Tales of the Cocktail Foundation has announced the Top 10 Nominees for the 13th Annual Spirited Awards in the Writing & Media Categories for 2019.
The Spirited Awards recognise beverage professionals, products, and establishments across every facet of the spirits and cocktail community on a global scale.
Following from their announcement of the Top 10 Nominees last week, here are the Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees in the Writing & Media Categories:
BEST COCKTAIL & SPIRITS PUBLICATION
CLASS magazine
Cocktail Wonk
CocktailSafe.org
Collectif 1806 Magazine
Difford’s Guide
Drinkmagazine.asia
Neat Pour
Scotchwhisky.com
SevenFifty Daily
thirsty
BEST COCKTAIL & SPIRITS WRITER
Wayne Curtis, Imbibe Magazine, The Daily Beast, Garden & Gun
Dan Q. Dao, Liquor.com, Food & Wine, VICE
Camper English, Alcademics.com, CocktailSafe.org
Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, PUNCH, VinePair
Kara Newman, Wine Enthusiast, Wall Street Journal, PUNCH
Matt Pietrek, Cocktail Wonk
Kathleen Purvis, Imbibe Magazine, Garden & Gun
Clay Risen, The New York Times
Robert Simonson, The New York Times, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH
Hamish Smith, CLASS magazine
BEST NEW COCKTAIL OR BARTENDING BOOK
Batched & Bottled: Cocktails to Make Ahead by Max and Noel Venning
Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions by Alex Day, David Kaplan, and Nick Fauchald
I’m Just Here for the Drinks: A Guide to Spirits, Drinking and More Than 100 Extraordinary Cocktails by Sother Teague
Kitchen Cocktails: Recipes of the London Cocktail Club by JJ Goodman
Northern Hospitality with The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club: A Celebration of Cocktails, Cooking, and Coming Together by Andrew Volk and Briana Volk
The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails: Over 80 Recipes for Mixing Coffee and Liquorby Jason Clark
The Aviary Cocktail Book by Allen Hemberger, Grant Achatz, and Nick Kokonas
The Dead Rabbit Mixology & Mayhem: The Story of John Morrissey and the World’s Best Cocktail Menu by Jack McGarry, Jillian Vose, and Sean Muldoon
BEST NEW BOOK ON DRINKS CULTURE, HISTORY OR SPIRITS
A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris by Philip Greene
Drinking Like Ladies: 75 Modern Cocktails from the World’s Leading Female Bartenders by Kirsten Amann and Misty Kalkofen
From Barley to Blarney: A Whiskey Lover’s Guide to Ireland by Jack McGarry, Sean Muldoon, and Tim Herlihy
Hacking Whiskey: Smoking, Blending, Fat Washing, and Other Whiskey Experiments by Aaron Goldfarb
Pisco Patrimonio by Adam L. Weintraub
Sakepedia:A Non-Traditional Guide to Japan’s Traditional Beverage by Jeff Cioletti
Spirit of the North: Cocktail Recipes and Stories from Scandinavia by Selma Slabiak
The Bourbon Bible by Eric Abram Zandona
The Gin Dictionary by David T. Smith
The Vermouth of Turin by Fulvio Piccinino
BEST BROADCAST, PODCAST OR ONLINE VIDEO SERIES
Bartender at Large
Bourbon Up with Fred Minnick
Cocktails For You
Delightful Drinks
Living Proof: Conversations for Bartenders
Lush Life Podcast
Music and Booze with Mo
Shift Drink Podcast
The Speakeasy
WhiskyCast
The Top Four finalists for each category will be announced on June 24, 2019. The Spirited Awards will be hosted at the Orpheum Theatre in New Orleans on Saturday, July 20th from 7:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M.