#1 - The Flavor Profile

For those of you who think there are already enough drinks blogs on the internet… Hello. I’m glad you decided to fight your instincts and gave this one a chance. “Maybe it will be different”, the little voice in the back of your mind will say, “maybe this one is the one I’ve been looking for this whole time”. Well, maybe it is.

This is a place where we will explore all the facets of beverages, consumption, production and everything in between. We will taste wines and talk about them. We will taste Champagnes and beers and talk about them as well. We will taste spirits, make cocktails out of them, make the ingredients for the cocktails and try new and probably not-that-great drinks that I will come up with, probably on the fly. Anything that you have ever tasted or ever will taste has the potential of being reviewed and talked about in this blog, from waters to mezcals, from homemade peach shrubs to Canadian Pinot Noirs. I am on a path to discovery and I want to share it with the world, whether the world wants me to or not.

My goal is not to teach the basics to anyone. My goal is to learn new techniques, new skills in the making of beverages and mixers and to share that learning process with you. We will be doing everything together and finding the results together. If something goes well – great, reproduce it at home and show me. If something goes wrong, we’ll try it again until it goes right. At the same time, we will be tasting drinks made by others and taking notes on those, both on their characteristics and where we think we could use them. Finally, travelling is another of my great passions and I will be doing a fair bit of that, so we might get a chance to try some new and exotic drinks that way.

So if you’re interested in anything related to cocktails, wines, champagnes, rum, whisky, gin, vodka, tequila, brandy, garnishes, ice, bitters, tinctures, shrubs, syrups, liqueurs, craft beer, spices, herbs, vegetables, fruits, vinegars, bottle openers, glassware, shakers, bottle design, bar design, cocktail design, bottle stoppers, soda water, tonic water, juices, wine preserving cabinets then this might just be the blog for you*.

Let’s take it from the top, shall we?

*not mandatory to be interested in all of the above, but recommended to be interested in at least…. 4. Maybe 3 if you give ice as a freebie. Everyone likes ice.