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BEER

They say necessity is the mother of invention, but alcohol helps, too. Born from attending a few too many beer festivals, 33 Beers is a beer journal that provides an easy way to record tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s designed for beer geeks, by beer geeks. Designed for Speed This beer journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for beer. Taking notes with 33 Beers is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.

 WINE

Wines is a wine journal that provides an easy way to quickly record wine tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s perfect for wine novices and pros alike. 33 Wines is perfect for wine aficionados, geeks, nerds, layabouts and other fans of the vintner’s art. Designed for Speed This wine journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for a wineglass. Taking notes with 33 Wines is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts. The flavor wheel in 33 Wines can be used to quickly recall a wine’s unique flavor long after consumption. For low values of the flavor, fill in dots near the wheel’s center. A Chardonnay is used in the example shown.

BREWING

Someone once said, “The difference between drinking beer and tasting beer is taking notes.” Same goes for brewing. You’ll never catch a commercial brewer without her brew log, used as much as a planning tool as a record for future reference. Good brew notes help you repeat great beers, but also help you refine your recipes (and process). 33 Brews is a homebrew log I designed for myself. I’ve been homebrewing since 2002 or so, and like many homebrewers, my recipes used to live in the margins of brew manuals, on random bits of paper and all too often, in my disorganized head. This book keeps your brew notes in an orderly and professional format, with unique features designed to improve your record-keeping. Bound in a recycled chipboard softcover, it lays flat and wears well, and it never runs out of batteries! With a compact size (5 x 7 inches), 33 Brews is the perfect addition to your brewing kit.

CIGARS

Cigars is a cigar journal that provides an easy way to quickly record cigar tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s perfect for cigar novices and pros alike. Designed for Speed This cigar journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for a stogie. Taking notes with33 Cigars is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.

COFFEE ROAST

33 Roasts is a one-of-a-kind roasting log that provides an easy way to record the coffees you roast in an orderly and professional format. With my coffee roasting notebook, it’s easy to keep your roast notes in one place for posterity, bound in a softcover format that lays flat and wears well. Best of all, it never runs out of batteries!

CUPS OF COFFEE

33 Coffees is a coffee journal that provides an easy way to quickly record coffee tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. 33 Coffees is perfect for coffee aficionados, geeks, nerds, layabouts and other fans of the roaster’s art. It makes an excellent companion gift to my coffee origins map. Designed for Speed This coffee journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for your cup. Taking notes with 33 Coffees is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.

DOUGHNUTS

33 Doughnuts is a doughnut tasting journal that provides a fun way to record your pastry particulars in a small, convenient notebook format. Based on the format of other “33” books, this journal does away with the flavor wheel in favor of an “Eater’s Rendering” area that allows you to record the visual attributes of the doughnuts you sample. Think of it as a super sweet sketchbook. Take your tasting notes, using the checkboxes to note dough type and any fillings. Rate your doughnut on a five-star scale. You can record any other impressions with four lines of free space. Draw Your Doughnuts! Now for the fun part – draw your doughnut using your choice of art materials (I do have a deluxe doughnut tasting kit that includes three USA-made colored pencils, should you desire some help selecting the perfect pastry palette).

SCOTCH

33 Drams of Scotch is a whisky journal that provides an easy way to quickly record whisky tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s thinner than an iPhone and easily fits in a back pocket. It’s the perfect gift for single malt aficionados, whisky geeks, malt nerds and other fans of the distiller’s art. 33 Drams of Scotch is specifically designed for the tasting of Single Malt Scotch, and is distinct from my other whisk(e)y journal, 33 Glasses of Whiskey. It makes an excellent companion gift to the Single Malts of Scotland tasting map.

HOT SAUCE

They say, “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” I say, “if you CAN stand the heat, you need some of these hot sauce tasting books.” It also makes the perfect gift for the hothead in your life, especially if he/she/it likes hot sauce. Designed for Speed 33 Hot Sauces is a pocket-sized hot sauce journal designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for a taco. Taking notes with 33 Hot Sauces is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts. The flavor wheel in 33 Hot Sauces lets you record each sauce visually. The flavor wheel in 33 Hot Sauces can be used to quickly recall a sauce’s unique flavor long after consumption. For low values of the flavor, fill in dots near the wheel’s center.

WHISKEY

33 Whiskeys is a whiskey journal that provides an easy way to quickly record whiskey tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s thinner than an iPhone and easily fits in a back pocket. It’s the perfect gift for whiskey aficionados, geeks, nerds and other fans of the distiller’s art and works for all types of whisk(e)y, including bourbon and Irish whiskey – even the Canadian stuff! If you are more interested in Scotch, you might enjoy my Scotch-specific journal, 33 Drams of Scotch. I also have a book just for Japanese Whisky.

MEZCAL

33 Mezcals is a mezcal journal that provides an easy way to quickly record mezcal tasting notes in a small, convenient notebook format. It’s thinner than an iPhone and easily fits in a back pocket. It’s the perfect gift for mezcal nerds, agave lovers, spirit dorks and other fans of the mezcalero’s art. And if you’re wondering, yes, I do have a tequila journal, too! While the title is en español, this book is designed for English-language use.

CHOCOLATE

This chocolate journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for your bar of single-origin, 90% cacao Madagascar. Taking notes with 33 Chocolates is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.

CIDER

This cider journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for your mug of cider. Taking notes with 33 Ciders is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.

CHEESE

This journal is designed for ease of use. It’s tough to hold a notepad in one hand, a pencil in the other, and have another hand left for your washed-rind Camembert. Taking notes with 33 Cheeses is as simple as checking a few boxes and entering a few basic facts.