Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
John Hodgman @hodgman.bsky.social Good evening. My name is John Hodgman. You are invited to join a secret society: hodgman.substack.com
Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social Founder of The Food Section, an award-winning daily newsletter for readers who want to better understand the South and its people through food. Read and subscribe at thefoodsection.com
Tim Carman @timcarman.bsky.social Food writer for The Washington Post.
Carrie Smith @clickychick.bsky.social Joy is an act of resistance.
Designer of spaces. Eater of morsels.
Imbiber of cocktails. Traveler of lands.
Publisher at WonkPress.com: Books for spirited people!
Oh & co-author of Minimalist Tiki & Modern Caribbean Rum!
Leah van Deventer @leahvandeventer.bsky.social Drinks writer, educator & judge. Exploring the planet one cocktail at a time. Here for the fresh air.
www.leahvandeventer.com
T. Cole Newton @tcolenewton.bsky.social Poly, partnered, pop. Bar owner, tender, write-abouter. I’m on boards: USBG, NOWCS. And I love you.
@revrobertsinewave.bsky.social @revrobertsinewave.bsky.social new orleans, turning tables, vinyl nerd, the consumers research & development label.
Lavinia Spalding @laviniaspalding.bsky.social Series editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing, author of Writing Away, co-author of Hell's Backbone cookbooks & Frommer’s New Orleans. Words in NYT, Tin House, Longreads, TEDx, AFAR, etc. Co-host of There She Goes podcast, co-founder of Studio Unfurl.
vegetable melange @athousandpicnics.net Uncommonly spirited (two decades of bourbon opinions), amateur raconteur (sparsely edited), a thousand picnics or none.
He/Him. Louisville, KY
Dominic Venegas @domvenegas.bsky.social A convivial, spiritual hellion. Sailing the seas of hospitality, cocktails, and spirits.
California/New York soul based in Ireland.
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
Lew Bryson @lewbryson.bsky.social Author: American Whiskey Master Class, Whiskey Master Class, Tasting Whiskey.
Seen Through A Glass: central PA Booze & Food podcast.
In the smack-dab center of the Keystone State. Corgi dad. Rural life coach.
https://www.seenthroughaglass.com/
Kings County Distillery @kingscowhiskey.bsky.social New York City's oldest, largest, and premier whiskey maker, crafting bourbon, rye, and other whiskeys out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 
Jeffrey Morgenthaler @jeffmorgen.bsky.social Bartender. Author of The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique, and Drinking Distilled. Consulting partner at Pacific Standard. Co-creator of Bevnap: iPhone and iPad app. Portland, OR.
RL Reeves Jr @rlreevesjr.bsky.social The Alan Lomax of po boys.
9th Ward. New Orleans. Mayonnaise historian
http://scrumptiouschef.com/
Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social Food + drink, mostly but also sport, culture, cartoons. Author of SMÖRGÅSBORD, SPIRITED, SOLO, HOW TO HYGGE, SCANDILICIOUS 📚
Jordan @cocktailchem.bsky.social 
Frederic Yarm @fredericyarm.bsky.social Boston bartender, cocktail blogger, author of Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book and Boston Cocktails: Drunk & Told. He/him.
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.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
@tikioasis.bsky.social @tikioasis.bsky.social 
Ed Hamilton @edhamilton.bsky.social 
Van Hagen @vanhagen.bsky.social #filmmaker & #photographer aka VanHagen with passion for #cocktails #adventure #art #ai #traveling #rum #pipesmoking #workwear #tiki #motiondesign
Becky Paskin @beckypaskin.bsky.social Whisky, drinks and lifestyle writer and presenter. Founder of the OurWhisky Foundation.
Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social 👨🏻🏫: home bartender, anatomy professor, and midnight snacker
🗓️: posting daily cocktail recipes to my story since 1/1/22
📍: Portland, OR
🏳️🌈🍸🍪👨🏻🔬
anatomyofadrink.com
Liz Lang @lizlang779.bsky.social Miami Latina in Pittsburgh.
Star Picucci @starpicucci.bsky.social DC area tiki fan, board game geek, cat mom
Robert Simonson @robertsimonson.bsky.social Journalist. Cocktails, etc. Author of Substack “The Mix.”
