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Water of Life - Glenlivet

Blog — August 30, 2020

Water of Life - Glenlivet   When it comes to my peers and whiskies, many like their “Glens” and adjectives like “sm00000th” are often used in combination with sliding hand gestures which seem to indicate that the drinking experience does not provide complications. I got my favourites in …

The Formative Years – ZAP Magazine

Blog — August 31, 2020

The Formative Years – ZAP Magazine   During my early teenage years as a juvenile delinquent in a pre-internet age, any punk and hardcore related information I could come by – be it through observation or exposure - was soaked up in a sponge like manner and what …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – T-Bone Rye IIPA

Blog — September 1, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – T-Bone Rye IIPA   T-Bone Brewing was first introduced to me by Peter Bignell when he told me about his son’s brewery while sampling his fantastic Belgrove Whiskey and we were chewing on a pig’s ear in Hobart. A long story... …

Water of Life - Rampur

Blog — September 2, 2020

Water of Life - Rampur   The uninitiated seem to be surprised when one raves about the fantastic whiskies emanating from the subcontinent, however, the connoisseurs know that India is home to distilleries that consistently push the boundaries of what is thought possibly when it comes to the …

Harvard University Press

Blog — September 4, 2020

Changing the Subject – Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno There are quite a few books crowding my bookshelves that offer an overview on Western philosophy and while each and everyone I find to have merits; some lack an engaging component. Enter Raymond Geuss. What I found refreshing …

Water of Life - Redbreast

Blog — September 5, 2020

Water of Life - Redbreast   For many moons, every time I have harped on about my favourite Irish whiskies to other connoisseurs, the question was raised if I had ever tried Redbreast. Until very recently I had not. Shame on me. The trademark of Irish whiskies …

The Formative Years - Slap-a-Ham Records

Blog — September 6, 2020

The Formative Years - Slap-a-Ham Records There have been many labels within the realm of punk and hardcore that had a lasting impact on me with both their emissions and the way the protagonists behind them carried themselves. Being a fiend of fast hardcore, Slap a Ham Records …

Water of Life – McNair

Blog — September 7, 2020

Water of Life – McNair   We have covered the fantastic Speyside distillery GlenAllachie and their tremendous expressions in all their glory as part of our series before, so when I became aware that its master distiller was going to channel his alchemy in blending peated and unpeated …

Water of Life – Annandale Distillery

Blog — September 8, 2020

Water of Life – Annandale Distillery   Having effectively started its operations in 1830, Annandale Distillery is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland – shame on me that it had not been on my radar so far, especially since the revamp and restoration of the distillery in …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Eden Brewery

Blog — September 10, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Eden Brewery   Independent craft breweries in Australia are popping up not unlike mushrooms, most of which emit fantastically creative brews, others could be labelled at least in the “interesting” category, with passion for the craft seeming to be the common denominator. …

Rone - Street Art and Beyond

Blog — September 11, 2020

Rone - Street Art and Beyond Thames & Hudson   The unofficial and independent nature of what is labelled as “street art” is both its appeal as well as something that can be questioned as it is at times perceived to be a mere free-for-all and oftentimes …

Water of Life – Tomatin

Blog — September 12, 2020

Water of Life – Tomatin   Located in the Scottish Highlands, Tomatin is a distillery with a longstanding history that under new ownership started to elevate its endeavours to new heights from the 1990s onward, which established them as one of the more distinguished distillers from the region …

CBD

Blog — September 13, 2020

CBD   Alright, where do we start? When one hears “cannabis products”, there is still at times a perception that at the core of it, there is the psychoactive cannabinoid THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is the component responsible for making you “high" (THC). Being the primary yet …

The Formative Years – Dischord Records

Blog — September 14, 2020

The Formative Years – Dischord Records   Not unlike it is the case with a lot of great things, the premise of Dischord Records has always been and can be simmered down to a simple common denominator, i.e. the documentation of music coming out of their community in …

Water of Life – Wolfburn Help for Heroes

Blog — September 15, 2020

Water of Life – Wolfburn Help for Heroes   Having resurrected its operations merely nine years ago, Wolfburn has been one of my favourite old “new” distilleries for a while now for a range of reasons, so when it was announced that they were going to release a …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Wayward Brewing

Blog — September 16, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Wayward Brewing   With bottle shops and liquor shops on terra australis looking like candy stores these days with the array of colourful cans of craft beers on display, the sheer sensory overload sometimes makes one walk past the true gems that …

Water of Life – Puni

Blog — September 17, 2020

Water of Life – Puni   Italy is not exactly an epicentre when it comes to the distilling of whiskies and after attending a tasting about two years ago, I was pleasantly surprised about being proffered a dram from a very sleek bottle of what has its source …

The Formative Years – Falco

Blog — September 18, 2020

The Formative Years – Falco   Talking about formative years, the influence Johann "Hans" Hölzel’s exerted long before my exposure to punk cannot be overestimated. I do not believe in the concept of “guilty pleasures” and to this day, I enjoy music from the Eighties independently from the …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Akasha Brewing

Blog — September 19, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Akasha Brewing   Akasha has been one of the breweries that almost got away as it has been on my to-cover list for the longest time and as they have very recently undergone a rebranding exercise, it was high time for a …

Water of Life – Borders Distillery

Blog — September 20, 2020

Water of Life – Borders Distillery   The Borders Distillery is based in Hawick, which used to be the home of Scotland’s renowned plant hunter William Kerr, to which Borders Distillery’s gin is an homage. Honouring local produce such as barley and their own water for the …