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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