Flavor Standards™ Compliance Certification

The Bourbon & Brushes Flavor Standards™ Compliance Certification is the professional pathway for bars, brands, and beverage professionals who want to move beyond trends and into **recognized excellence**.

This is not a creative course.

This is not a marketing badge.

This is a formal system for ensuring quality, safety, consistency, and integrity in how flavor is designed, prepared, and served.

Craft without standards creates inconsistency.

Inconsistency creates risk.

Risk erodes trust.

The Flavor Standards™ exist to create a shared, professional language around:

• Sweetness and balance
• Extraction and safety
• Bitterness and structure
• Aroma and experience

When you follow them, you’re not just making better drinks, you’re operating with intention, accountability, and professionalism.

The Compliance Certification verifies that you:

Understand the Flavor Standards™

• Apply them consistently
• Document your processes
• Meet safety and quality thresholds
• Are audit-ready
• Are authorized to claim compliance publicly

It turns internal best practices into external credibility.

This program is designed for:

• Bars and hospitality venues
• Beverage brands and producers
• Certified professionals
• Event and experience providers
• Educators and instructors

Anyone who serves, teaches, or builds with flavor — and wants to do it right.

• Structured compliance training
• Standards walkthrough and interpretation
• Safety and risk training
• Documentation and audit preparation
• Formal compliance exam
• Certification and public registry listing
• Annual recertification pathway

Upon certification, you receive:

• Official Compliance Certificate
• Authorization to display the Flavor Standards™ Compliant badge
• Listing in the Bourbon & Brushes Compliance Registry
• Access to updates and revisions
• Priority access to partner opportunities

• To customers: professionalism
• To partners: reliability
• To brands: alignment
• To regulators: responsibility
• To your team: pride

It tells the world you don’t just make drinks — you design them with care.

The craft cocktail world doesn’t need more recipes.

It needs more rigor.

The Flavor Standards™ Compliance Certification is how we raise the bar... Together.

 If you’re ready to operate with clarity, confidence, and credibility, start the Compliance Certification today.