Category: science
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A Belvedere Distillery Visit and Vodka Terroir in the Single Estate Series
I visited Poland with Belvedere Vodka to see how the vodka is made and to learn about the then-forthcoming Single Estate Rye series of vodkas, in which the same rye was grown in two different parts of Poland and separate, unfiltered vodkas were made from each. We got super deep into the science of terroir.
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Almost All the Cocktail and Spirits Books Published in 2017 for Reading or Gifting
Behold! Here is my round-up of all the cocktails and spirits books (plus a few others) that were released in 2017. This year, beyond the annual deluge of whisky books, there are books aping the bartender lifestyle (Drink Like a Bartender, Straight Up), more narrative books (I Hear She’s a Real Bitch, By the Smoke…
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Sensors in the Whiskey Warehouse Sending Data in Real-Time
In my latest story for SevenFifty Daily, I wrote about new temperature and humidity sensors installed in warehouses at Buffalo Trace, and what those could mean for studying aging of spirits and adjusting future blends.
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Using Isolated Acids in Cocktails: A Report and Recipes
In my latest article for CooksScience.com, I wrote about bartenders using isolated acids like citric, malic, tartaric, and succinic to amplify flavors and acidity in cocktails.
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Milk Punch: Science and Practice
A huge story I wrote on the practical and theoretical best practices in making clarified milk punch in Cook’s Science.
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Vodka Made from Fog Water on Popular Science
In my latest story for PopularScience.com, I wrote about the new Hangar 1 Fog Point Vodka, which was diluted with fog-harvested water from San Francisco; most of it from beneath Sutro Tower on Twin Peaks.
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LASER STAVES! How whisky makers are using barrels toasted with an infrared ‘sun on a stick’
In a post for PopularScience.com I wrote about a technology being employed to toast wine and now whiskey barrels with infrared light.