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The word “craft” is everywhere today.
Craft beer.
Craft gin.
Craft distillate.
Craft liqueur.
Craft rum.
And it is very easy to start treating ..
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On a bottle of aged spirits, the age statement can look very convincing.
3 years.
8 years.
12 years.
18 years.
And it is easy to come to a simpl..
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On the label of a strong alcoholic drink, there is almost always one number people notice immediately.
40%.
43%.
46%.
50%.
And very often, that ..
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A bottle of strong alcohol may contain dozens of words, numbers and designations.
Brand name, type of drink, strength, volume, country of origin, in..
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On a store shelf, gin may seem like a fairly simple category.
There is a clear bottle, the word Gin on the label, an alcohol strength somewhere arou..
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You take a sip of an aged distillate and notice an unusual sensation.
The mouth seems slightly drier.
The tongue and gums feel as though they have ..
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Two bottles show the same number on the label.
For example — 40%.
Or 43%.
You take a sip of the first drink, and it feels sharp, burning and stron..
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When tasting strong spirits, you may hear some strange-sounding words.
“Oily.”
“Dense.”
“Velvety.”
“Silky.”
“Watery.”
But there is no cooking o..
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You take a sip of a distillate and think: “It tastes slightly sweet.”
Then you look at the ingredients and see no sugar, no syrup and no honey added..
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You take a sip of a strong distillate — and almost immediately you feel warmth.
First in the mouth.
Then in the throat.
A few seconds later, the w..
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You open a bottle, pour the first glass and clearly remember the aroma.
A few weeks later, you return to the same bottle — and the drink seems sligh..
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You take a sip, swallow the drink — but the flavour does not disappear.
For a few more seconds, you may still notice fruit.
Then spice appears.
Af..
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One person smells the glass and says, “Apple.”
Another immediately replies, “No, that’s pear.”
A third person detects flowers, honey or citrus peel..
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In tasting notes for whisky, brandy, rum or another aged distillate, you will often see words such as vanilla, caramel, coconut, spices, chocolate or..
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You pour a spirit into a glass, bring it to your nose — and suddenly you smell apple.
Or pear. Banana. Peach. Apricot. Citrus peel. Ripe berries.
T..
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You pick up a bottle of craft spirit, hold it up to the light — and notice a small amount of sediment at the bottom.
Sometimes it is just a few tiny..
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A bottle of gin is standing on the shelf, but before serving you want to chill it properly. This raises a perfectly reasonable question: can you simp..
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You open a bottle of clear gin, place it in the refrigerator — and after a while the drink becomes slightly cloudy.
Or you pour gin into a glass, ad..
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After the soft pink spring light of Uzhhorod, we wanted even more warmth.
Not gentle spring warmth.
Real southern warmth.
Bright, fruity and full ..
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After the deep ruby mood of Chernihiv, we wanted light.
Spring.
Air.
A pale pink colour, fine bubbles and a floral aroma that never turns the cock..
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After the concrete, glass and geometry of Kharkiv, we wanted to bring colour back into the collection.
But not bright colour.
Not summer colour.
N..
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After the movement of Dnipro, we wanted to stop.
Remove what was unnecessary.
Reduce the number of components.
Replace fruity softness with drynes..
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A city can stand beside a river. Or it can live together with it.
For Dnipro, the great river is more than part of the landscape. It defines the sca..
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After the sunset over Kyiv and evening coffee in Lviv, we wanted to open a window.
Let some air in. Add ice. Citrus. Coolness.
And head towards the..