Non-Alcoholic Rum Syrup

Here is a quick one-minute video on how to make Non-Alcoholic Rum Syrup, using rum ether. A longer video will come along shortly discussing this more in-depth, and if you want some historical formulas for rum essence type formulas (from books) as well as some research papers on the chemical makeup of rum, you can […]

Non-Alcoholic Rum

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Froot Loops Flavour

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What is “Food Grade”

I get a lot of questions about safety and safe ingredients, and I’ve made multiple videos on the topic and have answered thousands of questions on safety over the past 4 years, so the written word is probably a better way to communicate this. This post deals with the regulations and then the safety concerns, […]

How to Make Root Beer

The Root Beer No.2 video is now available on YouTube and as noted, this is the second recipe. I incorporated feedback from those who tried Root Beer No. 1 and modified the formula. This version is more in line with modern commercial-style root beers, specifically by incorporating a vanilla element. You can find the root […]

Patreon Quips

Patreon has been releasing a lot of new features, and one I find interesting is Quips, which is kind of like a Patreon social media section, currently available only in the app, not the web browser. Though I hear that is in the works. I find this interesting because there are little things that I […]

When you do flavour development, it is like art, you are always seeking new experiences. These two compounds, Angelica Lactone and Koumalactone, are in the tobacco/coconut/tonka flavour zone and ones I have been searching for over year.