventbrite.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.com/e/water-tast...
Do you think the young people know that Queen Latifah had an early career in music?
February 19, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Do you think the young people know that Queen Latifah had an early career in music?
I wrote about the closing of Hotaling’s distillery. Lots more info didn’t make it in. Let me see if I can get a gift link.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...
The company previously known as Anchor Distilling to close San Francisco distillery
Hotaling & Co., previously Anchor Distilling, is no longer in the distilling business.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I wrote about the closing of Hotaling’s distillery. Lots more info didn’t make it in. Let me see if I can get a gift link.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...
up late doing journalism
February 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
up late doing journalism
When you go to a friends house for takeout and they do not share the same feeling about food temperature
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
When you go to a friends house for takeout and they do not share the same feeling about food temperature
Every shape of potato chip has a unique optimal bowl
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Every shape of potato chip has a unique optimal bowl
ok just a lil tequila, as a treat
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
ok just a lil tequila, as a treat
soundcloud just played me a song with a guitar solo in it, fucking gross
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
soundcloud just played me a song with a guitar solo in it, fucking gross
someone should tell restaurants that a link to a reservations page is not a listing of hours of operation.
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
someone should tell restaurants that a link to a reservations page is not a listing of hours of operation.
Reposted by Camper English
You just don’t usually hear them articulate in public, out loud, the idea that as long as a few folks get rich it’s OK to rape children.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
You just don’t usually hear them articulate in public, out loud, the idea that as long as a few folks get rich it’s OK to rape children.
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
There was a Kelce at Comstock
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
There was a Kelce at Comstock
IMO Meta apps also support evil, so when it comes to Substack I more believe that if your newsletter is successful you should move it at that point; move if you can afford to.
For everyone who thought @caseynewton.bsky.social was overreacting when he left the platform, I give you: Substack Nazis. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
IMO Meta apps also support evil, so when it comes to Substack I more believe that if your newsletter is successful you should move it at that point; move if you can afford to.
The SF Chronicle’s Food & Wine reporter job was open for a long time and now filled with a familiar name.
www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...
www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...
Tara Duggan joins Chronicle Food & Wine team
Tara Duggan, a former San Francisco Chronicle food reporter for more than two decades, returns to the desk after five years covering environmental issues.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The SF Chronicle’s Food & Wine reporter job was open for a long time and now filled with a familiar name.
www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...
www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...
I don’t share this anecdote in the story but in my family the tradition is to put vinegar on a child’s thumb when you want them to stop thumbsucking, but I loved vinegar from the get-go so I developed early deepthroating skills instead.
www.vinegarprofessor.com/blog/using-v...
www.vinegarprofessor.com/blog/using-v...
Using Vinegar in Cocktails | The Vinegar Professor
Discover how a splash of vinegar can bring balance and complexity to cocktails.
www.vinegarprofessor.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I don’t share this anecdote in the story but in my family the tradition is to put vinegar on a child’s thumb when you want them to stop thumbsucking, but I loved vinegar from the get-go so I developed early deepthroating skills instead.
www.vinegarprofessor.com/blog/using-v...
www.vinegarprofessor.com/blog/using-v...
Four Roses sold to Gallo www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bou...
Historic Kentucky distillery Four Roses sold for up to $775M. What we know
The Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, distillery will return to US ownership. Here’s what the new owners have planned for the storied brand.
www.kentucky.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Four Roses sold to Gallo www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bou...
A rotunda? In this economy?
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
A rotunda? In this economy?
I never thought about this before, but isn’t it mixed messaging that San Francisco of all places has an island prison right out front?
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I never thought about this before, but isn’t it mixed messaging that San Francisco of all places has an island prison right out front?
the “cool down” minute in public laundromat dryers should not be part of the 5 minute drying cycle but an extra minute afterward. thank you for listening.
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
the “cool down” minute in public laundromat dryers should not be part of the 5 minute drying cycle but an extra minute afterward. thank you for listening.
today Feb 5 is Whiskey Galore Day, the day a ship full of whisky wrecked off the coast of a small Scottish island whose inhabitants ‘rescued’ the cargo
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February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
today Feb 5 is Whiskey Galore Day, the day a ship full of whisky wrecked off the coast of a small Scottish island whose inhabitants ‘rescued’ the cargo
alcademics.com/whisky-shipw...
alcademics.com/whisky-shipw...
The English Files would mostly be emails from me saying, “Just checking in to see if any of these pitches are of interest!”
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The English Files would mostly be emails from me saying, “Just checking in to see if any of these pitches are of interest!”
Reposted by Camper English
most of my water tasting workshops are sold out (1 tix left on 2/14, 2/17) out so I added two more dates in late February 2/21 and 2/24:
www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...
www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...
Water Tasting and Appreciation Classes
We’ll taste test 12-16 different waters and students will leave the class with an appreciation for the variety of water to drink, a way to describe how they taste, and a new thirst for this category.
www.eventbrite.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM
most of my water tasting workshops are sold out (1 tix left on 2/14, 2/17) out so I added two more dates in late February 2/21 and 2/24:
www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...
www.eventbrite.com/cc/water-tas...
