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The Best Bike Computer Review
Which bike computer is the best? We took 11 of the top bike computers worthy of holding a position on your handlebars and put them through months of head-to-head testing and miles of riding to find the bike computer worthy of our prestigious Editors' Choice award, and ultimately to help you pick the bike computer that is right for your needs. With the constant advancements in GPS technology, wireless communication protocols, power meters, and electronic drive trains, the only constant in the world of bicycle electronics is change. We evaluated all the computers for ease of use, set-up, features, versatility, and water resistance. Regardless of how you enjoy cycling, we have recommendations that will meet your needs.
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|Small, lightweight, color screen, Strava Live, customizable maps
|Maps, GPS enabled, ANT+ accessory compatible, large color touch screen, versatile
|Easy to use, GPS and GLONASS enabled, Bluetooth 2.0, versatile, color touch screen
|Affordable, GPS and GLONASS, Bluetooth Smart, ANT+, lightweight, compact
|Small, compact, lightweight, affordable, ANT+, GPS, durable
|Maps not routable, no Bluetooth Smart
|Large, heavy, no GLONASS
|No Bluetooth LTE, no maps
|Less data metrics than Garmin, no color screen, no Strava Live, no maps
|No maps, no Bluetooth, small screen, no touch screen
|Ratings by Category
|Garmin Edge 520
|Garmin Edge 810
|Garmin Edge 510
|Lezyne Super GPS
|Garmin Edge 500
|Ease Of Use - 30%
|Ease Of Set Up - 20%
|Features - 20%
|Versatility - 20%
|Water Resistance - 10%
|Total Score - %
|Garmin Edge 520
|Garmin Edge 810
|Garmin Edge 510
|Lezyne Super GPS
|Garmin Edge 500
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Analysis and Award Winners
Review by:
Curtis Smith
Review Editor
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Best Overall Bike Computer
Garmin Edge 810
Best Bang for the Buck
Lezyne Super GPS
Best Buy for the Casual Cyclist
Cateye Strada Slim
Top Pick for Strava Addicts and Racing
Garmin Edge 520
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Analysis and Test Results
Cycling has diverged into a multitude of subset groups, and now bike manufacturers produce models for nearly every type of user. People get into the sport for many reasons: fitness, competition, transportation, fun. Whatever level you pursue in your cycling endeavors, being able to quantify the ride can bring satisfaction to your efforts.
Cyclists come in many different varieties, from the seasoned pro to the weekend warrior, and everything in between. Some of us enjoy the dirt, some the pavement, and many participate in many different cycling disciplines. Regardless of the type of bike you choose, one thing we all want to know is "How far did I ride?" Cycling computers give us a means to quantify our efforts in terms of distance, time, speed, elevation gain, watts, and kilojoules as well of a long list of other metrics we never knew we cared about.
What does this mean to you? Do you even need a cycling computer?
The short answer is no. It is certainly possible to enjoy riding a bike without tracking any data, and sometimes it is nice to skip the computer even for the die-hard data junkie. However most of us cycle to improve our fitness, or shed a few accumulated winter pounds, and even if that is not why we ride bikes it is certainly a nice side effect of having fun on the bike. A cycling computer can give you quantifiable information to help you reach your fitness goals.
Once the tool of only the Pro cyclist, the bike computer has come a long way in the last 30 years. The Avocet 30 was released in 1985, and quickly found its way onto the bars of many professional cyclists' bikes. Avocet provided a way for cyclists to accurately track speed, distance, and time of a ride. Tracking training data was of particular importance to the professional cyclist, but cycling computers have found their way onto a much broader range of users' rides. If you just started cycling, you will quickly notice that nearly every rider you see will have some sort of cycling computer on his or her handlebars.
Types of Cycling Computers
If you do a Google search for bicycle computer, you will get pages of results from a range of manufacturers. There are many different types of bicycle computers, but we have broken them down into two primary types: GPS enabled units, and non-GPS enabled.
Non-GPS Enabled Bicycle Computers
Bicycle computers that are not GPS enabled measure speed and distance using sensors that track wheel rotations. Some are also capable of tracking cadence with additional sensors. Most also track time, and may track temperature, and give you averages of some collected data. Some models use wired sensors, and others use wireless sensors. In general, these computers are cheaper than GPS enabled computers, and offer less detailed data tracking. Most are also incapable of downloading data to your personal computer or a third party data tracking system such as Strava or Training Peaks. They will, however, keep track of your overall millage over time, but this data will often be lost when the battery needs to be replaced.
GPS Enabled Computers
There are a number of different GPS enabled bicycle computers on the market. These computers use GPS signals to track speed, distance, time, elevation gain and loss, as well as a host of other metrics using both proprietary and third party sensors. Most offer the ability to save workouts or rides, and allow you to download the data to your PC or directly to third party data tracking systems such as Strava, Training Peaks, and Garmin Connect. All of the GPS Enabled computers we tested use the ANT+ wireless protocol, making them compatible with any accessory that uses ANT+, such as power meters, speed sensors, and cadence sensors.
Why Not Just Use My iPhone?
So, you have likely seen cyclists with iPhones or other Smartphones attached to their handlebars. There are many free applications that allow you to use your iPhone or Smartphone as a cycling computer, including Strava and Wahoo Fitness. So the main reason to use your Smartphone is simple: you already have one! Unfortunately that is, in our opinion, about the only reason to consider this as an option.
First of all, in order to use your phone you will need to purchase some sort of case and mount to put it in a usable position on your handlebars. These cases can be expensive, and are not a minor investment.
Second, though your iPhone has GPS capabilities, is not a dedicated GPS device. Cell phones typically use what is called A-GPS, which stands for Assisted GPS. They use both cell triangulation and GPS signals to pinpoint location. In general, they can be faster at pinpointing than a GPS alone, such as a Garmin, because they use both systems. However, if you have no cell service or WiFi, while your phone will still use GPS to track position, you may not have a detailed map, because detailed maps are not stored on phones. Phones use cellular data or WiFi data to populate the information on the map. You can purchase maps that are downloadable to your phone, and then it would function essentially the same as a Garmin GPS with maps, such as the Edge 810 or 520. However, after purchasing a mount, a case, and downloadable maps, you probably would save money by just buying a separate bike computer.
