Author - Nick Jeffrey

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#99 Whisky & Wine

Those readers who were not living under a rock in the 80s and 90s will remember Wayne Gretzky, aka Number 99, aka The Great One, aka the greatest hockey player...

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Liquor vs. Liqueur

Your intrepid liquor reporter was thumbing through his page-a-day calendar last week, and realized in the nick of time that October 16 was National Liqueur...

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Going Dutch

Your globetrotting liquor reporter has recently returned from a European vacation, and The Netherlands left me shocked and awed with the state of their craft...

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Small Potatoes

Your intrepid liquor reporter has recently returned from a trip to the Maritimes, and made sure to sample the local hooch. The biggest surprise was Prince...

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Oktoberfest Oom-pah

Your intrepid liquor reporter has been in a rigorous training regimen to prepare himself for Oktoberfest for the last several weeks, which mainly consists of...

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Hoppy Days Are Here Again

September is a very special time of year, and I’m not referring to the little munchkins going back to school, or the Labour Day Classic. No, gentle...

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Shall We Chablis?

Your intrepid liquor reporter recently returned from a European vacation, a few days of which were spent in Paris, drinking wine and eating cheese in the...

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Corsican Wines

The Mediterranean island of Corsica has a rich and storied history of wine production, dating back for millennia. Like many in North America, your intrepid...

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Beer Yeast

Beer nerds are only too happy to tell that the Reinheitsgebot is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Those of you who do not Sprechen Sie Deutcsh are...

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International Beer Day

If your humble narrator could ever marry a specific day of the year, that day would be the first Friday in August, also known as International Beer Day. Yes...


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