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NZDistiller

@NZDistiller

Craft Spirits (and other adult beverages). Formerly with Liquid Alchemy NZ. New project: @roughhandsnz applejack

 Nelson, New Zealand
roughhands.nz
Joined September 2013
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ELSEWHEN: It's About Time - ELSEWHEN

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Kieran Haslett-Moore (@southstarbrew) profile pictureKieran Haslett-Moore@southstarbrew20 Mar 2023
Had dinner with my friends Fritz and Maria from Rough Hands tonight. Got sent away with a sample of the new vintage cider brandy.
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Spirit of ingenuity alive and kicking in Rough Hands Distillery stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-…
Taking the rough with the smooth

Taking the rough with the smooth

Column: Wanting to pay homage to Nelson's early agricultural history, the couple behind Rough Hands Distillery have created a brandy like no other.

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We are pleased to announce that our ELSEWHEN Applejack is now for sale!
Rough Hands NZ (@RoughHandsNz) profile pictureRough Hands NZ@RoughHandsNz8 Dec 2021
Announcing ELSEWHEN Applejack @roughhandsnz instagram.com/p/CXMpeRQhPMu/…
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So what do we think? A COVID blip, or a more lasting sea change? thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/1…
Craft spirits surpass growth of non-craft spirits in US

Craft spirits surpass growth of non-craft spirits in US

The craft segment of the US spirits industry is set to vastly outperform the main market in coming years, according IWSR data.

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Behind the scenes (spaghetti junction) #aprilfestX
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Add to this any distillery that's all about the family tradition of bootleggers, and to a lesser extent the mythology of their water source...
yvonne lorkin (@yvonnemax) profile pictureyvonne lorkin@yvonnemax17 Mar 2021
Swear to god. If I read another wine website’ ‘about’ page that starts “we are a small, family-owned, boutique winery that makes wines we want to drink....” and then proceeds to not ever actually tell us YOUR ACTUAL NAMES in ANY of the copy, I will scoop my own eyeballs out
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We're starting to define some terms here in NZ thespiritsbusiness.com/2021/…

New Zealand body issues rules for whisky - The Spirits Business

A trade group has introduced new guidelines for the production of whisky in New Zealand to provide clarity for consumers and producers

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Most people would never think of opening an unmarked vial of liquid sent to them…in fact, most people would call the police. Whisky writers…hell, we open them up and go for it! 😏
Blair Bowman (@mrblairbowman) profile pictureBlair Bowman@mrblairbowman20 Feb 2021
Sincere thanks to the anonymous person who sent me some unmarked 50ml samples of what I can only presume is whisky. OR if it is not whisky the sender is someone who is severely dehydrated.
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Apparently whisky has terroir decanter.com/wine-news/whisk… But what is terroir really? decanter.com/magazine/wine-t…
Whisky can show terroir like fine wine, suggests study

Whisky can show terroir like fine wine, suggests study

Whisky flavour can be partly influenced by growing environment and ‘vintage’ conditions, says a study that is part of an ongoing research project and has cast new light on a long-running debate.

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If you are fixing to mix cocktails and politics, this might be the day 🍸for the future theguardian.com/food/cocktai…
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ICYM: @ciderrant are selling direct. Go to peckhams.co.nz for Bubble specials
Please don't drink the hand sanitizer edition.cnn.com/2020/03/18/b…
You couldn’t make this up #isthismadeup
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Imagine a world where there were archives of live P-Funk and Fela recordings as extensive and well-curated as those devoted to the Grateful Dead.
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Are the days numbered for "beers that taste like beer"? Is porter for pensioners?
Lew Bryson (@lewbryson) profile pictureLew Bryson@lewbryson7 Feb 2020
It appears that significant numbers of American brewers who focus on "classic" beer styles -- pale ale, "clear" IPA, witbier, pilsner, hefeweizen, dubbel, tripel, brown ale, porter, stout -- are finding it tough going in today's market.
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Thinking it's about time to leave Delhi...
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Great piece on the challenges of keeping artisanal production's soul intact while getting profits to the small producers. punchdrink.com/articles/tric…

The Tricky Business of Ethical Mezcal | PUNCH

Niki Nakazawa and Max Rosenstock, the partners behind Neta, have created a new model for bringing the exploited Mexican spirit to market.

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Heard on the street Udaipur: "Little ... Prince? Oh! That's like my tattoo! Should we go there?"
What should we be shopping for: asbestos underpants? tinned meat? rose tinted glasses? theguardian.com/world/2020/j…
Doomsday clock lurches to 100 seconds to midnight – closest to catastrophe yet

Doomsday clock lurches to 100 seconds to midnight – closest to catastrophe yet

Nuclear and climate threats create ‘profoundly unstable’ world as Mary Robinson warns climate inaction is ‘death sentence for humanity’

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Craft..rhymes with graft? boingboing.net/2020/01/17/el…

'El Chapo' beer launched by murderous druglord's daughter

"El Chapo" ran a global narcotics crime ring and escaped two maximum security prisons before being captured, extradited to the United States in 2017, found guilty in 2019, and sentenced…

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