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. 
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
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Scotty’s Drams @scottysdrams.bsky.social Whisky appreciator based in Speyside. Rowie connoisseur. Drink beer from time to time. Known to be acerbic on occasion.
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Bill Linnane @billlinnane.bsky.social Ireland's Worst Journalist™
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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
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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social Cocktail and cultural history blogger at http://libationlegacy.wordpress.com
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Andrew Bohrer @andrewbohrer.bsky.social writer, illustrator, bartender, cocktail historian, knight-errant, shaggy-dog, andrewbohrer.com
Tiki Tom-Tom @tiki-tom-tom.bsky.social Polynesiac. Author. Photographer. Artist. Sewist. Educator. Musician. Wanderer.
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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.
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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.
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Marielle @nolachick.bsky.social Author, The Absinthe Frappé (LSU Press) ✍️
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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social I enjoy cocktails, French fries, and science fiction. Queer. 🏳️🌈 He/him. Trekkie. 🖖🏻 Former KCRW & KCSN radio host & music programmer, Angeleno from New Orleans. Growing luminous by eating light. Retired. http://mixcloud.com/safeathome
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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social Not just history of cocktails, but history through cocktails
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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).
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. 🍸
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
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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.🥃
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Cider Review @ciderreview.bsky.social Award-winning, independent reviews, interviews & articles on cider, perry & the cultures that give them life. The world’s most regular source of #cider content.
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Pronoun: Whisk-he
American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social AAWE is a non-profit organization based at NYU in New York City.
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Becky Harris @ryewhisky.bsky.social Rye whisky maker @catoctincreek, American Craft Spirits Assn past president, Secretary STEPUP Foundation
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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)
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Jared Brown @jaredbdistilled.bsky.social Drinks historian, Sipsmith co-founder & master distiller. New book: A Most Noble Water. Twist over and discard please
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Besha Rodell @besharodell.bsky.social Writer, eater and whisky drinker. Chief dining critic, @theageaustralia @goodfoodau @goodweekendmag. Contributor, @nytimes. EIC @aplusinsights
Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking. 
Minott Kerr @nolomk.bsky.social I do consumable liquids seriously, very seriously. Cultural attaché Sterling Coffee Roasters and Aria Gin. Former: civil servant/server whisperer; medieval architectural historian/archeologist; forest fire fighter.
Anthony Gladman @anthonygladman.com Drinks writer. I visit distilleries, find hidden bars, bring back stories. Author, Gin A Tasting Course. Guild of Food Writers 🏆 drinks writer 2022. WSET L3 Spirits. Monsieur le Francophile 👉 linktr.ee/agladman
Steve Reddicliffe @steveredd13.bsky.social Editor, new NYT Essential Book of Cocktails. Prev: NYT (Intl Edition, Travel, Media), TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly.
Megan Krigbaum @mdkrigbaum.bsky.social wine/drinks/travel writer and editor
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.
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!
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.
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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.
James Beeson @beesononbooze.bsky.social Drinks editor at leading trade magazine The Grocer. Slice and sando enthusiast. Live music lover. Long-suffering Spurs fan.
Catoctin Creek @catoctincreek.bsky.social The Virginia Rye Whisky™
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Bourbonaut @bourbonaut.bsky.social I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour.
Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
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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:
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Rich Delorme @richardelm.bsky.social Introduced to applejack in Saucier’s “Bottoms Up” and now there is no turning back
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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
Lincoln C. @lincolnwrites.bsky.social Nerd. Cocktail Journalist. Cigar Partizan. Bar Reviewer. Consultant. Spirits Enthusiast. 2025 Spirited Awards TOC Judge. Spirits storyteller.
Susannah SB @whattastesgood.bsky.social Tasting and writing about whisky and all things spirituous since 2012. she/her
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social Next round's on me
Frederic Yarm @fredericyarm.bsky.social Boston bartender, cocktail blogger, author of Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book and Boston Cocktails: Drunk & Told. He/him.
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Kara Newman @karanewman.bsky.social Drinks & travel writer. Serial cocktail book author. Spirits reviewer. IG: newman_kara
Evan Rail @evanrail.bsky.social He / him. Author of “The Absinthe Forger.” Monthly drinks columnist at VinePair, freelance contributor to the NYT, WSJ, etc. Included in Best Food Writing, The NY Times Book of Wine, etc. Former Prague Post food writer (2000-2006). Jdeme na jedno.
Jesse Casey @jessecasey.com I guess I'm posting my cocktails now
Sarah Miller @ginadingding.bsky.social Drinks writer and judge
Spirits columnist for Drinksbiz magazine
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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.
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
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.
3BR DISTILLERY @3brdistillery.bsky.social Soviet-punk distillery.
Vodka from peas & more.
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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.
Quincy Street Distillery @qsdistillery.bsky.social Craft distillery specializing in historically inspired spirits, handcrafted for the creative palette, in historic Riverside, IL. Artisanal whiskeys, gins & more. WebSite: quincystreetdistillery.com Instagram/Snapchat: qsdistillery
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Max - The Whisky Explorer @thewhiskyexplorer.co.uk A #blog, documenting another man's journey through the #discovery of #whisky. 🥃 - 🔞Drink responsibly.
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Brave New Spirits Ltd @bravenewspirits.bsky.social Independent Bottler & Blender of Scotch Whisky. Owners of Witchburn Distillery in Campbeltown (opening 2026)
2026 Independent Bottler of The Year (Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky)
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Aqvavitae @aqvavitae.bsky.social Whisky evangelist. vPub host. Dramface founder. OSWA co-founder.
Lindores Abbey Distillery @lindoresabbey.bsky.social 🥃 The spiritual home of Scotch whisky, distilling once again after 523 years.
🔞 Sip responsibly | over 18s only
📍Newburgh, Fife, Scotland 🏴
The Glasgow Distillery Co. @glasgowdc.bsky.social Stories With Spirit. Home to Glasgow 1770 Single Malt, Makar Gin, Malt Riot Whisky + more libations.
Ardgowan Distillery @ardgowandistillery.bsky.social A new distillery near Inverkip on the Clyde River. www.ardgowandistillery.com/distillery
Circumstance Distillery @circumstancewhisky.bsky.social Organic English Whisky Distillery in Bristol
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