Field Notes.

The nine volumes are long for a reason. They had to be: a biography of alcohol from the Caucasus to the Caribbean is not a weekend read. But the framework the books develop is not long at all. Once you have the framework, every spirit, every drink, every ingredient has a place in it.

Field Notes are the framework applied. A single ingredient — what it is, why it tastes the way it does, where it sits in the flavor map, which drinks rely on it. A single drink — what its skeleton actually is, what makes it work, what's a variation and what's a different drink. A single spirit — what its category really means, what to look for, what to avoid.

Each entry is what could fit on a single sitting. Same voice. Same framework. Smaller piece.

Status

The first Field Notes are in editorial. Subscribe to Letters from Elias Vane to be told when the first one is published.