🍸 James Bond’s Favorite Bar | Bulletin #116

This week: Wes signed books 📚 and gifts that don't suck 🎁

December 04, 2024

Dan Foley’s Pub 📍 Annascaul, Ireland 📸 Michaela Kelly

Bartenders have been serving up suds for centuries, but one book changed the game entirely. “The Bon Vivant’s Companion” was published in 1862 by Jerry Thomas who took a novel approach to the cocktail craft by ... writing down the recipes. Up until that point, they had been passed down only by word of mouth. Aptly known as the "Father of Mixology", word on the street has it that Thomas made a mean Blue Blazer.

THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

🏆 Win a Wes signed book
🍸 An ode to bartenders
📚 Pleasant preservation
🎁 Gifts that don’t suck

HOLIDAY BOOK SIGNINGS

Wilmington, DE | Dec 8th The first 50 attendees will receive a complimentary book, compass and a chance to win Wes signed copies. Come say hi!

Union Square, NYC | Dec 18th Our favorite Barnes & Noble has invited us to join them for a book signing of epic holiday proportions. RSVP here!

GIVING BACK

Looking for a different type of gift this year? Give the gift of giving back. Here are a few of our friends we’re giving back to this year: the Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, who provide nurses for seriously ill children, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, where you can adopt a penguin, and the Boston Preservation Alliance, where you can take part in preserving history.

In Case You Missed It

We’ve crafted a curious collection of cocktail chronicles for you to sip on with our friends at Hendrick’s. From swinging through Scotland, stopping at a surprising bar in Tokyo and making sure the history of bitters is downloaded into our brains.

🗼 Tokyo: Confidential
🏔️ Denver’s “First” Bar
🍸 What’s a Bar Without Bitters?
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A Most Curious Scottish Excursion

Dukes Hotel📍 London, England 📸 Marjorie Becker

SHAKEN ON ST. JAMES

Sneakily snuggled in the stately streets of St. James sits a simple but elegant barroom inside the Duke Hotel that served as the inspiration for one of the world's most famous drink orders.

French Library📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 📸 Matthew Dickey

WHERE HISTORY MEETS MODERNITÉ

Resting amongst the stately homes of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, there’s more to the red brick façade of 53 Marlborough Street than you might think. Parlez vous Francaise?

GIFTS THAT DON’T SUCK

Wondering what this is? Read the title once more :) We've carefully curated a coronucopia of unique knick-knacks, handcrafted goodies, and things we actually use every day from local businesses, small shops, and fantastic Community creators. Enjoy!

We have something special to give away this week! We’ve teamed up with the fab folks at the Ansel Adams Trust to give away an AA x AWA care package complete with:

Let’s get searching! 🔎

If you’re new here, we’ve put together this handy dandy guide describe the infamous AWA Secret Link.