“A Proper Drink,” my 2016 history of the cocktail revival, published by
@tenspeedpress and edited by
@egtimberlake , turns 10 this autumn. To commemorate the anniversary, I’ve put together a series of talks at
@bryantslounge in my new hometown of Milwaukee. It kicks off Monday with an appearance by
@kingcocktl .
This got me to thinking about the “A Proper Drink” book tour, which took me to Cincinnati, San Francisco, Tulsa, Houston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, Berlin and elsewhere, from September to December of that year. The world was about to get measurably worse in ways none of us could have predicted, but for that brief window, it felt like a few well-placed, well-wrought cocktails could help improve civilization in some small way. I think they still can.