But with that small-batch flavor and exclusivity come a few foibles; it turns out that the Acura NSX, the first supercar to offer every-day levels of comfort, did not convince every other maker of high-end sports cars that ergonomic sensibility was achievable.
The variety of all-natural, small-batch flavors on the market, like Morris Kitchen's Preserved Lemon and P & H's grapefruit, is astounding, and makes lovely soda.
Small-batch flavors here are seasonally appropriate, using organic milk and local ingredients pulled from Santa Monica's famed Wednesday farmers market.
It's easier to make a separate batch of "flavor absinthe" instead of putting the herbs directly into the distilled absinthe.
Regardless of volume, Graeter's plans will adhere to the labor-intensive, small-batch French pot method of making ice cream, pouring a simple mixture of cream, eggs, sugar and the batch's flavoring into rotating two-gallon cylinders.
The latest in a series of "Saturday Night Live -inspired batches, this fLive -inspired after the 1977 skit "Two Wild & Crazy Guys," starring Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd.
Handcrafted in small batches with flavors that rotate weekly, the doughnuts here attract early-morning crowds to Chicago's North Franklin Street.
Which explains why we have Burgundy in a bathrobe on the cover of January's Dog Fancy magazine (display copy: "Dog Lover Will Ferrell & 'Anchorman 2' co-star Baxter"), peering seriously from the label of Ben & Jerry's limited batch ice cream flavor Ron Burgundy's Scotchy Scotch Scotch and interviewing future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning on ESPN.
There are also a series of single-hop pale ales called the Quest, with each batch highlighting the flavors of a different hop variety (The Quest: Citra is the most recent release).
So far, however, the Gastrograph has mainly been used for quality control in the craft beer industry, as a tool to track and monitor flavor consistency from batch to batch.
"It's better to start small and work up," Kunz advises as he pours the first batch of concentrated local flavor paste into the base beer.
