[1] Hess is the author of The Essential Bartender's Guide: How to Make Truly Great Cocktails published by Mud Puddle Books in 2008.
He is also the host of "The Cocktail Spirit," an online video series published by the Small Screen Network.
Hess also writes a column entitled "Classic Cocktails" for the bi-monthly fine beverage publication, Mutineer Magazine.
Hess has been married to noted New York City bartender Audrey Saunders since 2011.
He originally worked on the OS/2 project, a partnership between Microsoft and IBM, where he was the System Marketer which performed roughly the same duty as today's technology evangelists.