Whiskey

Review: George Clooney’s sexy tequila

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George Clooney sold his tequila company for a billion dollars – but is the stuff any good? The Spinoff finds out.  Imagine being so stupidly sexy you sneeze and sell a billion-dollar booze company. That’s what George Clooney did last year, flicking off the tequila business he started accidentally with an old drinking buddy to … Read more

No mean peat: A refined trip through the birthplace of great whisky

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Featuring hints of marshmallow, Prince Charles, booze-soaked shoes and being bullied by a large Scottish man named Paul. This story originally ran in Barker’s 1972 magazine. It was 11am and I was drunk. Whisky was dribbling over the top of my glass and a large Scottish man was standing over me yelling, “Is that enough?” He … Read more