Scotch Whisky is more than just a drink – it's the product of people, of ambition, of culture, dreams, sweat, graft and inspiration. Family, Agriculture, Science, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Love. Produced by companies, made by people – and the people are part of stories, and friendships.It's through the love of Scotch Whisky that I've made hundreds of friendships over the last 10+ years: but it's especially poignant that one person who I'm proud to call a friend – Dr Nicholas Morgan – has had his book published… "A Long Stride: The Story of the World's No. 1 Scotch Whisky" – what bigger story in the world of Scotch Whisky is there to tell than the story of Johnnie Walker?#lovescotch #keepwalking
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Pundamentalist
I love seeing Gary Delaney at work – a slightly battered comedy ‘everyman’ with a hint of wrong’un, he fires out puns and stupid one-liners like a sort of giggling bullshit howitzer, and I can’t help but get caught up in the joy of it. This is his first book, and bar some slightly iffy…
Hey, what’s the B for?
A lot of people* have asked me what the “B” in “Jason B Standing” stands for. Another way to phrase it is “What’s your middle name?”, however I suppose in this case because I’ve proffered the “B” to them in the introduction it feels a lot less nosey to ask. Inevitably, I’ll find myself amid…
Boris Johnson: The Beast of Brexit
More a pamphlet than a book – I was intrigued into this by seeing it on a friend’s “recently read” feed. It’s a 60-ish page essay on the character of Alexander Boris DePfeffel Johnson, and given his temperament and past history of lying and criminal-adjacent activity & disrespect for the rule of law it simply…
Rum: The Manual
A companion to his excellent Whisky manual, but geared at The Sugar Spirit – Broom-san deploys his mixer-led grading system to inform notes on a load of different styles of rums, and paves the way to educate on different styles & processes for what turns out is a VASTLY complex territory for knowledge. And people…
