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I’ve been working on this one for quite some time now, much more substantial than the Rum Timeline and hopefully just as interesting.
Origin of the name
Abbreviation from the dutch jenever (jenever, jeniever, juneva, genever, genevrer… etc.), the spirit from which gin evolved. Jenever itself thought to come from the french word for juniper: genévrier.
It’s not every day you get to meet one of your bartending heroes. It certainly isn’t every day that you get to meet two.
Well yesterday I did!
For anyone not in the know, Simon Difford (Hero 1) was the founder of CLASS magazine and he then went on to write the Difford’s Guide (formerly Sauce Guide) [...]
For anyone who reads other blogs to do with drink and specifically cocktails, Mixology Monday will probably be nothing new to you. I have been following the progress of MxMo for the last year with great interest and I have to say it is a brilliant idea.
The way it works is this: Once a month [...]
The story goes that a talented Venecian bartender named Giuseppe Cipriani helped out a chap called Harry from Boston with some sticky money issues (borught about by his drinking habit). A couple of years later Harry returned to Venice much better off and paid back Cipriani five times what he borrowed telling him to set up a bar and call it ‘Harry’s’.
I’ve just been to Amsterdam on my stag weekend. The reason I gave no warning about this was because I didn’t know that I was going until I was actually there. Yes - my lovely brothers and friends kidnapped me, put me in a dress then blindfolded me and put an ipod + ear defenders on me. I was then walked, driven and flown around until 6 hours later the blindfold was taken off and I was sitting in a bar in Amsterdam*.
Finally I’ve got a whisky distillery visit under my belt! I took a trip up to Edinburgh on Wednesday and was lucky enough to get a very comprehensive tour of a benchmark distillery at Glenkinchie.
Glencinchie is one of only three remaining Lowland malt distilleries, it was established in 1825 and is situated about 20-30 minutes form Edinburgh. They operate tours for all visitors but I felt like we received some extra attention during our stay from Bill who has been involved with whisky for decades. [...]
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Check out Steve Leighton's video coffee cupping blog... really cool.
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