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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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Select Aperitivo | A Venetian Story
I’d never been to Venice before which is strange, firstly given my ardent love for Italy and secondly given that Venice is regarded in many minds as one of Italy’s crown jewels; it’s Waterworld-esque existence being a truly unique proposition. My task was to broaden my Aperitivo knowledge beyond the realms of drinking Aperol Spritz in…
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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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Glenfiddich Rare Collection Cask No. 20050
The whisky industry is a sector that has little room for innovation due to the constraints that make a whisky, a whisky. Stray too far from the parameters, then you are no longer making whisky, or even worse still, you actually create a whisky — but one of inferior quality. Having said that, it doesn’t…
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An Original Recipe | Mr King’s 1842
It was only as we made our way down to the south coast of England, that I realised I hadn’t really given much thought to the trip ahead; the busy, vicissitudinal nature of my week robbing me of that luxury. “What drink would you like?” the waitress asked me. It was after “work hours” and…
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Where to? | Mezemiso
The idea of finding — or at least deciding on — a suitable place to eat can be a daunting task. “They have an App for that.” Yes, I’m sure they do but all that presents you with is a plethora of choice, more than you can realistically be bothered to sift through. So what…
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DESIGN | The Rolls-Royce Champagne Chest
The “problem” with being a brand like Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, is that everyone expects everything you make to be the best. The standard isn’t even comparable against what is, but also what could be; not “is it better than…” and more “is it that much better than…”. A good problem to have in some respects.…
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Holmen Lofoten | Kitchen on the Edge of the World
An idea remains just that until someone has the heart and drive to turn it into something more—only then does it become a reality. Such is the case with Holmen Lofoton; a concept so remote from feasibility, its very existence alone is award-worthy, and yet it exists. It takes a unique kind of vision to…
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Estrella Damm x Top 50 Gastropubs
The term Gastropub was coined in the early 2000’s by a few iconic establishments as a way to differentiate the “ordinary” pubs from those that offered good beer with equally as palatable food. Naturally this caused a stir within the food scene, but the somewhat dismay offered many budding chefs (professionally trained and not) a…
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RESIDENCY | La Maison Remy Martin x Claude Bosi at Bibendum
It was 2014, a dark Autumn night when I first encountered La Masion Rémy Martin. In the windows, the dark red outline of a centaur—the age old symbol of the house—glowed suggestively, intriguing passers-by on Greek Street, Soho. I actually had a key in my hand, but I didn’t need it, my entry swiftly acquiesced…
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The Cut at 45 Park Lane presents Francis Mallmann
Food is as much about those at the table as it is the chef, that being said the chef by default sets the tone, imagination and flow for the evening. Good chefs take inspiration from most things yet great chefs take the environment into their thought process entwining experience with flavour. Taking this note is…
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TALISKER BODEGA SERIES | TALISKER 40 YEAR OLD
Whisky (or whiskey) has a special trait of being as infinitely varied as those that choose to drink it. Whisky has almost innumerable options, with whiskies hailing from all parts of the world and from all manner of distilleries; within each distillery a further plethora of options, translated through the lens of that particular distillery,…