“The history of cocktails in America is heavily skewed toward the male’s tale when, in fact, that is only half of story of the cocktail’s rise to social prominence. Women are largely absent from the tales of the cocktail until the late 20th century, but they were making, serving, and writing about the scene and its art long before Jerry Thomas’s famed bartender’s guide.”

“The gin myth of ‘Mother’s Ruin’, which was depicted in William Hogarth’s 1751 print, Gin Lane, has colored the perception of alcohol consumption by women for nearly 300 years. Dr. Nicola Nice, who built her brand, Pomp & Whimsy, in an effort to write women back into cocktail history, joins Linda Pelaccio to talk about the history of gin and women.”

“Women have been making cider and brandy for centuries - so where are they in the history books? A look at who gets written into and out of history through the lens of one of the most enduring apple brandy cocktails of all time, the Jack Rose. Our guests on this episode are Dr. Nicola Nice of the Women’s Cocktail Collective, Diane Flynt of Foggy Ridge Cider in Virginia, Jen Querbes of Brandy St. Louise, and Lisa Laird Dunn, a ninth-generation apple brandy distiller from New Jersey.”

“Is there an overtly male point of view in the spirits category? Wine Enthusiast Writer-at-Large and spirits reviewer Kara Newman sat down with Future 40 Tastemaker Dr. Nicola Nice to discuss women in cocktail culture. With a background in consumer insights and branding, Dr. Nice founded botanical gin and liqueur brand Pomp and Whimsy in 2016 when her research suggested women were not taken seriously as consumers of spirits.”

“If you didn’t know that a higher percentage of spirits are sold to women than men you’re not alone - they certainly aren’t marketed that way. Sociologist, spirits producer, and industry pioneer Dr. Nicola Nice talks with the band about branding, producing her own line of spirits and giving women back their rightful place in drinks history.”

“Dr. Nicola Nice is back on the show to talk about what she’s been up to with her gin and her ongoing fight to give women the primacy they deserve in the pantheon of cocktail history. The ongoing battle to right the wrongs of people who wrote it wrong continues this summer at a seminar in New Orleans that Greg and Sother can’t wait for.”

“People have been writing about drinks as long as they’ve been enjoying them. On this episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum are joined by two experts—antiquarian bookseller Lizzy Young and Oxford-educated sociologist and Pomp & Whimsy Gin Liqueur founder Dr. Nicola Nice—to talk about cocktail book collecting and some newly discovered and undervalued volumes.”

“So often when the history of the craft cocktail is told and retold, the contributions and perspectives of women are sadly left out. But what if you were to learn that some of the earliest and most popular books featuring drinks recipes were written by women? Although, this definitely the case, this fact is still largely unknown to many cocktail lovers. To help shed some light on this forgotten period in history, we are joined by Dr. Nicola Nice of Pomp & Whimsy.”