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Paul Pacult entertains and educates with his seven steps of tasting in the “How Good Is Your Palate” seminar at Tales of the Cocktail ’09. From what the nose knows to what the taste buds pick up in flavor is all packed into this hour and a half session with six clear to brown spirits to sample.
The session began by learning about the Pernod Ricard BarSmarts program that teaches about tasting spirits and then mixology. Learning the spirits first is the most basic step to creating cocktails. First one needs to know what base spirits taste like before beginning to marry other ingredients to each other.
Paul created quite a chuckle in the crowd when he mentioned that women are better tasters than men, most likely due to the fact that women have a better sense of smell. He also talked about his year of headaches created through tasting cured through a sit down session with Booker Noe. Helpful hint while sampling learned from Booker Noe: Leave your lips parted while inhaling the spirits to help ventilate the spirits. It cuts the alcohol burn on the nose.
There are seven steps to tasting spirits according to Paul Pacult. When he tastes it is always for enjoyment even though this is his profession as well. He takes 20 minutes per spirit with 15 minutes focused on the smell alone. Smell and taste work hand in hand. When tasting, take two sips. One to clear the palate and the second to actually taste. Soak the spirit into the tongue to decipher the flavor and feel of the spirit.
Seven Steps of Tasting:
1. Don’t think too much. This isn’t rocket science. This is just tasting. Enjoy.
2. Follow a format to tasting every time.
3. Build a reference library in your head.
4. Taste blind whenever you can. Don’t allow labels or price sway your basis of taste. It isn’t about price, label or pedigree. Tasting blind keeps your senses sharper. Keep things simplistic.
5. What does the spirit NOT have in it.
6. Do not overtax your palate. Paul tastes a max of 10.
7. Taste as much as you can responsibly as often as you can. Taste flights at bars whenever available. Taste the spirits at a pace that is healthy and consistent.
Copyright 2009 Cheri Loughlin – The Intoxicologist – All Rights Reserved
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- Merry Widow - Dubonnet
- Mexican Hot Chocolate Martini - Partida Tequila
- Mind Eraser
- Moontini
- October Blood Punch
- Peppermint Patty - Godiva
- Phantasm Fizz
- Pumpkin-Tini - Grey Goose
- Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake Martini - Effen Vodka
- Red Death
- Red Eye - Crystal Head Vodka
- Red Zombie - Skyy Vodka
- Satan's Whiskers
- Scarecrow - Tuthilltown Spirits
- Shape-Shifter - Twilight Mocktail
- Sin City Cosmopolitan - Monin
- Skeletal Remains - Crystal Head Vodka
- Smoretini
- Sour Witch - Lucid Absinthe
- Spider Cider - Grey Goose
- Spider Cider - Van Gogh Vodka
- Tarantula Blood - Grey Goose
- The Awakening - Lucid Absinthe
- The Coven - Twilight Mocktail
- The Cranium - Crystal Head Vodka
- The Great Pumpkin - Fat Bastard Wine/Cognac
- The Jack-O-Lantern - Kahlua/Baileys/1800 Tequila
- Three Musketeers Bar Shot - Kahlua
- Thriller - Monin/Stoli Vodka
- Tootsie Roll Shot - Three-O Vodka
- Transformation - Twilight Mocktail
- Trick or Tini
- Vampira - Centenario Tequila
- Vampire Elixir - Belvedere Vodka
- Vampire Isle - Twilight Mocktail
- Vampire Kiss Martini - Finlandia Vodka
- Vampire's Delight - Smirnoff
- Vampire's Elixir - Skyy Infusions Raspberry
- Vampire Lust - Red Stag by Jim Beam
- White Ghost - Grey Goose
- Wicked Rye - Jim Beam Rye
- White Spider
- Wicked Witch Apple Punch - Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit
- Widow's Touch
- Witch Doctor - Lucid Absinthe
- Wolf Bite - Lucid Absinthe/Midori
- Zombie
- Zombie Resurrected - Bacardi Rum
- Poker Night Recipes for Gangster, Casino, Monte Carlo Theme
- Twilight Zone Cocktails - Reader Choice Episodes
- 15 Twilight Zone Cocktails - Top 10 Episodes
- Death's Door Spirits - Spirit with Halloweenish Name
- Super Hero Recipes - Super Hero Theme Party
- 10 Classic Cocktails - Speakeasy Theme Party
- 21 Classic Cocktails - Speakeasy Theme Party
- Bloody Recipes - Zombie, Vampire & Undead Theme Party
- Speakeasy to spooky-Death?s Door perfect spirit for Halloween party drink recipes
- Devils & monsters Halloween drink recipes
- Crystal Head Vodka: Spirited Halloween Drink Choice
- The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks by Dale DeGroff
- The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft by Gary Regan
- diffordsguide to Cocktails 7 by Simon Difford
- Kindred Spirits 2 by F. Paul Pacult
- Artisanal Cocktails: Drinks Inspired by the Seasons from the Bar at Cyrus by Scott Beattie
- The Art of the Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the Classics by Jeff Hollinger
- The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender by Dale DeGroff
- Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails : From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie by Ted Haigh
- In the Land of Cocktails: Recipes and Adventures from the Cocktail Chicks by Ti Adelaide Martin
