Bottled in Bond
So, what does the discerning Bond fan need to know in order to control the bar like 007? Why don’t we take a quick journey through the literary Bond’s favorite drink: whiskey.
Category Archives: Drink & Eat
Bagpiper From Bombay
Dev was secured to the rotating chair and flanked on either side by bald goons wearing a tight t-shirt and flamboyantly colored scarf. The man standing behind the vast desk […]
Sinning in Sydney
After more hours than I want to count neatly folded into the capsules that comprise coach service on most major American air carriers; after finishing two Jim Butcher “Dresden Files” […]
London’s Historic Pints & Pubs
Some time ago, I jetted off to London to spend a few days with a companion exploring the rich history and richer beer of that fine English town. Normally, when […]
My Dinner with Clyde
I don’t usually go to celebrity restaurants. Unfair though it may be, I associate them with average food, higher prices, and a willingness to coast on the name of a […]
Pegu Club
“There must be a few hundred men who are fairly behind the scenes of the Burma War—one of the least known and appreciated of any of our little affairs. The […]
White Devil
In the past couple months, two of the whiskey world’s heaviest hitters — Jack Daniels and Jim Beam — have released “white whiskey” products in an attempt to (somewhat belatedly) […]
Urban Bourbon: Stitzel-Weller
“We make fine bourbon. At a profit if we can, at a loss if we must, but always fine bourbon.” – Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle The intersection of Dixie Highway […]
Urban Bourbon: Introduction
Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail is one of the most enjoyable and best developed touring trails one could hope for, unless of course one happens to be the designated driver. The Trail […]
2012 Whisky Live Sydney
By an agreeable twist of luck, it turned out that the 2012 Whisky Live Sydney event was going on at the same time I found myself in Sydney touring it’s […]
