What Was Taken, and What Remains

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What Was Taken, and What Remains

Cutting to the chase: I’m fine, physically. The rest of the story is being written one day at a time.

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On a serious note...

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On a serious note...

Let's not forget that too much of this stuff is bad for us. We all get to set our own limits, but it was troubling to be reminded recently that some have no limits at all.

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Evaluating Totally Weird Stuff

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Evaluating Totally Weird Stuff

I don’t think I’m important enough to matter, but there are times where I really don’t want to play Kingmaker and cast a bolt of judgment from a place of ignorance.

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Does anyone like Champagne?

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Does anyone like Champagne?

Another New Year’s Eve has come and gone. Drink-wise, are we going to do it the same way in another 12 months?

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Let's Talk Jägermeister

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Let's Talk Jägermeister

Sure, it’s known as an obnoxious party liquor for frat boys and metalheads. But it wasn’t always that way!

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Yips and Barks: Sometimes, I'm Wrong!

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Yips and Barks: Sometimes, I'm Wrong!

Spirit Animal has been around for the better part of seven years now. What happens when an author looks back at his older takes?

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What's the Cost of a Number?

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What's the Cost of a Number?

R. Kelly once said that age was just a number. Surprise: that mindset didn’t work out for him so well!

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Yips and Barks: Robots and Chat GPT!

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Yips and Barks: Robots and Chat GPT!

The age has dawned in which we can get robots to write for us. What does this mean for liquor blogs like this one? Well, there’s good news, and there’s bad news.

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Does Packaging Matter?

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Does Packaging Matter?

Would the world be better if we could just buy the stuff we like without all of the bells and whistles? Today, we dig into whether that super fancy bottle brings anything to the experience. (Spoiler: I think it does.)

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 4

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 4

More canned cocktails! Aren’t we blessed? Well, maybe the market is better with one of these two ready-made drinks in it, but certainly not the other.

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Yips and Barks: "The Four Horsemen"

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Yips and Barks: "The Four Horsemen"

I wanted to write about a cocktail that’s always bothered me, because it’s really pretty dumb. That’s it: that’s the tagline.

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 3

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 3

Two more cocktails today, friends. Surprises, both! If you’ve ever wanted to get in touch with your inner trashy Jersey woo girl, read on.

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 2.

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 2.

A quick twofer today of canned treats: I review is Bacardi’s Rum Punch and the fancy Aurora Highball from Death and Co.

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 1.

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Canned Cocktail Roundup, Part 1.

The canned cocktail landscape is inconsistent, to put it lightly. Here, we start off a semi-regular series by sorting the good from the bad.

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Japanese Whisky: Caveat Emptor

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Japanese Whisky: Caveat Emptor

What if I told you that so much of what you might think is “Japanese whisky” is outright fake? And for what’s actually legitimate, why is it worth so much? How did we get here? I do my best to give you a solid primer.

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