Another issue (and the biggest one in our view) is battery life. We have drained the battery on an iPhone 5s on a 2hr ride using the Strava application. If you are just starting out as a cyclist and think that 2 hours seems like a long time, just wait. Before you know it, you will be hammering out century rides with your local club, and your phone will be dead long before the end of your ride. Accessory compatibility is also an issue you will likely run into as well. Most phones are not compatible with ANT+ sensors. Most of the heart rate, cadence, and speed sensors on the market use the ANT+ protocol and will not work with the majority of smart phones (unless you purchase an ANT+ receiver for your phone.) More manufacturers are getting in the game with Bluetooth 4.0 accessories, but ANT+ is still the gorilla in the room when it comes to third party sensor standards.
We recommend you purchase a stand alone cycling computer for tracking your data. Yes, we ride with our cell phones, but they stay in the jersey pocket for communication purposes in case of an emergency. A dedicated computer sits on the handlebars in easy reach and view throughout the entirety of our rides.
Criteria For Evaluation
Ease of Use and Interface
Using a cycling computer when riding and training adds another step to your ride preparation, but should not be a hindrance to you enjoying your ride. This is our most heavily weighted rating metric because it is the one that will affect you the most. The two highest scoring products are the Garmin Edge 810, winner of our Editors' Choice award, and the Garmin Edge 520, winner of our Top Pick Award. We took into account a multitude of factors including: start-up time, charging and battery life, touch screen or button interface, screen type, and ease of uploading workouts to your personal computer. Here is a breakdown of how all of our contenders fare below.
Start-up time:
The faster, the better right? We think so. Less time waiting for the computer to start up equals more time to ride. The non-GPS enabled Cateye Strada Slim, Cateye Velo 7, and SRM Power Control 7 all start up automatically when movement is detected. This is a nice feature, nothing worse than realizing you forgot to turn your computer on when you are half way through a ride kind of makes you feel like it never even happened. The 5 Garmin units in our review, the Edge 810, Edge 520, Edge 510, Edge 500 and the Edge 200 all must be turned on by pressing the power button. Once they are powered on, the user may select from Activity Profiles, and Bikes and the unit needs to acquire satellite signal. Sounds like a lot, but with frequent use this only takes 30 seconds or so. It is worth noting that the Garmin Edge 510, Edge 520 and the Lezyne Super GPS pick up satellites a bit quicker, between 5-10 seconds on average, due to the ability to use both GPS and GLONAS Satellites. The other Garmin units we tested utilize GPS only. In summary, start-up of the GPS enabled computers takes a bit longer than those without GPS, but it is fairly negligible and the wait is worth the benefits.
Charging and Battery Life:
All of the computers we tested utilize some sort of battery for power. The Cateye Strada Slim, Cateye Velo 7, and the Planet Bike Protégé both utilize 2032 disposable coin cell batteries. The Cateye Strada Slim actually employs two, one in the computer head unit and one in the wireless speed sensor. In contrast, the Garmin units, SRM Power Control 7, Magellan Cyclo 505, and the Lezyne Super GPS utilize built in rechargeable batteries. Which option is better? Well, we prefer rechargeable batteries for a few reasons. Less waste, and if we kill the battery, a trip to the store to purchase a new battery is not required. That being said, 2032 lithium batteries are not that expensive and can be purchased for less than $1 each online or will run you $2-$3 at most retail stores.
The Cateye Strada Slim, Cateye Velo 7 and the Planet Bike Protégé claim battery life to be 1 year or more. We got 4 months of use out of the Cateye Strada Slim, and about the same out of the Cateye Velo 7, but this was with an average of 10-14 hours a week of ride time, so it is entirely feasible that many users would get a year or more with moderate use.
The Garmin units we tested all utilize rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries and come with wall chargers, but can also be charged via included USB to Micro USB cables that come with the units. Charge times from a complete discharge are around 2 hrs for all of the units. Battery life ranges from 20 hrs for the Edge 510 to 14 hrs for the Edge 200. The Edge 520 is the newest unit in the Garmin line up and uses a mini USB cable rather than the micro USB cable utilized by all previous Garmin models.
The Lezyne Super GPS has an impressive 22 hr run time using a rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery that can be recharged with the included micro USB cable using a computer or USB wall adaptor.
The SRM Powercontrol 7 utilizes a Lipolymer rechargeable battery with a 120 hour run time. The Powercontrol 7 has the longest battery life of any of the rechargeable units we tested, and rivals the battery life of the computers that use disposable batteries. Like the Garmin computers we tested, the SRM is recharged with a USB to Micro USB cord, but it does not come with a wall charger, so you will need to plug it into your computer for charging, and plan on 2.5 hrs for a complete charge.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Magellan Cyclo 505 has a relatively short battery life; we were only able to get around 10hrs of use on average from a fully charged battery. We were surprised by the poor battery life from a computer that is clearly aimed more towards the touring crowd than any other user group.
By interface we mean the method by which the user interacts with the device. Is it easy to navigate through menus and functions? Are buttons used or a touch screen? Our highest scoring products are the Garmin Edge 810 and the Garmin Edge 520. The 810 utilizes a combination of buttons and a touch screen. Buttons are used for the most frequently used functions: power on and off, start/stop workout, and lap. The touch screen is used to navigate between pages of preselected data points during a workout, and for all set-up, menu functions, and navigation. The touch screen technology Garmin employs is not perfect, but it is quite functional with a bit of practice, and it even works with gloves on. For more details on the touch screen see our full product reviews of the Garmin 810 and 510. In contrast, the Garmin 520 uses only buttons, but the quantity, function, and layout of the buttons is excellent, making navigation simple and intuitive. External buttons, if executed well, can be as or more effective than a touch screen. The Lezyne Super GPS also has a button only interface, but the buttons are a bit less user friendly than the competing Garmin Edge 520. The Cateye Velo 7 and the Cateye Strada Slim both require a paperclip or other implement to press small reset/program buttons located on the back of computer to access set-up menus, making them the least user friendly models we tested.
All of the computers we tested require some set-up. Set-up should factor into your purchase decision, but keep in mind that more complex computers require a bit more time investment up front, but for the most part this is a one time or occasional hassle. How difficult a computer is to set-up is largely dependent on how many features and accessories the unit has or is capable of utilizing. So you may notice that the units that score high in our features metric conversely score a bit lower on set-up. Additional factors to consider include whether the computer is wired or wireless. The Garmin Edge 200 is our highest scoring product in this category. Set-up is as simple as attaching the ¼ turn mounts to the handlebars and turning the unit on. The more feature rich Garmin 510, 520, and 810 score slightly lower due to the increased time required to configure additional features and to pair compatible accessories. In contrast, the Cateye Velo 7 and the Planet Bike Protégé 9.0 received lower scores due to the hassle of routing and securing wires and issues with set up screen navigation. The Cateye Velo 7 and the Planet Bike Protégé 9.0 also both require the use of multiple zip ties. For detailed information on product set-up, see our in depth individual product reviews.
