GSN Recommended Websites

Alcademics  Alcademics.com is a website about booze- mostly spirits, but you’ll find some beer, wine, sake, and other beverage information here too.

American Craft Spirits Association  American Craft Spirits is a website devoted to sampling the best of American distillates and sharing that passion with others.

The Art of Drink  The Art of Drink is currently one of the top cocktail and drink weblogs on the Internet.

B.A.R. (Beverage Alcohol Resource)  BAR, a Limited Liability Company headquartered in New York, is an independent organization whose mission is to propagate the healthy and responsible use of beverage alcohol products through innovative and comprehensive training programs and seminars.

Barfly  Website of San Francisco online correspondent and author, Jeff Burkhart.

BarSmarts  BarSmarts is an industry-leading online bartender education program. It was created exclusively for Pernod Ricard USA by the partners of Beverage Alcohol Resource (BAR), LLC – Dale DeGroff, Doug Frost, Steve Olson, F. Paul Pacult, Andy Seymour and David Wondrich. BarSmarts is the only program of its caliber to provide comprehensive online mixology education.

The Cocktail Guru  Jonathan Pogash is a cocktail consultant and mixologist who creates exciting signature cocktails for the hospitality industry. He provides recipes, product insight, staff training, and consults for every level of the wine and spirits industry.

CocktailDB  Your most complete source for cocktails, cocktail ingredients, and barware knowledge on the web.

Diffordsguide  The discerning drinkers online magazine.

eGullet Society  The purpose of the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts & Letters is to increase awareness and knowledge of the arts of cooking, eating and drinking, as well as the literature of food and drink.

Esquire’s Drinks   A collection of drinks, articles and info for the bartender.

Exposition Universelle des Vins et Spiritueux  Browse scanned copies of vital cocktail and spirits books published over the past 150 years.

International Bartenders Association  The Foundation of the International Bartenders Association (I.B.A.) A Historic Conference in Torquay, U.K on 24th February 1951.

IWSC – International Wine & Spirits Competition  The International Wine and Spirit Competition was founded in 1969 and is the premier competition of its kind in the world. Its aim is to promote the quality and excellence of the world’s best wines, spirits and liqueurs.

Liquid Chef The Liquid Chef is a beverage consultancy that creates “Signature” drinks and bar concepts for a wide variety of clients.

The Museum of the American Cocktail  The Museum of the American Cocktail, through its seminars, permanent exhibits, publications, and outreach, actively involves professionals, scholars, and visitors in the American Cocktail’s history and continuing lore.

Raising the Bar  Pamela Irving of Living Communications has a passion for all things culinary. Beverages are the latest curve on a global trend towards local, seasonal, artisanal, handcrafted and organic ingredients and products.

Repeal Day  Repeal Day is not widely celebrated in this country, yet it commemorates the anniversary of the day the United States repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and gave Americans the constitutional ability to consume alcohol.

Shaker BarSchool  Shaker BarSchools® are the UK’s leading bartending schools dedicated to providing bartending, cocktail and flair training courses. The Shaker bartending school courses are managed by a team of expert trainers with over 50 years experience.

Social & Cocktail  Cocktails, cocktail recipes and ingredients – from mocktails to shooters. Vodka, rum, champagne and everything in between from Aberdeen to London.

Tastings: The Beverage Tasting Institute  The Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial wine reviews for consumers. Today, this philosophy still holds true.

Ultimate Spirits Challenge  Ultimate Spirits Challenge’s goal is to provide consumers, the media, and the beverage alcohol industry with the most accurate, comprehensive, and authoritative judging results in the world of spirits, cocktails, and wine.

Winery & Wine Appraisals  One of the top spirits & wine appraisal firms in the United States.