Erik Ellestad (eje) in the SF Chronicle

[Pam R]

Anybody who frequents the Spirits & Cocktails forum has probably noticed that forum host, Erik Ellestad, has been Stomping through the Savoy for over a year now.

Now the San Fransisco Chronicle has noticed as well:

Last year, Erik Ellestad, a cocktail aficionado and systems administrator at UCSF, decided to drink his way through a classic recipe book.

Though he initially considered "The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book," he found a cocktail every couple pages that required an obscure or unavailable ingredient, so he chose the easier-seeming "Savoy Cocktail Book" from 1930. On his path to making the book's 750 drinks, he hit his first snag at the second recipe: The namesake spirit in the absinthe cocktail had been banned in the United States since 1912.

Read the full article at SFGate.com.

Congratulations, Erik!