Bike computers range from simple to extremely complex. When it comes to features, we focus on features that you can actually use. It should come as no surprise that the Garmin Edge 810, winner of our Editors' Choice Award, is also the most feature rich computer we tested. The Edge 810 is GPS enabled, ANT+ accessory compatible, blue tooth compatible, has a touch screen, and is one of only two computers we tested with turn-by-turn navigation capabilities. The Edge 510 and 520 are close competitors in the features competition with all of the features of the Edge 810, minus the mapping capabilities. Both the Edge 810 and the Edge 510 are Bluetooth 2.1 enabled and can communicate with your Smartphone via the Garmin Connect Application. The Magellan 505, Garmin Edge 520, and the Lezyne Super GPS are Bluetooth Smart enabled and can receive text, email, and phone call notifications when paired with a compatible IOS or Android device. With Garmin computers, smartphone integration allows unique features such as Live Tracker, which allows people whom you invite to view your ride as it occurs on the Garmin website. This connectivity also allows for instant wireless uploads of ride data to Garmin Connect. These features, and a multitude of others, place the Garmin Edge 810 and the Edge 520 at the top of the food chain when it comes to features. We have a full breakdown of all of the class leading features the Garmin Edge 810 employs in our full product review.
In contrast to the tech heavy, feature laden Garmin, Lezyne, and Magellan units; we tested the Cateye Velo 7, Cateye Strada Slim, and the Planet Bike Protégé. These units offer more basic data collection, without the help of GPS and ANT+ accessory compatibility. Although these units are lower scoring, they still provide reliable data collection for time, distance, and speed.
Social Data Tracking: Strava
Strava is a web-based service that allows users to upload workout and ride data from a host of different devices, including Garmin, Magellan, Lezyne, and SRM. Strava also offers free applications for most smart phones, which allow you to use your phone as a ride-tracking device. Strava is equal parts social forum and workout tracking software, with the heart of the experience being competition with other users on specific segment times. Segments are user created and selected portions of a ride, and include anything from a 2hr climb to a 10 second sprint.
The start and end of a segment are GPS coordinates, and your time on a given segment is calculated by Strava using the GPS ride files you upload to the site. In July of 2015 Strava began offering a new service called Strava Live to Premium Members (Premium Membership costs $6 per month or $59 for a year). Strava Live was released in conjunction with the new Garmin Edge 520, and is also now as of August 2015 available on the Garmin Edge 510, 810, and 1000 with a free firmware update from Garmin. Strava Live loads segments of your choice, or ones selected for you by Strava, onto your Garmin device, via Garmin Connect. So in order to utilize Strava Live, you need 3 things: a Strava Premium account, a compatible device, and a Garmin Connect account. The chosen segments can be uploaded to the device by connecting to Garmin Connect via your smart phone, or by a USB cable connection to your computer.
Once the segments are loaded to your device, you will also have information about each segment including the KOM (fastest time), as well as your PR (personal record time). While out riding, as you approach the beginning of a segment, your device will prompt you with distance alerts such as (500ft) to the start of the segment.
Water Resistance
Even if you do not intend to ever venture out on your bike in the rain, sooner or later you will find yourself caught in an unexpected shower. For those of you on a serious training program, you will almost certainly be training or racing in inclement weather at some point. So what is going to happen to your expensive cycling computer when it gets wet? Well, hopefully nothing. We feel that water resistance is a critical feature of a quality bike computer.
All of the Garmin Edge cycling computers, the Lezyne Super GPS, and the Magellan Cyclo 505 are rated IPX7 for water resistance, making them our highest rated products in this category. The IPX rating system is a European standard that assigns rating protection numbers for electronics. IPX7 rated devices can withstand 30 minutes of accidental submersion in 1 meter of water. We had no issues with water damage on any Garmin units we tested, despite riding in the rain and snow, and some less than accidental immersions in the name of science. All of the other cycling computers we tested claim to be "water resistant", but do not conform to any universal standard. The SRM Powercontrol 7 was also a high scoring product, and proved to be trouble free in the rain. Lower scoring products such as the Cateye Velo 7 and the Planet Bike Protégé 9.0 allowed some water to permeate the battery compartment during testing.
Many of us at OutdoorGearLab participate in multiple different styles of cycling. A road ride today can easily lead into a long backcountry epic on the mountain bike tomorrow. So, versatility is important to us and likely to you as well. Ideally we want to purchase one cycling computer that can be used on all of our bikes.
The Garmin Edge 810 receives high marks here, followed closely by the Edge 520 and Edge 510. The Edge 810 takes the top spot due to it's unique mapping functions, making it ideal for riders embarking on a long touring ride, or adventure on unknown roads. The Garmin Edge 520 slides in a close second to the Edge 810, the 520 does not have routable maps, but it is possible to download detailed maps to the unit and zoom in to see your exact location on a map. The Edge 510 and 500 do not offer mapping. All four models are easily swapped between multiple bikes with the excellent Garmin ¼ turn mounts, and they all can be programmed with unique profiles for different bikes. The Lezyne Super GPS is also a very versatile computer, with a compact profile and easy to use "x-lock" mounts, it can be swapped between bikes and used to track data for any type of riding. Its versatility is only hampered by the lack of mapping functions, putting it in the same league as the Garmin Edge 510 and 500.
The Edge 810, 520, and 510 also have Activity Profiles allowing you to customize data fields, pages, and alerts for different types of rides, such as training vs. racing. All of the Garmin computers in our test group, with the exception of the Edge 200, are also compatible with a multitude of ANT+ accessories that allows you to have speed and cadence sensors mounted on multiple bikes, and only move the computer head unit between bikes. These features make using the same device for different bikes and types of riding much easier. The SRM Power Control 7 is also ANT+ compatible, but is limited to SRM powermeters only, reducing it's cross compatibility with other sensor brands and thus it's versatility. In contrast, the Cateye Velo 7 has a wired speed sensor, making it difficult to move between bikes.
The Lezyne Super GPS and the Magellan Cyclo 505 also deserve a nod for their compatibility with both ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart Sensors. This allows you to pick and choose sensors from a variety of manufacturers.
Versatility is important; it not only makes life easier, but can also save you some money. For details on how each product stacks up see our individual product reviews.
For more information on all of the products we tested see our Ratings Chart, Buying Advice, and How we Tested Articles.
