I went to Scotland last week, and you’ll never guess what I bought! No, not a kilt (well, actually, yes — I bought a kilt, but it wasn’t for me). Give up? I bought some whisky! There are plenty of great places to buy whisky in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. But for the sake of [...]
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First of all, a note on spelling. It turns out that whiskey with an ‘e’ is not just a weird American thing like leaving the ‘u’ out of color, flavor and mom. Irish whiskey is also spelt that way. So: Ireland and America make whiskey. Everywhere else makes whisky. I just got back from a [...]
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A name that I hadn’t given any thought to for — ooh… perhaps 20 years or more — is Dominic Roskrow. You probably won’t have heard of him, but these days he describes drinks for a living. He doesn’t know this, but as a late teen finding my way in the deepest suburbs of Auckland, [...]
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I had occasion to meet with a handful of Birmingham’s finest musicians from a wide range of styles last night. We headed to a BYO restaurant, and picked up a bottle of Talisker 10 year-old on the way to sample a bit of a tasting while we chatted and picked at our balti meals. It [...]
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Over the past year, I’ve become rather fond of whisky. Not that I drink a lot of it. I’m a one-a-day man. Two at the outside. Three tops. Four is an absolute maximum, and five is almost completely out of the question. Although born in New Zealand and now living in England, I am Scottish [...]
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