Lou Bustamante
Lou Bustamante is a freelance writer covering the bar and cocktail scene for local and national publications, and author of The Complete Cocktail Manual and The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book. Aside from being a prolific cocktail drinker, he has also filled a considerable number of roles within the spirits industry, including working at a distillery and behind the bar.

Disneyland Has Got Nothing on This
A tour of Lost Spirits Distillery includes a rum engineered to taste like the grog that the swashbuckling sailors in Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride might drink
Dec 6, 2018

It's Got to Be 5 p.m. Somewhere
An early morning pub crawl encounters firefighters, police officers, bus drivers, baggage handlers, bakers, warehouse workers and hospital workers -- anyone who needs a drink
Nov 20, 2018

Return of the Tiki
Tiki bars—as much about atmosphere as booze—are back and better than ever.
Feb 1, 2018