The type of computer you buy for your bike may vary, depending on your cycling endeavors. Recording the distance of your ride and obtaining quantifiable information for fitness reasons is possible on most every computer in this category, and advance from there. GPS technology, wireless communication, and social data tracking are just a few things to take into consideration while on the hunt for the best computer for you bike. From Simple to complex, your options are numerous. We hope this review helped you find the product that best fits your needs. For detailed advice on making your purchase decision, see our Buying Advice article.
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Sniktch: The beginning of the story is well done. The thundering footsteps, the hopeless defence by the father,...and the quest for vengence.
The middle part, including the dream-like death march from fertility to desolation back to fertility is good too...but I was hoping for more from the old man. (Don't questing people always run into wise old men? ) The story must be short, so there's not tons of room...but there should be some sort of connection made here, some sort of resonance between the young-grieved man and the old-world-weary man. A shared experience? Just the giant's general (magical) destruction of the old man's lands is not enough.
The young man must do what the old man cannot.
The end was a decent wrap-up, but again seemed a bit rushed. I hope I don't offend you when I say that the end with the slaves seems completely un-fullfilling. Such an ending might be great for a D&D adventure...but for a story like this it serves no purpose. ...Just kinda cheapens the blow an ending should have.
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Speaker: My biggest problem with this story was....well, I'm almost ashamed to write it. ......Boy, did I hate the name of the protagonist's master! "Pual????!!!!" Arrrrrgggg! I can't say it. How do you say it? I'm going nuts over here.....
The story is very tight, and the action moves well from point to point. I was left a bit mystified by some of the trivia, though: why are "other teams" climbing up the spire, in the beginning? Did I just read that wrong? And why is the outsider hiding up there?
There were some great "scene setting" writing here. The way the oracle just. Stopped. The nervious mannerisms of the protagonist's master:Pual nods. Paces. Then he plants his feet and heaves a big sigh. Not a good sign. Pual never sighs.
I'm not a judge, so my opinion ain't worth a hill o' beans, but I'd say the round should go to Speaker.
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All constructive criticism is good criticism. So thanks for chipping in, Nail!
Pual all right, I just said it out loud a couple of times. The word does not exactly roll off the tongue. A bit rough and awkward similar to Puals personality? J. I am sure he would not mind if you pronounced it Pall rather than Poo-all. Reminds me of how hard it was to get used to some Indonesian names. Zainul for example .
About the small details agreed completely! There are several loose ends scattered throughout the story that really do not belong without explanation. Perhaps a future expansion is warranted.
Glad you enjoyed the. tale.
alish2o, there is a chance that I will be a few hours later checking in on the final results on Sunday, due to an upcoming trip to Vancouver. The delay should not be overlong, however!
The suspense kills me.
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Nah, not at all. As I said, feedback is always welcome. I agree that a lot of the story is rushed; my biggest regret in each round was that I ended up with no time to read over what I'd done before posting it, but that's what a deadline does to youOriginally posted by Nail
Mean and cruel, ain't I?
Thanks for the comments. I pretty much agree with your assessment, although like Speaker, the suspense is still killing me...
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Greetings all. Just wanted to throw my apologies in for this running so late. The combination of recent world events and their intersection my thesis topic (and for the sake of the boards, we'll leave that there) has kept me away from a computer for the past three days or so. I was trying to get this done before monday, but it's not going to happen unfortunately I'm very, very sorry about this.Originally posted by alsih2o
my judgement is done, i have maldurs, and i do not think arwink is the type to have his literary criticisms swayed by the masses, comment away
Monday/Sunday is definate though. The ever reliable gap between classes and staff meetings ensures that
Sorry for the suspense.
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Done. I've sent my comments to Clay, and they should be posted within the next couple of hours if previous rounds are anything to go by
Congrats to both the finalists. They put up some damn fine stories, and I'm sorry it took me so long to judge them.
Peter M. Ball
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sniktch vs speaker- final judgemnt
sniktch- gives us a really entertaining little tale, i love the image of the giant eating herself a lot, and the house and the old man were handled well. the climbing ic was handled decently but i really preferred the use of the "diguised" pic. all around a good usage of the pics with some real high points.
speaker- the wall women is handled really well here too. i also liked the circular aspect of the tale. the house pic was worked in well with the time passage theme.
in our first all photo ceramic d.m. i have to give the final round to speaker, 2 really strong stories, no major errs by anyone, but speaker sticks his neck just a bit out in front, despite the strangeness of the story.
Sniktch: This is your best ceramic entry yet. It has the feel of the
"original" fairy tale I heard a while back (Little red ridinghood, the
bloody, pre-grimm version).
Time reversal, training "slayers", misterious oracles. Great story. I really
like your "twist"
This round goes to: Speaker.
The first thing that really leapt out at me is the stiffness and modern
approach to the dialogue. This starts off very much as a "Young Son's Quest"
that is common to fantasy and mythology, and the initial conversation between
the old man and the main character doesn't quite ring true for the setting
being implied. The pay-off of the story also has some problems - if the family
knows about the rings magic, why didn't the father use it when the giant first
turned up? It would have worked better if it was a simple ring, an heirloom,
with powers that proved beneficial later in the story. There are some other
pacing problems, but this is more the function of the fast drafting problem of
Ceramic DM than anything else - the story seems about half as long as it needs
to be, to give the various ideas and events proper space to sink in.
All this being said, I did enjoy the voice being used to tell the tale, and the
majority of the characters are interesting work. The death of the giant, in
particular, is well planned out although the absence of real conflict in the
story (everything comes too easily for the hero) leaves it slightly
A good story, but in need of more work.
Speakers story is well paced, with a well constructed voice that lapses only
occasionally. The slow revelation of the stories secrets is very nicely
handled, particularly after the almost misleading introduction which introduces
us to the lead characters hunt. There are dangling questions throughout, to be
sure, but many of these leave us an open interpretation of Speakers world and
aren't essential to the main plot. As a short story, this works well, but it
may need some rethinking if expanded into a longer tale that sought to answer
the dangling questions.
There were two main problems that caught my attention. The first is to change
Pual's name - it looks too much like a misspelling, and this means that it
seems silly once the realisation hits that it isn't. It's closeness to a
modern name also lends a certain overtone to the piece that works in its
favour, but would largely be more effective if just changed to Paul. The
second was the dialogue of the Prophet. There's an attempt to create a unique
speech pattern occurring, but it simply doesn't work the way it's written.
Again, it comes off more as weirdly placed typo's than a strange speech
pattern, so more obvious breaks between words are needed."
In the end, I thoroughly enjoyed Speakers story apart from these minor
quibbles. His use of the pictures is very clear and interesting, and the
initial intro based around the climb is great.
