Sean Carroll

And then the fourth angle you take in the book is the bar owner's perspective on these things. And probably most of our listeners are not bar owners. Maybe some of them are out there. I don't know. But I'm going to pretend that some of our listeners are not cocktail people, and now you have inspired them. to become cocktail people or at least try some things out. Congratulations. You'll do it.

So let's just be very down to brass tacks. Like if you're the typical not too ambitious home mixologist, what are the things you need? Like the most basic thing, what are the spirits you should have in your liquor cabinet?

So let's just be very down to brass tacks. Like if you're the typical not too ambitious home mixologist, what are the things you need? Like the most basic thing, what are the spirits you should have in your liquor cabinet?

That makes perfect sense. Yeah. But, uh, as a good contrast to that, if you are a professional bartender, mixologist, bar owner, um, you can be more ambitious. So I thought, uh, I would love to hear more about the cocktail genome project. Probably not as, as well funded as the human genome project, but, uh, maybe, maybe we'll bring more pleasure to more people. I don't know.

That makes perfect sense. Yeah. But, uh, as a good contrast to that, if you are a professional bartender, mixologist, bar owner, um, you can be more ambitious. So I thought, uh, I would love to hear more about the cocktail genome project. Probably not as, as well funded as the human genome project, but, uh, maybe, maybe we'll bring more pleasure to more people. I don't know.

And so how, how far are you along in the, uh, quest to understand the genome, uh, of cocktails? Like what are the questions that you should ask? Do you have a checklist or is this something that is still in development?

And so how, how far are you along in the, uh, quest to understand the genome, uh, of cocktails? Like what are the questions that you should ask? Do you have a checklist or is this something that is still in development?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, good. There's, there's subdivisions there. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, good. There's, there's subdivisions there. Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

My life would have been a lot different. Well, maybe this might be unfair. So please feel free to tell me if it's unfair. But maybe for the last thing I thought I could ask, could we design a Mindscape podcast cocktail? Sure. We'd love to.

My life would have been a lot different. Well, maybe this might be unfair. So please feel free to tell me if it's unfair. But maybe for the last thing I thought I could ask, could we design a Mindscape podcast cocktail? Sure. We'd love to.

I'm not going to suggest anything, but I will answer any questions that you have about what that might be.

I'm not going to suggest anything, but I will answer any questions that you have about what that might be.

Let's go spirit forward.

Let's go spirit forward.

No, I'm much more the bitterness than the sourness. Although I'm trying to, like, not just be me, but, you know, I'm trying to channel the collective spirit of the Mindscape podcast. But it's still bitterness. Yeah, bitterness.