Andrew Bohrer @andrewbohrer.bsky.social writer, illustrator, bartender, cocktail historian, knight-errant, shaggy-dog, andrewbohrer.com
Robert “DrinkBoy” Hess @roberthess.bsky.social The original Cocktail Evangelist, host of The Cocktail Spirit, author of The Essential Bartenders Guide, co-founder of The Museum of the American Cocktail. 🍸
Tiki Tom-Tom @tiki-tom-tom.bsky.social Polynesiac. Author. Photographer. Artist. Sewist. Educator. Musician. Wanderer.
Pics and prose for people who love Tiki. My photographs of Polynesiacs’ places, bars, and creations. Visit www.polynesiacs.com for my book, or tikipassports.com for passports.
Matt Pietrek @rumwonk.bsky.social Writer, publisher, rum historian, educator and consultant. Author of Modern Caribbean Rum, and the Rum Wonk Substack. AKA Cocktail Wonk.
M. Carrie Allan @carrieallan.bsky.social Cocktail writer for Washington Post and others; Comms for Humane World for Animals. I alone should be blamed for my posts (which are more frequent on Instagram and Threads these days). Reach me carrie.allan@gmail
Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com 3 x Eisner and Bram Stoker-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Faculty at NYU. Noted Monster Scholar. Shigeru Mizuki stan. Sabre fencer. Seattle boy. Extra fancy
OVERWATCH-MIZUKI: FACING DEMONS, KAIBYO THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN
www.zackdavisson.com
Paul Clarke @cocktailchron.bsky.social New in these parts, and probably about as active here as anywhere else (that's to say, not much). editor @imbibe
S @vidiot.bsky.social Video wrangler, journo, cocktailian, flâneur, shutterbug, quizzer, semi-pro New Yorker, fitful writer, cognitive diffident.
"Tired and emotional." (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.
Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social I make books, drinks, and magic in Portland, Oregon. Founder at Seabird: https://seabirdreader.com/ Read my books: https://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/books-by-jacob-grier/
Marielle @nolachick.bsky.social Author, The Absinthe Frappé (LSU Press) ✍️
Coffee Culture New Orleans, August 2026 ☕
www.mariellesongy.com/books
New Orleans food and cocktail writer 🍽️🍸
Cyclist 🚵♀️
New Orleans native ⚜️
www.mariellesongy.com
Dr Nina S. Studer @drninastuder.bsky.social Historian.
History of medicine & psychiatry, gender issues & drinking studies in the colonial Maghreb. 🗃️🍸
Passionate about literature and theatre.
She/her
https://nina-studer.com
Bill Linnane @billlinnane.bsky.social Ireland's Worst Journalist™
Catoctin Creek @catoctincreek.bsky.social The Virginia Rye Whisky™
Authentic pot-still 100% rye. Est'd 2009. Virginia's most awarded whisky.
www.catoctincreek.com
#truecraft #vaspirits
Whiskeyfellow @whiskeyfellow.bsky.social Whiskey consultant, experienced whiskey judge, Kentucky Colonel, Bourbon Mafia member, Stave & Thief Society. Honest reviews, exciting whiskey events, and creative copywriting. Must be 21+.
https://whiskeyfellow.net
https://linktr.ee/Whiskeyfellow
The Boozebuddy @boozebuddy.bsky.social If you're looking for a buddy to share booze news - look no farther than The Boozebuddy Update boozebuddyupdate.com
Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
Bourbonaut @bourbonaut.bsky.social I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour.
Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
San Francisco, Ca
Travis @travisr.bsky.social Lover of Arran, Islay and all things whisky. Lagg cask society. Slàinte
Maggie Kimberl @lougirl502.bsky.social Kentucky Colonel and Tennessee Squire. American Whiskey Magazine, Whisky Magazine, Alcohol Professor, Distiller Mag, etc. Chair, World Whiskies Awards. Libourbian 🥃 BLM LLAP Feral AF
Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social Not just history of cocktails, but history through cocktails
Podcast: http://monsterinaglass.podomatic.com
Jordan @cocktailchem.bsky.social
Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. 🏳️🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW, KCSN & current KPFK radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome
Rich Delorme @richardelm.bsky.social Introduced to applejack in Saucier’s “Bottoms Up” and now there is no turning back
Search Bluesky feeds for ‘Cheers! A Drinks Feed’
https://www.instagram.com/20thcenturypour/profilecard/?igsh=OHlqMDN3eWM4OXpj
Richard Auffrey @richardpf.bsky.social Food, Wine, Sake, & Spirits Writer (passionatefoodie.blogspot.com). Author of Tipsy Sensei series. Voracious reader. Fan of TTRPGs. Cat lover.
