'Dylan Ettinger - Serious Eats'

Location: Los Angeles, California

Education: Indiana University

Dylan Ettinger is a Los Angeles-based writer specializing in cocktails, spirits, barware, and coffee.

Highlights:

He has over a decade of experience in the beverage and service industry including tending bar, opening cafes, and working in specialty coffee distribution.
He has traveled to distilleries all over the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Mexico, sampling spirits and learning from master distillers.
Has over three years of experience tasting, assessing, and reviewing all categories of distilled spirits with an emphasis on whisk(e)y and rum.

Experience

Dylan is a long-time coffee and hospitality professional turned writer with a passion for learning and a commitment to research. He specializes in covering distilled spirits and the culture surrounding them but also writes extensively about cocktails, glassware, bar tools, and coffee brewing equipment. Bylines include Food and Wine, VinePair, Liquor.com, InsideHook, Epicurious, and The Educated Barfly.

Favorite purchase:

Fellow Opus Coffee Grinder

Education

Dylan holds a BA in Anthropology from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Other Works:

We Tested Whiskey Glasses to Find the Best Ones for Single Pours and Mixed Drinks - Serious Eats
We Tested 12 Boston Shakers–Here’s How Our Favorites Shake Out - Serious Eats

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