A Spirited Point of View @spiritedview.bsky.social Amateur spirit taster based in Korea. Whisky, gin, rum, soju, shochu, brandy. Formerly glasgowhisky on twitter
Tasting opinions are my own.
https://youtube.com/@spiritedview?si=6MLgEPSsaacWyYsa
Mark A. Vierthaler @realwhiskyicarus.bsky.social 🥃 Head Distiller/Blender at Whiskey Del Bac. Whiskey and spirits expert, educator, general good guy. 🥃
Robert Haynes-Peterson @haynespeterson.bsky.social Lead Editor: Outdoor Guide
Lifestyle writer at Inside Hook, Alcohol Professor.
NYC -> SEA.
Raise a glass to freedom 🥃
CocktailMD @cocktailmd.bsky.social 
Bradley Thomas Stephens @bradleystephens.bsky.social Former Vice President of the United States Bartenders Guild
Former co-owner of Cereus in Portland
Ram Udwin @boydrinksworld.bsky.social Founder and President of Boy Drinks World Bitters. To be found at boydrinksworld.com
Full time booze rep for JVS imports.
Skateboarder.
🥃 Straight Up 615 🥃 @caryannfuller.bsky.social I'm a whiskey girl in a whiskey world doing the Lord's work with the Devil's brew. 📍Nashville, TN
BoozeGeekSouth @boozegeeksouth.bsky.social Just a guy, sipping and learning and sipping.. More active on Instagram (for now), hope to be doing more writing soon. IBD/WSET/SWE/ITA/EWA and more..
Darcy O’Neil @artofdrink.bsky.social 
JustinCanCook @justincancook.bsky.social Escapism. Rum. Biostatistics. Parties. Boston. Maine.
Rum shirts: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustinCaribbean
Luke the Escapist @yeticlub.bsky.social Theme Parks, Disney, Tiki, Star Wars, Horror Enthusiast
https://youtube.com/@yeticlub?si=2M8vTYOKLG0S9Ae3
The Joy of Cocktails @thejoyofcocktails.bsky.social 🍸🥃🍷🥂🍺🍻We help home bar enthusiasts curate vintage glassware collections that add character to every bar & history to every sip. Our motto: The best garnish is vintage glass.
Website: TheJoyOfCocktails.com
Mark Gillespie @whiskycast.bsky.social Host of the WhiskyCast podcast, and yes, I drink for a living. More than just whisky commentary, though! Proud to be a Journalist! Likes ≠ endorsements.
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
Adam Newman @breadth.dev Joining then ignoring social networks
Brad Drell @whiskeyjarblog.bsky.social I blog about whiskey at whiskeyjar.blog.
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
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
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
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.
Richard Seale @rlseale.bsky.social I make rum
Zach Geballe @zgeballe.bsky.social Seattle-based co-host and producer of the VinePair Podcast, wine and spirits writer, bartender/sommelier at large, dad.
Also on Instagram: @zgeballe
Tim McKirdy @timmckirdy.bsky.social Managing Editor: VinePair
Host: Cocktail College podcast
Marco Dionysos @cocktailgeek.bsky.social 
Kara Newman @karanewman.bsky.social Drinks & travel writer. Serial cocktail book author. Spirits reviewer. IG: newman_kara
Jesse Casey @jessecasey.com I guess I'm posting my cocktails now
Keith Pandolfi @kpandolfi.bsky.social Restaurant & Dining writer at the Cincinnati Enquirer. James Beard Award-Winner. I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees. 
Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social Not just history of cocktails, but history through cocktails
Podcast: http://monsterinaglass.podomatic.com
Al Sotack @alsotack.bsky.social Bar person. Beverage writer. Brand developer. Amaretto enthusiast. This is my personal account. 
Susannah SB @whattastesgood.bsky.social Tasting and writing about whisky and all things spirituous since 2012. she/her
susannahskiverbarton.com
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
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
Prairie Rose @bitbyafox.bsky.social Senior Drinks Editor @Food & Wine | Bit by a Fox Podcast | Author of Mixology For Beginners | PNW-raised, NYC-grown, LA-based 
Megan Krigbaum @mdkrigbaum.bsky.social wine/drinks/travel writer and editor
Steve Reddicliffe @steveredd13.bsky.social Editor, new NYT Essential Book of Cocktails. Prev: NYT (Intl Edition, Travel, Media), TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly.
Brad Thomas Parsons @btparsons.bsky.social Writer. James Beard Award author of BITTERS, AMARO, DISTILLERY CATS, and LAST CALL.