Jesse Casey @jessecasey.com I guess I'm posting my cocktails now
Frederic Yarm @fredericyarm.bsky.social Boston bartender, cocktail blogger, author of Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book and Boston Cocktails: Drunk & Told. He/him.
Martin Doudoroff @doudoroff.com Publisher of popular cocktail/tropical drink software, Cocktail Kingdom Librarian, notorious pedant, and fan of Oxford comma. He/him/hey you.
@ginmonkeyuk.bsky.social @ginmonkeyuk.bsky.social
@virginiamiller.bsky.social @virginiamiller.bsky.social
Circumstance Distillery @circumstancewhisky.bsky.social Organic English Whisky Distillery in Bristol
B Corp
https://circumstancedistillery.com
Old Humble Distilling @oldhumble.bsky.social We make the finest whiskey in all the land. Occasionally funny. Fans of Humble, Houston, Texas, University of Houston, Big XII, Bourbon, baseball, football, food, fun, and just about any whiskey related topics. Not afraid to mix it up.
Kara Newman @karanewman.bsky.social Drinks & travel writer. Serial cocktail book author. Spirits reviewer. IG: newman_kara
Matthew Rowley @mbrowley.bsky.social Write | Lift | Travel | James Beard finalist | Past Southern Foodways Alliance board | Contributing editor, Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails | 🏡 San Diego | Typos no extra charge.
Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social Next round's on me
Susannah SB @whattastesgood.bsky.social Tasting and writing about whisky and all things spirituous since 2012. she/her
susannahskiverbarton.com
Lincoln C. @lincolnwrites.bsky.social Nerd. Cocktail Journalist. Cigar Partizan. Bar Reviewer. Consultant. Spirits Enthusiast. 2025 Spirited Awards TOC Judge. Spirits storyteller.
John Tremain @alpinejohnny.bsky.social Trapped in a world he never made. I’m here for the beverages. Working my way through the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, entry by random entry
Can't See The Wood For The Whisky @clairev.bsky.social Mainly whisky.
Refreshingly frank, so I'm told.
Don't follow me if you are going to get political.
I don't care about your cat.
Whisky & hort over on substack:
https://clairevokins.substack.com/
John Egan 🥃🐈 @whiskeycat1324.bsky.social Welcome! Here for #Whiskey #CraftBeer #Wine #Food #Hurling #Travel #InternationalTrade
Most important thing to be in life - Be Sound.
#KindnessMatters 🇮🇪 #FBPE 🇪🇺 #FBR 🇺🇸
Maggie Hoffman @maggiehoffman.bsky.social Host, The Dinner Plan podcast. I also write What to Drink on Substack. Formerly digital director, Epicurious. Author of Batch Cocktails and The One-Bottle Cocktail. Cookbook enthusiast.
Steve Reddicliffe @steveredd13.bsky.social Editor, new NYT Essential Book of Cocktails. Prev: NYT (Intl Edition, Travel, Media), TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly.
I Need a Cocktail @iantuck.bsky.social Former spirits importer. Software Engineer: sold my first program in 1980 at thirteen years old. Customs Broker, technologist, entrepreneur, progressive, I enjoy quality cocktail bars as "3rd places". Long list of hobbies, mediocre at them all.
The GIN is IN @theginisin.com Author and gin historian. Based out of Denver, CO.
Writing about gin since 2009. Gin Guild member since 2019.
IG: @theginisin
https://theginisin.com - S @saraandthebear.bsky.social @saraandthebear.bsky.social
Punks With Purpose @punkswpurpose.bsky.social On 9th June 2021 we published an open letter to BrewDog on behalf of former and current employees. Since then, we’ve been working to hold BrewDog accountable for their promise of change, and to ensure the truth about what happened is not forgotten.
Burum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social Drinks magazine focussing on inclusivity, good vibes, accessible education & workers rights 🏴
Purchase our zine Service, Please! today ⬇️🌾🍎🍇
linktr.ee/burumcollective
@brokenclockvodka.bsky.social @brokenclockvodka.bsky.social
Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social Freelance journalist and co-author of Beer Breaks in Britain: www.philmellows.com, @BeerBreaks.bsky.social, @drinkingstudies.bsky.social, @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social Booze. Cocktails. Randomness.
Sam Espensen @samespensen.bsky.social Ex hack/flack, now booze maker, film lover, book nerd in Bristol. Espensenspirit.com
Rum Reviews with James PR @rumreviews.bsky.social The BlueSky Rum Review Guy!
Discussing Rum!
Tasting Rum!
Loving Rum!
