Micah LeMon’s cocktail guide returns to shelves under a new name

When Micah LeMon titled his 2017 mixology manual, The Imbible: A Cocktail Guide for Beginning and Home Bartenders, he wasn’t expecting a lawsuit.

I’ve only been to the James Beard nominated Alley Light in Charlottesville one time. I mean, I live in Harrisonburg after all. I was there with a friend scoping out his crush who was bartending there at the time. The crush wasn’t Micah LeMon, but he did make a mean cocktail. Recently, LeMon told me the story of his unexpected cocktail book lawsuit, his bungled quest for a James Beard nom. (not his fault, but rather the “pay to play” system he found himself in), and his forage-focused new-book-in-progress. Read the story here.