Twitter Tutorial! The best drinks tweeps to follow pt. 1

This feature appeared in the September issue of Australian Bartender Magazine.

If it’s worth tweeting, it’s worth tweeting properly – get to know your way around this valuable networking application

by David Spanton

The idea of having open communication with people and that anyone can listen in puzzled me and in many ways it still does, as there is no doubt there are many people who spend way too much time ‘following’ and tweet way too much useless information. This includes my number one gripe being people who tweet using Foursquare and informing everyone where he or she is every five minutes!

Those tweeps and their stalkers aside there are many good reasons you should get into Twitter, and frankly I think it’s way more beneficial and interesting than Facebook will ever be. Don’t get me wrong, Facebook is great. It’s just if I had to choose between one or the other then Twitter would win, hands down.

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So with that idea in mind I thought I’d share with you some of the best drinks, bar people and brands that I have been following over the past few years. You can see for yourself how Twitter can open up a whole new world of great information. You’ll probably make some new like-minded friends and definitely be entertained along the way!

I’ll bring you some of my favourite local twitterers tomorrow in part 2!

10 of Dave’s favourite international tweeps worth tweeting

@kingcocktl
Author of The Craft of the Cocktail and The Essential Cocktail New York · http://www.kingcocktail.com
Author of The Craft of the Cocktail and The Essential Cocktail New York · http://www.kingcocktail.com
@davebroomwhisky
@davebroomwhisky - whisky writer, teacher, talker and Glaswegian
Whisky writer, teacher, talker and Glaswegian
@Liquor
Liquor.com is your expert guide to all things cocktails and spirits. San Francisco, CA
@Liquor Liquor.com is your expert guide to all things cocktails and spirits. San Francisco, CA
@gazregan
Cocktail Columnist for San Francisco Chronicle, host of gazregan.com, publisher of newsletters for bartenders worldwide. New York
@gazregan Cocktail Columnist for San Francisco Chronicle, host of gazregan.com, publisher of newsletters for bartenders worldwide. New York
@vodkaprofessor
Constantly mobile, constantly drinking, a boulevardier
@vodkaprofessor Constantly mobile, constantly drinking, a boulevardier
@ForkandShaker
barkeep, writer of all things drink, food and travel, spends far too much money on fine meals and too much time in bars
@ForkandShaker barkeep, writer of all things drink, food and travel, spends far too much money on fine meals and too much time in bars
@anguswinchester
Drinks maven, 38,000ft normally. http://alconomics.com
@anguswinchester Drinks maven, 38,000ft normally. http://alconomics.com


@philipduff
Your Man In Holland, saloonkeeper, cocktail chap, drinks writer, presenter, volunteer at the orphan dolphin sanctuary... Near Rotterdam or abroad www.liquidsolutions.org
@philipduff Your Man In Holland, saloonkeeper, cocktail chap, drinks writer, presenter, volunteer at the orphan dolphin sanctuary... Near Rotterdam or abroad www.liquidsolutions.org
@SimonJFord
Likes to go to good bars, Spirits Educator, Marketeer, throws the odd party. Travels a lot (too much), New York
@SimonJFord Likes to go to good bars, Spirits Educator, Marketeer, throws the odd party. Travels a lot (too much), New York


@DavidWondrich
Mixographer. Hammer of Thirst and Hammock of Inebriety. Supporter of the GWOT (Global War On Temperance). Author of Imbibe and Punch: www.davidwondrich.com
Mixographer. Hammer of Thirst and Hammock of Inebriety. Supporter of the GWOT (Global War On Temperance). Author of Imbibe and Punch: www.davidwondrich.com




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