Daisy Alys Turnell @daisyturnell.bsky.social Craft beer’s resident gigantor
✿ Founder @craftbeerncl.bsky.social
✿ Co-owner @tipplemarketing.bsky.social
linktr.ee/daisyturnell
📍 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Paul Whitson 🥃 @crozeability.bsky.social Mostly Whisky, sometimes other things
📍Lasswade
We found love, oh
So don't fight it
Life is a rollercoaster
Just gotta ride it
Jake Mountain @jakemountain.bsky.social Doer of things at Master of Malt and Pour & Sip 🥃
Jared Brown @jaredbdistilled.bsky.social Drinks historian, Sipsmith co-founder & master distiller. New book: A Most Noble Water. Twist over and discard please
Billy Abbott @billyabbott.co.uk Drinks geek, writer, educator and general drinker. The Whisky Exchange Amabassador, Whisky Squad Co-boss, writer of The Philosophy of Whisky, and fan of hats, coffee and fountain pens.
Jamie Baxter @jamiebaxter.bsky.social Distiller and Distillery builder. Shadow Minister for Sport (please send free tickets)
#craftdistillingservices
Markus Raupach @bamberg.bsky.social Author, Beer Sommelier, Beer Judge from Bamberg, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, Earth.
Werde Biersommelier/-sommeliére, Bierfachfrau/-mann, Braufachfrau/-mann, BeerJudge. Infos: bierakademie.net, kulturgeschichte-bier.de, biertalk.de // mail@an.m
Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social Freelance food & drink writer and photographer • founder @pelliclemag.com • columnist at The Mill, Ferment, What’s Brewing & lots more.📍Stockport
More about me and my work: www.totalales.co.uk // www.pelliclemag.com
Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social NYC-based writer (latest 📕 SIGNATURE COCKTAILS), lipstick wearer, music lover, broad about town. Not related to publishing co. Well aware windowsill needs a paint job.
The Schudown newsletter on Buttondown. https://buttondown.com/Schudown
Fiona Beckett @fibeckett.bsky.social Bristol-based former Guardian wine writer. Food and wine pairing geek. Publisher matchingfoodandwine.com and Eat This, Drink That on Substack fionabeckett.substack.com. @fibeckett_winematcher on insta
Todd Alström @toddalstrom.bsky.social Founder, BeerAdvocate | https://beeradvocate.com
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social Blogging and commenting about beer for quite a while.
Stephen Beaumont @beaumontdrinks.bsky.social Author, writer, reviewer of spirits and beer at beaumontdrinks.com.
Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant, mainly on beer, pubs, food, drink, social history.
http://petebrown.net
http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer
Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
Natasha Hughes @natashahughesmw.bsky.social Master of Wine, greedy girl, keen traveller. Married to a genuine genius. Glass always 1/2 full: sometimes gamay, syrah or, occasionally, water. Currently writing a book on Beaujolais. Yum!
Japan Distilled Podcast @japandistilled.bsky.social A podcast about Japanese spirits (the kind you drink) brought to you by our hosts Christopher Pellegrini & Stephen Lyman. Please enjoy responsibly. Kanpai!
Steve Rush @thewhiskywire.bsky.social A leading Spirits Writer, Content Creator, Communicator, PR & Comms Consultant and Social Media Drambassador. Thinking out of the cask since 2010.🥃
www.thewhiskywire.com
Scott Harris @scohar70.bsky.social Whisky maker. Birder. Entrepreneur. LGBT+ ally. Cocktail drinker. Georgia Tech 1992, 1994 🐝.
(He/him... well, I don't really care what you call me, just don't call me late for dinner!)
Chief drunk at @catoctincreek.bsky.social
Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social Rye whisky maker @catoctincreek, American Craft Spirits Assn past president, Secretary STEPUP Foundation
General nerd and middling practicer of several textile arts
Lou @bclou.bsky.social Craft Distiller, gardener, equestrian, lover of all animals; living in rural areas of BC so I need to keep in touch with the world.
Lisa K 🇨🇦 @lildeucekoop.bsky.social All about cocktails, wanderlust, short stories and big words. Autism and adoptive parent. Proud Canadian. Go Oilers! Dei Gratia.
AtomicDucks @drinkieswith.me Lisa Dotzauer. Drinks Writer & Judge. Cider Advocate. Wine & Spirits Enthusiast. Stout and Porter Girl.
Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social A small independent brewery based in Glasgow producing beer in a wide range of styles since 2019.
Andrew Miller @millercricket.bsky.social UK editor of ESPNcricinfo. Crap twitcher
Alex Mennie @menniedrinks.com He / Him.
🥃✍🏻 Whisky and cocktail writer
🤖⚖️ Digital marketing lawyer
⛵️📸 Sometime sailor and film photographer
menniedrinks.substack.com
Felipe Schrieberg @schriebergfr.bsky.social Whisky writer and author, musician, indie bottler, tastings host.
My job is blending music and whisky together in as many weird and wonderful ways as possible.
