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The Science of Flavor

Bartender Journey Number 273

This time on the show we talk about the science of flavor with Derek Elefson.
Derek shared some great resources with us:

Flavor Wheels:
 
Bourbon
https://modernthirst.com/2014/08/06/the-bourbon-tasting-wheel/#prettyPhoto/0/
 
Malt Whiskies
http://malt-review.com/2015/09/10/whisky-flavour-wheels-and-colour-charts/
 
Gin
http://www.ginfoundry.com/gin-news/gin-tasting-wheel/
 
Wine
https://shop.winefolly.com/products/wine-flavors-chart

AROMA-FLAVOR TOOLS FOR SENSORY TRAINING:
http://www.aromaster.com/
https://www.cicerone.org/us-en/products/beer-flavor-map
https://www.aroma-academy.co.uk/pages/wset
https://www.flavoractiv.com/beverage/spirits/
 
FRUIT CHEMICALS
Kennedy Fruit Chemicals!  An easy way to quickly educate people about chemicals in fruit.  I highly encourage you to post this image with the link.

https://jameskennedymonash.wordpress.com/2014/07/19/ingredients-of-all-natural-cherries/

Our sponsor this week is CAKE POS.
CAKE is the Point of Sale system that lets bar & restaurant owners focus on the guest experience. Stop worrying about tracking every sale  - CAKE does that for you. No matter where you are, you can check in on daily reports and know they’ll be up to date.
 
To get started with CAKE, check out trycake.com/bartender. For our Bartender Journey listeners, you can get $750 off the activation fee. That's a 75% discount.

Irish Whiskey with Philip Duff

This time on the show we talk with Mr. Philip Duff. He’s been on the show several times. I caught up with Philip after a great seminar he moderated about Irish Whiskey, sponsored by Knoppoge Castle Irish Whiskey -  a great Single Malt Irish Whiskey.

Irish Whiskey has such a tumultuous history.

There was the great rise and fall of Irish Whiskey and right now another great rise, or resurgence.

We’ll get into some of it with Philip during the interview.

CAKE is the Point of Sale system that lets bar & restaurant owners focus on the guest experience. Stop worrying about tracking every sale  - CAKE does that for you. You can automatically save information and review it later, from anywhere. That means maybe as the manager or owner can maybe actually take days off, which can be pretty rare in the restaurant business.

No matter where you are, you can check in on daily reports and know they’ll be up to date.

To get started with CAKE, check out trycake.com/bartender. For our podcast listeners, you can get $750 off the activation fee. That's a 75% discount. And with that discount, you get a user-friendly Point of Sale solution that includes cloud reporting and world-class 24/7 support.

Bacardi Legacy with Andrew Watson

This week on the show we speak with Andrew Watson who is originally from Australia, but now lives and bartends in Sweden. He is competing in the Bacardi Legacy competition.  

Andrew’s Bacardi Legacy Cocktail is called Cubist. Recipe:

45 ml Bacardi Silver | 20 ml dry vermouth | 2.5 ml (or a barspoon) Pastis | 25 ml Prosecco | 20 ml Honey water (1:1) | 25 ml Lemon juice

Follow Andrew’s Bacardi Legacy journey:

• On Instagram
• On YouTube

Our sponsor this week is CAKE POS & Management system from Sysco.

To get started with CAKE, check out trycake.com/bartender.

Bartender Journey listeners get $750 off the activation fee. That's a 75% discount. And with that discount, you get a user-friendly Point of Sale solution that includes cloud reporting and world-class 24/7 support.

Liquor Licencing

Today on the show we talk with Dan Newcomb who is an expert on Liquor Licenses. Its tricky out there trying to navigate the liquor license process. Dan will share some insights with us on this complex issue.

Dan's company is Liquor License Advisor.

One of the distilleries I visited while in Ireland was Pearse Lyons distillery. Dr. Pearse Lyons had deep family roots in Dublin. There was an old church that had fallen into disrepair and was abandoned for many years. In fact Dr. Lyons’ grandfather is buried there. Dr. Lyons purchased the property and his wife restored it into a beautiful distillery. Unfortunately Dr. Lyons’ passed away in 2018, but the distillery is lives on.  We have some pictures on bartenderjourney.net

If you are anywhere near San Antonio TX BarSmarts Advanced is coming to San Antonio, TX on April 2nd, 2019.  It’s a full day of education with the masters of the bar industry like Dale DeGroff, David Wondrich, Paul Pacul, Steve Olson, Doug Frost, and Andy Seymour.

You need to do the online component called BarSmarts first in order to qualify. The online segment is absolutely worth doing, even if you are not planning to do BarSmarts Advanced. The online course is only $29! BarSmarts Advanced is just $75.

Travel Log from Tullamore, Ireland

Tag along on a distillery tour of Tullamore D.E.W.’s state of the art facility. Opened in 2014 it is the first distillery to operate in Tullamore, Ireland since 1954.

Tullamore D.E.W. Whisky Ambassador Kevin Pigott shows us around, shares lots of Irish Whisky knowledge, and even mixes us up some cocktails!

Travel Log from Dublin Ireland

Travel Log from Dublin, Ireland.  Interview with Chris Hayes from Teeling Irish Whiskey.

Travel Log from Florence Italy

Florence, Italy is an amazing, beautiful and historic city.

Florence's Life Beyond Tourism inciative offers some interesting lessons. 

Is it possible to be too ambitious with your cocktail program.  I visited a bar/bistro/restaurant that I thought was trying to do TOO much.

I visited two vinyards in the Chianti Classico region:

• Casa Emma
• Fattoria Montecchio

 

Travel Log from Paris France

I had some great drinks in Paris!

Favorite bars:

• Prescription Cocktail Club (Cocktail Bar)
• Dirty Dick (Tiki Bar)
• Candelaria (Speakeasy)
• Little Red Door (Speakeasy)
• The Highlander (Scottish Pub)

Travel Log from Edinburgh Scotland

A brief wrap up of my adventures in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Plus a snippet of a bus tour around the city.

What an amazing city. Full of friendly, hospitable people. A town with deep history and fascinating things to see. And lots of great whisky!

Next stop on the Bartender Journey tour - Paris!

Heading to Europe! Plus more on Lime Juice.

Happy New Year. I hope its full of great things for you.

I’m starting 2019with an epic trip. I Bartend at a private club and we are closed after New Years Eve for almost 6 weeks.

So I am taking my time off and going to Europe for over a month!

I am bringing my audio gear and hope to push out some podcasts from the road. I will be visiting some distilleries, and lots of bars and restaurants, so the plan is to have you follow along on the trip a bit.

The shows might not always be completely Bartending focused, but should be interesting.

I leave today, Jan 3, 2019 for Edinburgh Scotland. Then I go to Paris for 4 nights, I’ll take a train to a small town called Chambery, then ski in the French Alps for a few days. I’ll go to Geneva Switzerland, then on to Florence and Rome and last stop Ireland.

Follow me on IG at BartenderJourney for some pictures and hopefully you are subscribed to the podcast so you get the shows as they come out.