Emma Janzen

Emma Janzen started writing about mezcal, cocktails, beer, and other spirits as the Liquid Austin columnist for the Austin American-Statesman in 2010. Her work has since been published in Bon Appetit , PUNCH , Food Republic , Serious Eats , and more. Her first book, Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit , was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2018. With Julia Momos� of Michelin-starred bar Kumiko, she co-authored The Way of the Cocktail , which...See more

Emma Janzen started writing about mezcal, cocktails, beer, and other spirits as the Liquid Austin columnist for the Austin American-Statesman in 2010. Her work has since been published in Bon Appetit , PUNCH , Food Republic , Serious Eats , and more. Her first book, Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit , was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2018. With Julia Momos� of Michelin-starred bar Kumiko, she co-authored The Way of the Cocktail , which won the James Beard Foundation Book Award in the Beverage with Recipes category in 2022. She won a second James Beard Foundation Book Award in the same category in 2023 for The Bartender's Manifesto , which she co-authored with Toby Maloney. She's currently Digital Content Editor for Imbibe Magazine , working from her home in Chicago. She prefers her mezcal neat, her cocktails made with gin, and her stouts served year-round. See less