The wind blew, and I found myself cast a thousand miles east, having been lifted from the Salt Lake Valley and its sprawling mountain roots beneath the earth, landing among Omaha, Nebraska’s rolling hills. Culture is seeded here in clumps of arbitrary districts where like-minded individuals have gathered, evolving over decades into sects that have…
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After a full day of grocery shopping and running errands, only two things remained on my list to scratch off: Haircut. Whisky. And lo, as if I had summoned a beguiling phantom by invoking its name, I found Scissors and Scotch tucked inside a quaint market where brick shops lay beneath a lucky few apartments.…
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Mai Tai as a mocktail is part of the upper echelon among its alcohol-free peers. And among this recipe’s peers, it stands high as well. I’ve tasted many virgin Mai Tais as a beverage writer, and I wanted to provide everyone looking to get into virgin cocktail making with some senior knowledge. What should you…
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I enjoy fine whisky and stories about fine whisky, especially when they inspire the imagination into spinning tales. Hatozaki is a renowned Japanese fine whisky that’s smooth, uses no food coloring and is pleasantly smoky and sweet. Although Hatozaki leans toward the pricier side for Japanese whisky, the combination of color and delicious flavor are…
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America is the beehive of the world. From this central hub of technology and culture, busy little bees come and go, pollinating the landscape with their talents and ideas. It’s a hive of individuals contributing to the whole. Diversity is what unites the States. Of all the spirits, gin embodies the American ideals of strength…
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Good whisky ages for years. Great whisky ages over the course of millennia. At the western edge of the windswept moors of Scotland, over white-tipped ocean waves that froth with every frigid winter’s wind, the island of Islay catches a salted mist cast by the sea. In its lowlands, primordial fields of dark earth have…
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Time is the rival that my efforts endeavor to overcome. Of the tools against age and decay, tradition is among the most effective. I sometimes view new customs, untested by the destructive rhythm of passing centuries, as a threat to the traditions that have been passed to me from my family. While time marches forward…
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There are times when symbols define who we are. Other times we seek out symbols, and people, and places, that resonate with our current values, attracting certain aspects of our own personalities. For Tyler and Outlaw Distillery, the line between symbol and persona is blurred. The romanticization of outlaws is attractive to many of us…
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Salt Lake City is a pioneer town owing its foundation to the brave men and women who broke the trail to this fertile valley in the 1800s. But, when it comes to spirits, the land has grown into a valley of unrest. In the ides of August 2021, I visited a local distillery about 15…
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