The Drunken Botanist

The Drunken Botanst Goes to Manhattan…and Elsewhere…

…and Buffalo. And Brooklyn. See you there? As always, please check with the venue before heading out to confirm details. Also, there are lots more events coming up around the country–go here to see the complete list. June...

The Cocktail Garden: The Unvarnished Truth

So! Sunset magazine stopped by a few months ago. It was great fun hanging out with a couple of pros all day and watching them work. (Oh, and there was some mixing of cocktails, too.) Anyway, you can see the results in the February...

Introducing the Drunken Botanist Plant Collection

OK, here’s the deal: cocktail-friendly plants for your own garden, at your bar or restaurant, or on your farm–we’ve got them. The Territorial Seed Company has put together a Drunken Botanist Plant &...

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The Drunken Botanst Goes to Manhattan…and Elsewhere…

May 21, 2013 | Events, Featured

The Drunken Botanist on NPR’s Morning Edition

Mar 19, 2013 | Botany, Media

Listen to the NPR Morning Edition interview here. The next time you’re sipping on a glass of something boozy, consider the plants behind your beverage. Some of them might spring immediately to mind: grapes in your wineglass, rye in your whiskey bottle, juniper in your gin and tonic. But what [...]

Mar 6, 2013 | History

Imagine my excitement when this came into our bookstore. The full title of the book is Fermented Liquors: a Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, Rectifying, and Manufacturing of Sugars, Wines, Spirits, and All Known Liquors, Including Cider and Vinegar: Also, Hundreds of Valuable Directions in Medicine, Metallurgy, Pyrotechny, and the Arts [...]

Feb 27, 2013 | Make This

I’m totally in love with these DIY kits for making your own bitters. The problem with making your own bitters is that some of the spices are expensive and difficult to track down. (You cannot get gentian root in the spice section at Safeway.) So this company called Dash Bitters [...]

Botanical Bacchanalia: The Drunken Botanist Book Tour Begins

Feb 26, 2013 | Events

I’ll be on the road all spring in bookstores, distilleries, bars, and other such dubious establishments. Sometimes we’ll pour a cocktail, and sometimes we’ll be sharing & giving away cocktail-friendly plants for the garden. Sometimes, as was the case where this photo was taken at Tales of the Cocktail, we’ll [...]

Shelving for Liquor Bottles, or, How I Got My Drinking Problem Under Control

Feb 20, 2013 | Make This

So! When one is researching a book on botany and booze, one is required to have at least one example of how every plant might possibly be fermented, distilled, and bottled. Which means that I have quite a few lovely bottles of stuff, and for a long time, I had [...]