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St. Patrick’s Day is Coming
If you are a days-that-end-in-y kind of drinker like I am, then you probably look forward to St. Patrick’s Day with just as much anticipation as I do. The patriotic crowd can have their Fourth of July,...
View ArticleOMG! The World’s Strongest…oh, who gives a rat’s ass
For a long time the seasonal bock, Samiclaus, reigned as the world’s strongest beer with it’s now relatively mundane upper-teens alcohol percentage. Then as extreme beers came into vogue, some barley...
View ArticleGetting drunk on election day
If you’re an American and a registered voter, turn off the damn computer (bookmark this blog, first), get up and get your ass to your polling station. Then, per Ry Cooder’s example, stop at the liquor...
View ArticleA Case for Scotch
If you want a good quote about pretty much anything but especially alcohol, check in with W.C. Fields. The man knew his one-liners and he definitely knew his booze! Set up another case bartender! The...
View ArticleScotch and Water?
Frankly, I know nothing about Joe E. Lewis. But, I can’t argue with his position on water. It just takes up space in the glass that you could fill with more whisky! Whenever someone asks me if I want...
View ArticleProtecting Scotch whisky one country at a time
As you know, the term whisky is generally reserved for Scotch. Whiskey is the word used for the same sort of stuff made outside of Scotland although this distinction isn’t recognized in all cases. Some...
View ArticleHow to sell Punjabi rocket fuel
The quick answer is to not call it that. In practice, that answer led to £60,000 in monthly profits for some Indian entrepreneurs and, eventually, to a half dozen arrests. Here’s what happened. The...
View ArticleAfter the whisky comes…electricity
At first blush it seems unlikely that waste material from making whisky could be used to make electricity. Once the liquor is created, it leaves behind dirty water and spent grain and not much else. As...
View ArticleCanadian Whisky’s Image Issues
Did you know that Canadian whisky had an image problem? Neither did I until I spotted this article in the New York Times. As I read the first few sentences, I realized that I have, unconsciously,...
View ArticleFast food ‘n’ beer
Remember when you first heard of beer being sold in fast food restaurants. It was probably from some buddy who’d been told by his buddy whose sister had seen beer for sale in McDonald’s in France....
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