Flavour Report 04: Flavour is Memory explores why certain tastes stay with us and how aroma can return us to a person, place or moment in an instant. This edition examines flavour as both personal recollection and cultural record, tracing how nostalgia, age, tradition and storytelling shape what we perceive.
Inside, childhood flavour references emerge in Canadian whisky, Solera systems becomes a living archive, and vintage Champagne captures the character of a single growing season. The issue also explores India’s heritage spirits, cocktails made with vintage bottles, sensory storytelling, original research into how language influences perception, and eighteen 18-year whiskies through the Flavour Index.
The first 150 print copies will also include a custom 20-card memory game, created in partnership with Glenfarclas. Designed to put your recall to the test, it transforms the edition’s theme into a playful, hands-on experience.
Visually rich and designed for repeated discovery, it brings together essays, interviews, research and sensory frameworks connecting the science of perception with the stories spirits carry. More than a magazine, it’s a coffee-table companion and back-bar resource made to spark conversation, curiosity and connection.
Flavour Report 04: Flavour is Memory explores why certain tastes stay with us and how aroma can return us to a person, place or moment in an instant. This edition examines flavour as both personal recollection and cultural record, tracing how nostalgia, age, tradition and storytelling shape what we perceive.
Inside, childhood flavour references emerge in Canadian whisky, Solera systems becomes a living archive, and vintage Champagne captures the character of a single growing season. The issue also explores India’s heritage spirits, cocktails made with vintage bottles, sensory storytelling, original research into how language influences perception, and eighteen 18-year whiskies through the Flavour Index.
The first 150 print copies will also include a custom 20-card memory game, created in partnership with Glenfarclas. Designed to put your recall to the test, it transforms the edition’s theme into a playful, hands-on experience.
Visually rich and designed for repeated discovery, it brings together essays, interviews, research and sensory frameworks connecting the science of perception with the stories spirits carry. More than a magazine, it’s a coffee-table companion and back-bar resource made to spark conversation, curiosity and connection.