Here are a few quick notes from Tales of the Cocktail 2014: -Ginger beer is one of my favorite cocktail/mocktail/dessert ingredients.  Copies of the May/June issue of Imbibe were available featuring a homemade ginger beer recipe that I will be trying out in the near future.  If you're not feeling very DIY-y, the Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer tasting room