In the end, I give this round to Speaker. Sniktch puts together a great tale,
but just doesn't hold together as impressively as Speakers does in terms of
unanimous final round to speaker! the new ceramic d.m. champion!
all hail speaker!
thanks to everyone who wrote, judged, commented or read along
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Let me be the first to congratulate the new Ceramic DM - Go Speaker! Go Speaker! It's your birthday!
Well done on both of the finalist parts. I look forward to facing one or both of you in the next competition.
Now you can go change your sig to something significantly obnoxious Speaker.
What a great Ceramic DM. Thanks so much to everyone involved.
Ceramic DM I & II -- http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=98651
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Congratulations, Speaker. It is the verdict I expected to see, and you deserve it. It was good practice for me and I'll take one of these things eventually
Thanks to the judges, too, for their feedback; its the most valuable thing I take away from these contests. Thanks to Nail for pitching in, too. Feel free to comment on any more of my stuff in the future
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Speaker, a well deserved congratulations!
Sniktch, you entry was good, I expect you to win next time!
So many games, so little time!


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Aarons Sales & Lease Ownership ripoff, unprofessional, very bad customer service, unknowledgeable Florissant Missouri
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Well, here it is a year later and no printer. First, Scott, one of the managers stated that the free printers were running behind.
Second, the printers were going to be shipped in February Third, we are still waiting on a call from the manager Mike.
We are down to the last payment which I am holding.
They are saying that they never had the promotion, we are lying, it was a promotion from Dell, etc. But, in the meantime, they are offering us a used printer from their office. So who's lying?
They are very rude and unprofessional. I filed a complaint with the BBB in hopes of bringing attention to this matter. So folks, beware!
Aarons definitely deserves a spot on Ripoffreport.
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So, I waited until all of my checks had cleared, and I went personally into the branch I often deal with, located in the Walmart in Abingdon, and closed my accounts.
On September 1st, I paid bills from my new account with Bank of America, which is so much easier to deal with.Imagine my surprise to receive an email from Provident on Monday, September 9, telling me that an automatic payment I set up months ago was paid on September 2, as a courtesy to me, even though my bank account was closed.
The email requested that I call them at 410-281-7111 to arrange to pay them back - yes, to pay them back for paying a bill from a closed account!When I called the number provided I spoke with Marcella in customer service. She advised me that the bill pay service was separate from the checking account service, and that it appeared I HAD NOT CLOSED THE BILL PAY ACCOUNT. (what?!) She told me she was so sorry that the teller who closed my account didn't tell me that the bill pay portion of my account had to be closed separately (in order to keep money from being deducted from a non-existent account!)
So she referred me to the internet bill pay department at 1-888-217-1264 where I spoke with Kirk, who told me that the SO helpful Marcella had closed my bill pay account service for me as of today. So nice of them to finally do their internal paperwork. He told me he was so sorry that the teller who closed my account didn't tell me that the bill pay portion of my account had to be closed separately (in order to keep money from being deducted from a non-existent account!) However, he told me that he couldn't help me, so he referred me to the collections department, where I spoke with Marilyn at 877-346-5272.
She gave the same I'm sorry story, but then proceeded to tell me that I wolud have to repay Provident the $43.00 and then get the money back from the receiving company who collects fees for my HOA.Marilyn told me that the bill pay departtment sends the money first, and then looks at the bank account to see if they have enough money to pay it, or even if the account still exists.Luckily, I had only one account set up to pay by bill pay.
For those of you dealing with Provident who may have 10, 20 or even more, this could be a very very costly experience when you close your Provident accounts.If these closely connected departments can't get their act together, I expect that the other departments, such as mortgages, loans, credit cards, CD's, money markets, IRA are in just as much disarray.Consumer beware, this is NOT a well run bank....hope your accounts are insured.
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In my latest story for PopularScience.com, I wrote about the new Hangar 1 Fog Point Vodka, which was diluted with fog-harvested water from San Francisco; most of it from beneath Sutro Tower on Twin Peaks.
In another deviation from their standard blend of grain spirit with grape, this product is distilled from 100% biodynamic wine from Bonny Doon - they actually purchased it in bottle, dumped the bottles and distilled.
Then the batch was diluted with 1000 liters of fog water that had been boiled and filtered through carbon.
Yesterday I visited Tilden Park in the East Bay, where a volunteer has two fog catchers hidden on the steep hills. It was unfortunately sunny, but our guide squirted water from a spray bottle to show us how the nets on the fog catcher pick up 50% of the water that passes through them - pretty impressive. The small fog catchers get from 1L per day, now up to 1.5L, and they expect them to pick up 3-5L per day in the foggiest season.
Anyway, check out the story on PopSci.com!
In a post for PopularScience.com I wrote about a technology being employed to toast wine and now whiskey barrels with infrared light.
Buffalo Trace released their latest Experimental Collection bourbon with 6.5 year old whisky aged in barrels treated with infrared light.
The technology replaces the toasting phase of barrel-making, not the charring stage, and can be used to toast wood without getting it all smoky.
The process imparts different flavors to the bourbon, as they found out.
Check out the story on PopSci.com!
At Tales of the Cocktail, I attended a seminar led by Ian McLaren and three scientists, all from Bacardi. It was called Genie in a Bottle: How Spirits Age.
Being part of a gargantuan spirits company they were able to call upon the science that had been done in the past and specifically for this seminar about how spirits change in the bottle. I think there is a general acceptance that in opened bottles stored for many years, spirits get a little bit flatter in flavor. In this seminar they took it way further than that.
The most important information is on this slide:
Here are a lot of notes:
That was just a fraction of what was shown at the seminar, but I hope it's helpful.
I cringe every time I see the back bar against the windows (in San Francisco I always think that when I see Zuni Cafe, Absinthe, my local liquor store's wine selection, and the new Black Sands, but at least it doesn't usually get that hot in SF), but hopefully they move through product quickly so that the effects are not as dramatic.
McLaren showed a lot of slides of brightly-lit LED and fluorescent-lit back bars, with particularly bad ones being when the spirits sit on a light box as that adds heat as well.
So maybe all those candlelit, brick-walled speakeasy-style back bars aren't so bad after all.
I was sent a sample of a new carbonation device called the Bonne O, and in trying it out I had a lot of questions about how it worked. That lead me to learn a bunch of new (or needing repetition) facts about it.