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.
Tony Sachs @retromannyc.bsky.social Drinks writer for Forbes and Alcohol Professor, among others. Wild about dumplings and burgers. 20th century music enthusiast. Unapologetic Yankees fan. Proud Democrat. Husband, dad, New Yorker.
Jake Parrott @jakehparrott.bsky.social Portfolio manager, Haus Alpenz. Stirred drinks, race cars, and travel grousing, mostly.
Sercial is not a dessert wine.
Giuseppe Gonzalez @giuseppegonzalez.bsky.social Father. Sober. Bartender. Diabetic. Nihilist with moments of deep empathy for interesting people. 
Chris MacCocktail @maccocktail.bsky.social Booze. Cocktails. Randomness.
Nick Crutchfield @caskproof.bsky.social Traveler, Boozehound, Drinks Expert, Sake Nut, Whiskeyman and Agave Nerd. Ever the student and always seeking Neverland.
Host at Talefeather Podcast.
Tim “Swanky” Glazner @swankpad.bsky.social Tiki/Mai-Kai historian. Don the Beachcomber biographer. Author. Lecturer. Computer Scientist.
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 
Anistatia @anistatia.bsky.social Drinks historian. Co-author of A Most Noble Water: Revisiting the Origins of English Gin. Publisher of Mixellany Limited.
Frank Caiafa @handlebarsnyc.bsky.social Author, The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book (Penguin)•James Beard finalist •
Beverage & hospitality consulting•
Luxury hotels & restaurant groups•
Link for personalized books & inquiries 📗👇
https://handlebarsnyc.com/waldorf-astoria-bar-book
Timo Janse @timojanse.bsky.social After seeing the financial accounting life
was not for him, Timo decided to be as good
a bartender as he could be. The first time he
was allowed behind the stick of a bar, he
knew it was his favourite place in the world. Co-owner of three cocktail bars
Andrew Bohrer @andrewbohrer.bsky.social writer, illustrator, bartender, cocktail historian, knight-errant, shaggy-dog, andrewbohrer.com
Wayne Curtis @wcurtis.bsky.social Freelance this and that
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
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/
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. 🍸
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 @latitude29nola.bsky.social A restaurant and a person. Also home to the Bum for the moment, so maybe a "persons" is more appropriate. Here for the NOLATwitter & the service industry
https://latitude29nola.com
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
Cachaca Dave (Dave Catania) @cachacadave.bsky.social The official Blue Sky Social Media account for Dave Catania AKA “Cachaca Dave” Spirits Evangelist for Burke Distibuting, Massachussets. Fortaleza, El Dorado, Moutai, Springbank, Malort and more. You’re Welcome. (Follow me to find what you need)
H. Joseph Ehrmann @hjosephehrmann.bsky.social I have built a career around the bar I opened 20 years ago, the people I met because of it, and the things they've taught me. 
TheFloatingRumShack @floatingrumshack.bsky.social Authentic Rum is the best spirit in the world.
Our Rum journey started in 2009.
Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai @ultimatemaitai.bsky.social The world’s leading feed of Mai Tai minutia. UltimateMaiTai.com #maitai #tikibar
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
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.
PUNCH Media @punchmediapr.bsky.social Exceptional editorial coverage for all things food, beverage & beyond 🥊 https://linktr.ee/punchmediapr
Chuck Cowdery @chuckcowdery.bsky.social I write about American whiskey and other things. Follow me here and at the Chuck Cowdery Blog.
United States Bartenders’ Guild @usbg.bsky.social Uniting and elevating the bar industry through education, community, and advocacy.
https://linktr.ee/usbg_official
https://usbg.org/
Jim Meehan @mixography.bsky.social Author of The PDT Cocktail Book, Meehan’s Bartender Manual and The Bartender’s Pantry. Democracy Lover.
Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social 2026 Hugo Awards administrator. Booze and cocktail history nerd. I host the My Tiny Bottles podcast & YouTube series (mytinybottles.com), and teach cocktail classes online and in-person as Tammy's Tastings (tammystastings.com).
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
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.
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.
Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social Cocktail and cultural history blogger at http://libationlegacy.wordpress.com
CompactDisc sales on Discogs https://www.discogs.com/seller/DougInDC
Contributor to the Oxford Guide to Spirits & Cocktails
Also, Python/Spark/SQL data analysis and ETL.
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.