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Outbound: up close

June 25, 2010 by Jon in Links
  • Ever wonder what your favourite drinks look like under a microscope? Wonder no more.
  • Scotland's difficult relationship with alcohol.
  • Two interesting notes from Robert Simonson - Bombay Sapphire extend their range for 2010/11; the number of kosher single malts is up by two - to two.
  • Great post from American Drink on where the bartender fits into our lives.
  • And finally, England's secret weapon in their World Cup Campaign? Beer. It's been so effective, they're going to try it against the Germans.
June 25, 2010 /Jon
Ardbeg, bartenders, bevshots, Bombay Sapphire, cocktails, drinking, FIFA World Cup 2010, Glenmorangie, microscope, Scotch, Scotland, single malt
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This week's depressing alcohol consumption statistic

January 28, 2010 by Jon in Links

In which the Company wonders who did have their 46 bottles of vodka last year.

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January 28, 2010 /Jon
alcohol, drinking, Links, news, Scotland, vodka
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2010 with a blast (from the past, of course)

January 15, 2010 by Jon in Links
Disney - Illuminations - Reflectons (3) (explored) by Express Monorail on Flickr.

It's a brand new year, rife with possibility. What to do? Where to start?

  • How about last year? Minimum drink pricing is back on the agenda, with its predictable supporters and detractors. Some might see minimum pricing as a stealth tax against the poorest sections of society; others look at the estimated £900 that alcohol abuse costs every person in Scotland.
  • How about further back? Like 200,000 years ago? Apparently the caveman lifestyle is all the rage - in NYC.
  • The Bronx Beer Caves.
  • The Washington Post on the indescribable taste - and expense - of cognac.
  • Oh Gosh! on Mozart Dry - unsweetened chocolate spirit.
January 15, 2010 /Jon
alcohol, drinking, Links, news
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The 2009 Political Post

August 31, 2009 by Jon in politics, Thoughts

In which the Company will not go gently into that good night, and instead, rages, rages against the dying of light. And makes jokes at Tony Stark's expense.

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August 31, 2009 /Jon
2005 Licensing Act, alcohol abuse, demon in a bottle, drinking, licensing law, Scotland, Tony Stark's phenomenal moustache
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Drink responsibly, kids

August 25, 2009 by Jon in Links

Via Comically Vintage / Retrospace / Are2 / Liquid Fire.

August 25, 2009 /Jon
alcohol, comics, drinking, liquid fire is running through my veins, tumblr
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