The Bonne O carbonator is different from a Soda Stream carbonator in two fundamental ways:
But I was confused as to how specifically it works. You add most of the liquid and any solid ingredients to the bottle that will be carbonated, then on the base of the machine the fizzing tablet to one chamber, and the sweetening/flavoring syrup to a separate chamber. That last part particularly confused me.
So I emailed with Bonne O inventor Darren Hatherell. He explained to me (and also did a good job of it on this blog post, from where I stole most of these images), and now I'll explain to you.
The Stuff You're Carbonating Must Be Cold, But the Chemical Reaction Should be Warm
For maximum carbonation, you must have cold liquids, as cold liquids hold more carbon dioxide in solution. However, the particular acid-base Alka-Seltzer-style fizzing reaction in the Bonne O works best when the liquid added to the fizzing tablet is warm. (To verify this, try adding Alka-Seltzer to warm vs cold water and see how much longer it takes to fizz.)
They way they got around needing both cold and warm liquid is: The device takes the temperature of the liquids in the bottle (it sucks some into the machine from the top), and if it's too warm for effective carbonation, it just beeps at you and won't even try to carbonate. If it's nice and cold, however, it sucks in that liquid and heats it to an ideal temperature before sucking it into the carbonation chamber with the fizzing tablet.
This warm liquid (and dissolved tablet) doesn't go back into the bottle. It stays in the chamber and you dump it out at the end. Keep reading for how and why...
Sugar Makes Foam And That's Bad
The main reason you don't put syrup flavors into the Soda Stream is that when you carbonate syrupy water, it foams up and out of the bottle, then will clog up the gas system, perhaps only to explode later. Sugary things make foam.
The Bonne O gets around this by holding the syrup in a separate flavor chamber (you can add flavors to the bottle, including solid ingredients like strawberries, but the stuff in the bottle ideally shouldn't be super sugary).
When you hit the button to turn it on, the Bonne O sucks in liquids from the top of the bottle into the carbonation chamber where it fizzes and creates CO2 gas, and pushes out the syrup or other liquid from the flavor chamber (along with the newly-created CO2 gas) into the bottom of the bottle. So the space in the bottle from the stuff that was sucked out is replaced with the syrup or other stuff from the flavor chamber. Thus the flavor chamber always has to be full, even when you're not flavoring your liquid.
So if you're just carbonating water, you add cold water to the bottle and water to the flavor chamber. (Same if you're carbonating a bottle of tequila, which I did live at Tales of the Cocktail - you put tequila in both the bottle and the flavor chamber.)
If you're carbonating a soda or cocktail like a Gin & Tonic using tonic syrup, you add the gin and water to the bottle and the tonic syrup to the flavor chamber. If you were going to carbonate a cocktail with a liqueur like a Margarita, you might want to put the liqueur into the flavor chamber instead of mixing up the full cocktail first. I haven't experimented with adding something syrupy to the bottle to see what happens.
The Downside To Both
The downside to a Soda Stream is that you ultimately add carbonated water to syrup, which will reduce its overall carbonation.
The downside to the "keep the syrup separate" model of the Bonne O is that if you're a perfectionist you have to do some math to get your cocktail right: Some of the liquid in the bottle will be sucked out and discarded to be replaced by the syrup, so you have to control for the change in volume.
The bottle holds 750ml
The flavor chamber holds 142 ml
Thus, you need 142 ml extra un-sweetened liquid that will be discarded from the bottle.
Let's Do Math!
For example, if you used Strong Tonic syrup to make a carbonated G&T, the brand recommends 1 part syrup to 2 parts gin to 4 parts water. For the final 750 ml that you will make, that means each "part" is 1/7th of 750 ml:
107 ml syrup
214 ml gin
428 ml water
But not all of that goes into the bottle- remember the syrup goes into the flavor chamber. The flavor chamber holds 142 mls, so you can add the full 107 ml of syrup to it, and then top it off gin and water. But how much? We need 35 ml total of non-syrup to get to our 142 ml.
So the total of non-syrup (that's the gin and water combination) will be 750ml (that's what fits in the bottle) + 35ml extra for the flavor chamber = 785 ml of gin/water.
So 785 ml of gin/water in a proper 1:2 ratio is:
262 ml gin
524 ml water
Checking our math on actual quantities used in final drink:
Flavor Chamber: 107 ml syrup + 35 ml gin/water in 2:1 combo (12 ml gin and 24 ml water)
Bottle: 750 ml gin/water in 2:1 combo (250 ml gin and 500 ml water)
But remember that 142 ml of the bottle is discarded. 750 - 142 = 608 ml gin/water combo will actually go into the drink, plus everything in the flavor chamber, which makes our total of each ingredient:
Syrup: 107 ml
Gin from flavor chamber = 1/3 (35ml) = 12 ml
Gin from bottle = 1/3 x (750-142 = 608) = 203 ml
Gin total = 215
Water from flavor chamber = 2/3 (35ml) = 24 ml
Water from bottle = 2/3 x (750-142 = 608) = 405 ml
Water total = 429 ml water
So our final recipe is:
Mix 262 ml gin and 524 ml water and make sure the combo is very cold. Fill Bonne O bottle to top with this combination.
Add: 107 ml Strong tonic syrup to flavor chamber plus rest of gin/water combo (35ml) to flavor chamber.
Add carbonating tablet to carbonation chamber and press the button to carbonate the liquid.
Science is fun!
For a seminar on Prehistoric Cocktail Technology that I gave at Tales of the Cocktail in 2015, I explained how self-carbonating tablets work. I also conducted a lot of home experiments with various fizzing ingredients.
Let's look a the ingredients in common fizzing tablets.
Alka-Seltzer: Citric Acid and Sodium Bicarbonate.
Berocca: Citric Acid, Magnesium Sulphate, Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate
NUUN (an electrolyte tablet that's great for hangovers): Citric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Carbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Magnesium Sulfate
Bonne O Carbonators (These act like giant Alka Seltzer tablets used in a home carbonation machine, which create gas but you don't actually drink the tablets): Citric Acid, Potassium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Carbonate
Baking Powder: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate
Volcano Science Experiment from Grade School: vinegar (acetic acid), baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
So what we have is a combination of acids and carbonates/bicarbonates, and when they get together they create Carbon Dioxide.
Citrus Juice/Citric Acid
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
Lactic Acid/Lactart
Potassium Carbonate/Bicarbonate
Tartaric Acid
Calcium Carbonate
Vinegar/Acetic Acid
|Magnesium Carbonate
Acid Phosphate
I futzed around with all these ingredients in various combinations at home to try to find a combination that tasted best. Unfortunately, when they come together you often get something that tastes super powdery with a layer of powder on top of the drink; or something super salty.
