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Tag Archives: whisky and writing
Whisky Live from the Other Side
I once had a girlfriend who always snapped at me, tossed things at me or punched me whenever she saw me looking in a mirror. Or a window. Or a silver metal object. Apparently, at that point in my life … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, bourbon, Distilling Rob, Scotch, whiskey, whisky, whisky and writing, Whisky Guy Rob, Whisky Live, whiskyguyrob, writing
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Timing Is Everything in Whisky and Life
I just opened a bottle of 28 year old Scotch distilled at Glenglassaugh Distillery. A bottle I’ve held on to since I bought it in September of 2005 in a London whisky shop. It was distilled just before Christmas, 1976. … Continue reading
Making Time for Whisky and Writing
The malleability of time. That’s the title of a chapter in my new book, Distilling Rob: Manly Lies and Whisky Truths. The chapter deals with the passage of time and the perception of time, which are two significantly different ways … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Culture Club, Distilling Rob, Islay, peat, time, whiskey, whisky, whisky and writing, writing
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The Slog to Blog
“You don’t drink whisky?” Variations of that reaction have escaped my lips numerous times while meeting or interviewing people who work in the whisky industry. Not the brand ambassadors, of course. Nor the distillery managers or the master blenders. The … Continue reading
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Robby O’ILL and the Little People
Durmod wiped the perspiration from his brow with a scrap of cloth that looked huge in his hand. His companions, Teig and Ronan, were equally as slathered in sweat. Though the 60 degree nighttime winter temperature was cool by Los … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Bush, Bushmills, Flash Mob Blog, whiskey, whisky and writing, Whisky Guy Rob, whiskyguyrob, writing
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A Dram for Living Deeply
“People living deeply have no fear of death.” – Anais Nin I’ve loved that quote from the first time I heard it. The words express everything I feel about life and living: absorb it all, good and bad, every step … Continue reading
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Tagged Anais Nin, bourbon, Mark Hummels, Scotch, Truman Cox, whiskey, whisky, whisky and writing, writing
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Unfiltered Whisky and Writing
Last week, I participated in an improv comedy show here in LA at the M.I. Westside Comedy Theater. The theme of the show was diaries. I was one of three readers who shared a passage from their secret jottings in … Continue reading
Independence in Writing and Whisky
“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden “Independent” has such a strong, rebellious connotation that burns beneath the word. Independent means you’ve clawed over the walls … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Regnault Patel, blogging, Brenne Whisky, Carin Castillo, Distilling Rob, Henry David Thoreau, Kickstarter, Mark of the Loon, Molly Greene, Scotch, Sia Scotch Whisky, Walden, whiskey, whisky, whisky and writing, Whisky Guy Rob, whiskyguyrob, writing
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Vampires, Whisky and Writing Give My Book a Kickstart
“Vampires. Kinky sex. I should have had vampires and kinky sex.” That was the thought that stumbled into my head around 3:30 this morning as I tossed and turned with the half-conscious gauziness that covers one’s brain in the middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Regnault Patel, blogging, Brenne Whisky, Bruichladdich, Crowdsource, Distilling Rob, Fifty Shades of Grey, Islay, Jim McEwan, Johanne McInnis, Kickstarter, Manly Lies, Molly Greene, Scotch, Vampires, whiskey, whisky, whisky and writing, Whisky Guy Rob, Whisky Truths, whiskyguyrob, writing
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