Dave Infante @dinfontay.com reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers.email), and east end richmond (chlookout.com) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. From Bridgwater, in Bristol. Writer, content designer. Ghost stories, films. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: my book Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4
Brew York 🗽🚖🌃🏳️🌈🍺🇺🇦 @brewyork.beer 📰 I'm Chris, serving beer news to NYC since 2008
✈️ Roaming the world for good beer
🍻 4,000+ breweries visited globally
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DC Beer @dcbeer.com DC's inclusive beer community and news hub. Events, The DC Beer Show Podcast, and more!
Oh yeah, Maryland and Virginia, too! dcbeer.com/links
Evan Rail @evanrail.bsky.social He / him. Author of “The Absinthe Forger.” Monthly drinks columnist at VinePair, freelance contributor to the NYT, etc. Included in Best Food Writing, The NY Times Book of Wine and elsewhere. Prague Post food writer, 2000-2006. Jdeme na jedno.
Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social Director of Paragraph Operations, Beervana Worldwide Industries. (Also: the Beer Bible, Secrets of Master Brewers, etc.) jeff@beervanablog.com
www.beervanablog.com
Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social In Bristol. Beer blogging in the UK since 2007. Also wrote some books about beer and pubs. Header image shows a detail from the cover of one. Won't repost if you don't use alt text. Find us at boakandbailey.com
Beer Nouveau @beernouveau.co.uk Brewer and Brewing Historian, holistic commentator on the hospitality industry.
David Wondrich @davidwondrich.bsky.social Barroom historian. Author of The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, Imbibe, Punch and a mess of other books. Ardent Wet. Brooklynite and part-time Triestino. Intellegentia mechanice generata delenda est.
Stan Hieronymus @stanhieronymus.bsky.social Standard issue optimistic skeptic. That's me with Kermit Ruffins in the tiny circle, a signal I may post about roots music even though people associate me with beer (appellationbeer.com), and specifically with hops (hopqueries.com/subscribe).
Brian Alberts @brewedculture.org Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. He/him
Melissa Cole @melissacolebeer.bsky.social Beer hack/International beer judge of mystery/Bad cricketer/Worse fisher
Order my books here http://tinyurl.com/z9jd2ru or http://tinyurl.com/da95798b/
Loathe Scampi Fries but any other hate has no home on this timeline. https://linktr.ee/MelissaColeBeer
Camper English @alcademics.bsky.social Cocktail writer, author of The Ice Book (2023) and Doctors and Distillers (2022). Now also giving SF cocktail history tours and water tasting classes.
https://www.alcademics.com
Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social Marcel Haas: Certified enjoyer of beer (Diplom Biersommelier) in the Netherlands. Adventures in the land of beer tasting, teaching and geeking! Untappd: @harcel
#craftbeer #beer #brewery #brewing
Leeds International Beer Festival @leedsbeer.bsky.social 3- 6 September 2026
Kirkstall Abbey
www.leedsbeer.com
Bryan Roth @bryandroth.bsky.social ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Em Sauter @pintsandpanels.bsky.social #VisualDrinksEducation. Founder/Cartoonist of Pints and Panels. Advanced Cicerone. Intl Beer Judge. Author. Journalist. Happiest when on a train, drinking good beer or watching baseball.
Pellicle @pelliclemag.com We’re your favourite ~award winning~ independent drinks, pubs and food magazine/podcast. The joy is the point.
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Andreas Krennmair @akrennmair.bsky.social 🇦🇹 living in 🇩🇪. Software developer. I like, brew and write about beer.
https://dafteejit.com/
Kate Bernot @kbernot.bsky.social Lead analyst at Feel Goods Insights
Bylines in The Washington Post, Craft Beer & Brewing, Bon Appetit, Imbibe, elsewhere
@nagbw.bsky.social’s Writer of the Year 2025
University of Montana Law class of 2029
📍Missoula, MT
Adrian Tierney-Jones @atjbeer.bsky.social Journalist, author, speaker on pubs, beer, travel. Daily Star beer guy, occasional beer op-ed for DT, features Pellicle, Ferment and others. Latest book, A Pub for all Seasons, paperback now out.
Agent: Kevin Pocklington, North Literary Agency.
Michael Kiser @mpkiser.bsky.social Co-founder of Feel Goods | Halfday draft cocktails | Good Beer Hunting (JBA Winner) | Sightlines. SAIC MFA poetry. Forest Preserve volunteer.
Barry M @barmas.bsky.social Maker of Kertelreiter cider & perry. Planter of orchards. Perry pear freak, wannabe pomologist, cider historian, ex-homebrewer. Editor & writer at Cider Review. Certified Pommelier. Irish in Germany. Owned by a border collie.