I would suspect that is why the manufacturers of these products use a variety of them in their formulations.
It would be cool to create a cocktail that self-carbonates but I failed at it.
For now, you can just add vodka to your NUUN and call it breakfast.
At the Tales of the Cocktail convention, I attended a seminar hosted by Ira Koplowitz and Nick Kosevich of Bittercube Bitters called On Creating Cocktail Citrates & Elixirs.
The seminar lead up to the point that if you want to make lasting kegged (and often carbonated) cocktails, you might need to use citrates.
One of the presenters smartly called kegged cocktails "the new punch," and interestingly, like vintage punch, citrates start with oleo saccharum then add some science.
Citrates are an approximation of sour mix: sugar and citrus combined, but in a form that is predictable, reproducible, and stable. They start with an oleo saccharum (citrus peels and sugar), then add other acids and mouthfeel agents.
This is important, they say, because citrus changes dramatically after being juiced/cut (BRIX level falls, pH rises, organic compounds change and degrade) especially after 24 hours. They also noted that for carbonated cocktails, citrates reduce nucleation points that interfere with good carbonation.
So the goal of a citrate is to replace or reduce citrus and syrup in a cocktail. They noted that citrates are not identical to sour mix - if you just match the BRIX and pH level, you won't get to where you need to be. And you can't just use citric acid either.
Citrates Are Composed Of:
Elixirs, by their definition, are compound flavor citrates plus water.
You can read more about them in this PDF document on the Bittercube website. It gives a good overview of the what and why of citrates and elixirs. It also includes recipes for several citrates, elixirs, and a kegged cocktail.
Many bars that use citrus in their kegged cocktails use a citrate by some form (and often by another name), so you might have unknowingly tried one already.
For more reading on the topic, check out Dave Arnold's book Liquid Intelligence.
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The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth
It's finally here—the comprehensive, authoritative book that does for beer what The Wine Bible does for wine. Written by an expert from the West Coast, where America's craft beer movement got its start, The Beer Bible is the ultimate reader- and drinker-friendly guide to all the world's beers.
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COCKTAIL NOIR: From Gangsters and Gin Joints to Gumshoes and Gimlets by Scott Deitche
Deitche sheds new light on history's most memorable gangsters, noir characters, and the writers who created them at the nexus of their favorite cocktails in his latest book. Cocktail recipes punctuate the narrative along with 100 distinctive photographs of the famous and infamous people and places that have consumed and served up these libations. Everything from Mickey Spillane's humble Miller Lite, a choice mirrored by his famous noir character Mike Hammer, to Richard Cass's noir bartender Elder Darrow's complex, multi-layered pousse-café cocktail, with a recipe for real-life gangster Meyer Lansky's own Meyer Lansky Sour in between is covered in this homage to the cocktail and the people and characters who influenced its evolution.
Hidden Scents: The Language of Smell in the Age of Approximation by Allen Barkkume
Bourbon Curious: A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker by Fred Minnick
Bourbon Curious: A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker, award-winning whiskey writer and Wall Street Journal-best-selling author Fred Minnick debunks bourbon myths, provides distillery production methods (such as recipes and barrel-entry proofs!) and creates an easy-to-read interactive tasting journey that helps you select bourbons based on flavor preferences and bourbon styles.
Using the same tasting principles he offers in his Kentucky Derby Museum classes and as a judge at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Minnick's Bourbon Curious cuts to the chase, dismissing brand marketing and judging what's inside the bottle.
The Mason Jar Cocktail Companion by Shane Carley
More than 125 creative drink recipes tailor-made for the rustic charm of a mason jar!
Trying new and unique cocktail recipes is always fun, but the pretense that goes with it can be overwhelming. What's the difference between a highball glass and a Collins glass? How about a martini glass and a cocktail glass? And do you really need to buy an Old Fashioned glass if you're never going to drink an Old Fashioned? The Mason Jar Cocktail Companion combines the best aspects of your favorite creative cocktails with the rustic simplicity of the mason jar. Featuring old favorites like the Tequila Sunrise and Bloody Mary alongside new and exciting mixes such as the Whiskey Sunset and Renegade Lemonade, the Mason Jar Cocktail Companion serves as the perfect cocktail guide for both novices and experienced mixologists alike! With tips for ways to garnish and serve your drinks with style, and a variety of virgin drink recipes for younger party guests and expecting moms, get ready to host the ultimate patio party with the help of The Mason Jar Cocktail Companion.
Gin: The Manual by Dave Broom
In recent years, gin has shed its old-fashioned image and been reborn as a hot and hip spirit. The number of brands grows every day and bartenders - and consumers - are now beginning to re-examine gin as a quality base spirit for drinks both simple and complex.
Now, with more brands available than ever before, it is the time to set out what makes gin special, what its flavors are and how to get the most out of the brands you buy. With this book as your guide, discover: How gin is made, What a botanical is and how they impact a gin's flavor, What the difference between Dutch, London, Scottish, Spanish and American gins is, How you drink them to maximize your pleasure, Whether there is life beyond the gin & tonic (yes!)
The body of the book covers 120 gins which Dave has tested four ways - with tonic, with lemonade, in a negroni and in a martini - and then scored. In addition, each gin is categorized according to an ingenious flavor camp system, which highlights its core properties and allows you to understand how you can best drink it, and therefore enjoy it.
The Cocktail Chronicles: Navigating the Cocktail Renaissance with Jigger, Shaker & Glass by Paul Clarke
Not every revolution requires an insurrection, and not every renaissance begins in salons, galleries or cloistered chambers. The cocktail seemed an unlikely candidate to start either a revolution or a renaissance, but somehow over the past decade, it has managed to become the center of both. Today the cocktail is celebrated at week-long conferences and festivals that draw thousands. Taking cues from a wider culinary movement that's been building steam for decades, craft-cocktail bars (and the bartenders and writers who inhabit them) are digging in the depths of the drink's rich history and apply these fresh-taught lessons to new drinks, appropriating techniques and skills acquired everywhere from centuries-old handbooks. However, as fascinating as today's artisan-driven or tech-savvy craft-cocktail bars can be, there's also a need for cocktail comfort food―for exciting drinks that have the benefit of being delicious, and that can be easily prepared by non-professionals.
