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Hail Mary
Our relationship with alcohol can be… complicated. We drink to toast a celebration; we drink to commiserate a loss; we drink to the past, present and future; we drink to forget and we drink to regret. Sometimes we just drink – for no other reason besides the fact that it’s there, omnipotent, and the done…
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Dictador + Royal Tokaji – A Tale of Two Masters
With extra special expressions of a spirit, the focus will often be on the mastermind behind it; or, in the case of premium rums, simply, the master. Flourishes within the alchemical process – those that are unquantifiable and ultimately impossible to replicate – are down to the man or woman in charge. They call it…
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Tributo 2020 by Havana Club
Havana Club has pulled back the curtain on their latest iteration of their Tributo collection. First launched back in 2016 by Maestro del Ron Cubano Asbel Morales, this ultra-prestige series of Havana Club rum seeks to embody specific tenets of traditional Cuban rum-making. Each annual edition focuses on a different element of the process and the…
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Glenlivet — The Visible Spectra
The first things one seeks out in their whisky – before even liberating its cork – are its age, established flavour profiles, and the manner with which it was casked. We use these hallmarks to close in on what we know we like, or what we think we might like, according to past tastings. As…
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Florentine Kitchen Knives
It’s no coincidence that Florentine Kitchen Knives are able to invoke an almost borderless aesthetic that somehow exemplifies very specific cultures across the globe. Florentine Kitchen Knives is the brainchild Tomer Botner – an industrial designer who spent 10 years in the restaurant industry ruminating on how he could apply his very practical mastery of…
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OCTOMORE by Bruichladdich
It’s safe to say they do things a little differently up at Bruichladdich (brook-laddy). One of the smaller of the nine distilleries on the Scottish isle of Islay, they happen to employ the most people. This is because cost efficiency is not in-keeping with the Bruichladdich mantra. In fact, their dogged resistance to the risk-free,…
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SOUND OF RUM
There’s an ineffable electricity in the tang of a rum cocktail. A kind of hot, cloying constitution that limbers the soul and, more than any other spirit, tastes like a good time. You’ll be hard pushed to find a drink that is so redolent of colour and sound as rum. It’s the carnival drink; the…
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VERTEX | In defence of time
With no way to tell the time, the world seems to spin on without us. Sure, we can see the shifting clouds overhead, and the darkening of the day, but our place – our purpose – has no orientation when we don’t have the facility to track the seconds ticking by. It’s something we take…
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The Glory of Goodwood
I think people struggle to encapsulate Goodwood because it is a microcosm of the best of Britishness and that in itself is an entity that transcends words. Goodwood is so much more than a venue for world-renowned events. It is the physical manifestation of unbridled joy – of a lifestyle we toil for and aspire…
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TIMEPIECE | Formex Watches
There is no preened, regulated arena for the surfer. You’re out there with the sea and nature’s whim. Your instinct and the ocean’s mercy are as tantamount to your prosperity as your own technical skill. It’s an unconquerable terrain and one must be well prepared and better equipped. Formex have created a watch tailored to…
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THE LEGACY OF DON JULIO
“Don Julio means the best tequila in Mexico.” These are the words spoken to me by Enrique de Colsa – one of Don Julio’s seasoned ambassadors and pre-eminent master distiller. It’s peculiar to speak in absolutes when discussing food, drink, music or any other of life’s unquantifiable pleasures we call ‘art’. It is, however, a…
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The Tempest Two | London to Sahara
How often do we idle out the window and fantasise about the great outdoors, with all its untrodden odysseys? These mini fantasies are a heady source of escapism. They usually comprise of scenes denoting isolation and freedom: the impossibly blue waters of a desert island; vast plains where the four-legged reign, unacquainted with man; snow-capped…
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ICON | The Mini Remastered
It’s rare that you see a genuinely brilliant pipedream plucked forth from the ether and brought into reality. “Imagine if you could drive a classic car with modern levels of performance.” It’s the sort concept car you would giddily hypothesise amongst friends, but never get to see. Well David Brown imagined and acted. On the…
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Dewar’s Legacy
Dewar’s is a brand steeped in pride, innovation and acclaim. They are the consummate creators of Scotch whisky and their blends run rich with the highland magic of the Pitilie Burn. In 1884 an industrious young man named John Dewar took it upon himself to walk from Aberfeldy to Perthshire (a 30 mile trip) to start…
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