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The Tippling Point | Charles Tanqueray and the story of London Dry Gin
The Tanqueray 10 supreme premium gin has eight botanicals, compared with four earlier. It was also the first gin to use fresh citrus.
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The Tippling Point | What makes Icelandic Reyka one of the purest vodkas in the world?
During distillation, the vapour passes through a botanical basket of lava rocks, picking up an assortment of flavours - junipery, flowery, citrusy.
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The Tippling Point | Sweet twist in the history of one of the most expensive bourbons in the world
If you get your hands on the 23-year-old Family Reserve, sip slowly, taking all the time in the world.
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The Tippling Point | On chasing away Covid blues with a sip of history
Made with Ugni Blanc grapes, Remy Martin Louis XIII is aged in oak barrels for a hundred years.
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The Tippling Point | Brewers are challenging themselves - and us - to push the frothy borders of beer further
Scottish and German brewers have been competing to make the strongest beer in the world for decades. How have beer lovers fared in this chug of war?
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The Tippling Point | One-time Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar's new hits, in a different field
After a wobbly start in Mexico in the 1980s, Cabo Wabo was an instant hit in the US where it quickly became the second best-selling premium tequila.
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The Tippling Point | The bewitching origin story of walnut liqueur
Walnut liqueur is known by many names: Nocino in Italy, Brou de noix in France, NutZino Walnut Liqueur in New Zealand, and Nucata in Romania.
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The Tippling Point | Spirit of resistance and national integration in Guatemala
San Simon, also known as Maximon, is a folk saint in Guatemala whose favourite offerings are rum, cigars, money and tortillas.
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The Tippling Point | History at the bottom of a Lithuanian pint
You don't have to travel to the Lithuanian countryside for craft beer. Almost all bars in Lithuanian cities stock these exotic farmhouse ales.
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The Tippling Point | Remembering Joe Gilmore, the legendary bartender who created the Berkeley Stinger, and the MoonWalk cocktail for Neil Armstrong
Bartender to celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Laurel and Hardy and Frank Sinatra, Joe Gilmore took everything he overheard and everything people told him in confidence to his grave in 2015.
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The Tippling Point | Cherries, cocktails and a dash of Luxardo history
The cocktail craze during prohibition gave it a shot in the arm, but the bombing of Zara during World War II was a major setback - the story of Luxardo is muddled with world history.
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The Tippling Point | The trappings of paradise and a heady origin story
Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt - Donn Beachcomber - started the first Tiki bar in the US in the 1930s. He is also credited with creating Mai Tai, Zombie, Navy Grog, PiYi, and at least 80 more cocktails in his lifetime.
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The Tippling Point | After all, a drink born out of pure love can't go bad, can it?
The story of Padre Azul - a premium tequila made with 100% Blue agave - starts with an intercontinental love story.
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The Tippling Point | Waging war can be thirsty work
Started by battle-weary-knights-turned-monks, caught in the crosshairs of a war in the 1100s, and scarred again by the World Wars, Affligem abbey has a history of rising from the ashes.
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The Tippling Point | Today, J.Boroski has bars in Bangkok and Shanghai
This invitation-only bar builds your drink based on what you feel like at the time. Don't go looking for the bar without a map, though - the secret location seems to be in everybody's blind spot.
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Tippling Point | 'From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world': Saint Arnold of Metz, Patron Saint of beer
Across geography and time, we have venerated the men and women who have miraculously doubled our stores of beer and protected brewers.
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Tippling point | Rum that cost the presidency
History is witness that rum has always swayed elections - sometimes in rather unexpected ways
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Tippling Point | The heat is on, time to raise a glass to margarita
The drink is cool and simple to make if you have tequila at home. And if you need help, we have just the recipe for you, read on
BUSINESS
Tippling Point I How Batavia arrack, one of the world’s oldest drinks, became a cult spirit
The still funky spirit that originated on the island of Java is among the oldest distilled spirits in the world.
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Tippling Point | Norse invaders, national pride and rich flavours: The delectable history of Teacher's whisky
Teacher's has long been making such gestures to national sentiment and pride. In 1997, as a tribute to mark 50 years of Indian independence the brand launched Teacher's 50
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Tippling Point | Ballantine is a popular drink. Here’s its story
The origins of Ballantine, voted Europe's No 1 Scotch whisky and also World's Best Blended Scotch 2020, traces back to the early 1800s.
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Tippling Point | Dervla Murphy and the spirits of people
Dervla Murphy, touring cyclist and author of adventure travel book from Ireland, journeyed around the world on foot, bicycle, or mule and chronicled the stories of people through the prism of drinks.
FEATURES
Tippling point | How do you like your whisky, with or without an ‘e’?
The world of spirits is rich and sometimes complicated, we help you tell your Scotch from bourbon and why the Japanese are taking the whisky world by storm.
BUSINESS
The Tippling Point | Unique single cask expressions from Scotland’s Cask88
Cask88, with the help of leading distilleries in Scotland, decided to bring out a few unique single cask expressions.