From Paul Clarke, the 2014 Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer and founder of the groundbreaking spirits blog, The Cocktail Chronicles, comes an approachable guide to the cocktail renaissance thus far and―as the name implies―a chronicle of the cocktails that have come along the way. The Cocktail Chronicles is not a lab manual for taking the cocktail experience to a molecular level; nor is it an historical monograph tracing the details of our forebears as they developed and mixed the drinks we enjoy today. Instead, The Cocktail Chronicles is a collection of approachable, and easily replicable drinks that all share the same thing: a common deliciousness and a role -- both big and small -- in the ongoing and thriving cocktail renaissance.
This collection of expertly curated recipes represent a photo album of sorts―snapshots of people encountered over the years, with some close friends and family members depicted alongside a few dimly remembered strangers. The Cocktail Chronicles believes cocktails should be fun: it doesn't demand the purchase of a new product for every recipe or require hours spent preparing a single ingredient -- that is a sure way to suck the joy right out of it. Life is complicated―a good drink doesn't have to be. To that end, The Cocktail Chronicles has you covered.
Vermouth: The Revival of the Spirit That Created America's Cocktail Culture by Adam Ford
You may think of vermouth as an accessory to classic cocktails like the Manhattan and Martini—that is, if you think about it at all. But for almost a century, vermouth was actually the primary ingredient of these two drinks, as well as a prized aperitif in its own right. And today, after decades of obscurity, vermouth is finally making a comeback. "It's something of a surprise to see how quickly vermouth's fortunes have changed," says Paul Clarke, executive editor of Imbibe magazine, and author of The Cocktail Chronicles. "But today's bartenders and discerning drinkers are thirstier for vermouth than perhaps ever before."
Adam Ford, one of the first champions of modern vermouth, presents the ultimate history of this storied beverage and guide to its resurgence. Vermouth is one part history and one part recipe book—a loving homage to the spirit that first elevated the American cocktail. Amy Zavatto, author of Architecture of the Cocktail, says, ""Adam Ford has quickly become one of the most recognizable names and leading expert on vermouth's storied history, and perhaps America's most passionate speaker on its significance both historical and in today's modern cocktail culture."
Mixologists, history buffs, and casual sippers, alike, will appreciate the blend of fact and myth that surrounds this ancient beverage, and enjoy recreating classic drinks like the original Manhattan as well as innovative new vermouth-forward recipes—over 40 in all.
About the Author: Adam Ford, a lawyer by profession, is the founder of Atsby New York Vermouth. In the process of researching the perfect combination of botanicals for his product, he discovered the long-forgotten history of what was once America's most glamourous spirit, and so this book was born. Ford lives in New York City and produces his vermouth on the North Fork of Long Island.
Drinking the Devil's Acre: A Love Letter from San Francisco and her Cocktails by Duggan McDonnell
Drinking the Devil's Acre: A Love Letter From San Francisco & Her Cocktails is a smart, delightful mix of barman's memoir and literary journalism, with layers of spirited history and liquid wisdom. A tender tale of love for delicious drink, and for one's city, a book for anyone with a passion for history, cocktails, San Francisco, and the wanderlust of travel.
The Devil's Acre was a single, saloon-soaked block within the notorious Barbary Coast of old San Francisco. It was the wickedest, wildest place in the whole wide world -- not where you went to whet your whistle. But, just a few short blocks away, marbled drinking palaces reigned and civilization was sung as cocktails were shaken in tin and served in copper mugs. The high art of the cocktail lived at the edge of the West's most electrifying nightlife. Several generations later, San Francisco boasts this very same culture with the farm-to-glass movement is at its height.
Twenty-five iconic cocktail recipes made famous by the City by the Bay--from the legendary Pisco Punch, the Mai Tai, and Irish Coffee, the rediscovery of the Gold Rush-era Sazerac and the whimsical Lemon Drop--are accompanied by an additional 45 recipes and McDonnell's 'Bartender's Secret Formulas,' including contemporary San Francisco classics as the Revolver and La Perla. Every chapter is guaranteed to keep the pages turning, the party going and your spirits flowing.
Discovering the New York Craft Spirits Boom by Heather D. Dolland
By first introducing a unique take on dining, All The Tastes of New York, now introduces us to the new movement, "Farm to Glass" through new book, Discovering the New York Craft Spirits Boom.
Discovering The New York Craft Spirits Boom", chronicles the lives of 30 Craft Distillers throughout New York State, from Brooklyn to the Finger Lakes. Distillers that distill spirits such as Whiskey, Bourbon, Gin, Vodka and much more! Each story is as varied and unique as the brands that they create.
It is an intimate look into their struggles and triumphs, and their decisions to be embark upon this spirited journey! A journey that would not have been possible without the changing of laws and regulations that made distilling in New York once again legal since the days of Prohibition. This being championed by a governor who has cast himself as "the most booze-friendly chief executive" in state history.
Tiki Drinks: Tropical Cocktails for the Modern Bar by Robert Sharp and Nicole Weston
Try a tiki―a sweet, fruity blast from the past, updated for modern tastes
Tiki cocktails are a tasty mid-twentieth-century American classic, but their popularity suffered when syrupy drink mixes hit the scene. Now it's time to welcome them back: Food blogger Nicole Weston and mixologist Robert Sharp have brought back the fresh taste of tiki drinks, banishing the artificial syrupy sweetness of mixes for fresh fruit juices, high-quality spirits, and homemade syrups. They offer a taste of the past with traditional recipes that honor the flavors of the Caribbean, South Pacific, and the Hawaiian Islands that first inspired the tiki cocktail. Including original recipes inspired by Asian and South American flavors, Tiki Drinks is a hybrid of the old and the new; the concept may be vintage but the drinks are fresh. Drinks include delicious updates of Jamaican Milk punch using fresh cream of coconut, Siren's Elixir with fresh-squeezed lemon and guava juice, and a Hawaiian Queen Bee with locally sourced honey and garnished with juicy, fresh-cut pineapple. Of course, what's a tiki drink book without a little Hawaiian lore and style? Tiki Drinks has that, and much more.
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey by Reid Mitenbuler
Unraveling the many myths and misconceptions surrounding America's most iconic spirit, Bourbon Empire traces a history that spans frontier rebellion, Gilded Age corruption, and the magic of Madison Avenue. Whiskey has profoundly influenced America's political, economic, and cultural destiny, just as those same factors have inspired the evolution and unique flavor of the whiskey itself.
Taking readers behind the curtain of an enchanting—and sometimes exasperating—industry, the work of writer Reid Mitenbuler crackles with attitude and commentary about taste, choice, and history. Few products better embody the United States, or American business, than bourbon.
A tale of innovation, success, downfall, and resurrection, Bourbon Empire is an exploration of the spirit in all its unique forms, creating an indelible portrait of both bourbon and the people who make it.


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