We like to learn and experiment, and love getting to know thought-leaders in the flavour world. Here’s a list of some of our favourite resources in case you want to come down the rabbit hole with us!

Vinepair

Whether you want to follow on Instagram, read up on their website, or tune in to weekly podcasts - Vinepair has got you covered! We love the team behind The Vinepair Podcast, where they discuss the latest news, trends, and happenings in the liquor world, and we’ve had multiple collaborators join Tim McKirdy as guests on Cocktail College. The latter is a true deep-dive into individual cocktails - with some of the best bartenders - where they go far beyond the recipe and explore everything from ingredients and ice to shaking techniques, garnishes, and glassware!

The Speakeasy

Hosts Damon Boelte, Sother Teague, and Greg Benson sit down to talk cocktails, spirits, wine, beer, tea, coffee, and all the other exciting liquids in the universe. With each episode, learn from some of the world’s experts in mixology, bar history, distillation, and brewing. Bringing on guests ranging from bartenders and brewers, alchemists and ambassadors, roasters and regulars, and every expert and enthusiast in between, The Speakeasy Podcast is a great way to get to know the drinks industry.

Cooking Issues

Dave Arnold, Nastassia Lopez, Jean Nihoul, and Quinn Fucile, answer listener questions on the latest innovative techniques, equipment, and ingredients in the food world. Each week on Cooking Issues, Dave solves your food and beverage related dilemmas with his mile-a-minute stream of knowledge. Got a question on ike-jime, the Japanese fish killing technique? We got you covered. Hydrocolloids, sous-vide, liquid nitrogen? No problem. Have a question about pimping your oven to make great pizza? Give them a call.

For the world’s foremost doers and thinkers in the food and beverage world, when they have a problem or hit a wall on a project, they call in to Cooking Issues and you should too! While you’re at it, go support their Patreon!

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  • We can’t wait to get our hands on Tropical Standard - a new book from Garret Richard and Ben Schaffer.

    While you wait, go visit Garret at Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn (right above Gage & Tollner)!

  • Our local in Edmonton is Glass Bookshop, but if you’re looking for a store specializing in wine & culinary - including many out-of-print titles and author-signed copies - you should definitely check out what Matt Sartwell and team at Kitchen Arts & Letters are doing - it’s just an absolutely world class establishment!

  • We are often asked where one can find great equipment.

    I’ll start by emphasizing that you should be able to make great drinks without investing too much in equipment - ingredients and technique are much more important things to concern yourself with, but if you care enough to learn about these then you’ll probably want to track down some decent quality bar tools eventually so here are a few of our favourites:

    Cocktail Culture (Edmonton)

    Alambika (Montreal)

    Cocktail Emporium (Toronto)

    Cocktail Kingdom (New York)

    Bottesi (Madrid)



  • Our team does a lot - and I mean A LOT - of research and development.

    Here are a couple of the suppliers we find regularly helpful for those hard-to-find items:

    https://www.buchi.com/

    https://www.hbarsci.com/