Teenage Mutant

DISTILLERY Mackmyra AGE Ten Year Old ALCOHOL 51.6% REGION Stockholm, Sweden COLOR Light gold NOSE Sweet, marzipan, faint whiff of peaches, popcorn PALATE Spicy, earthy taste with a lash of peat.  Quite a full bodied flavour. FINISH Perhaps showing its relative immaturity, it trails off quickly with a lingering wood fire finish. SCORE 84 out of 100 NOTES Now this ...

Strange text message I received this morning from one of my staff:

Its been nearly a year since we had the disappointing FIFA World Cup 2010 and six months since Qatar won a corruption-riddled World Cup bidding process to host the 2022 World Cup, of which 14 out of the 24 judges on the panel have now been accused of taking bribes.  Although FIFA President Sepp Blatter has always had the stink ...

Last season, when the Reds unexpectedly beat the Crusaders 41-20 at Suncorp, it marked the turning point for the side in their transition from being the competition whipping boys to genuine title contenders.  Last season’s efforts eventually petered out towards the end of the competition with the club finishing fifth, one position away from qualification for Finals Football in the ...

Jakes On A Train

DISTILLERY Glenfiddich AGE Twelve Year Old ALCOHOL 40% REGION Speyside COLOR Honey NOSE Pleasantly sweet, bit of treacle happening PALATE Pepper and caramel flavoured FINISH Its got a short, but pleasing aftertaste that doesn’t really offer up much more than the initial flavours SCORE 75 out of 100 NOTES Glenfiddich is the best-selling single malt whisky in the world by ...

We all know Queensland currently has the Best Rugby Union Club in the World (QLD Reds, ranked top of the Super 15), the Best Football Club in the World (Roar, A-League Champions and holders of the Longest Undefeated Streak in Professional Football), the Best Women’s Football Club in the world (champions of the Womens A-League) and the Best Rugby League ...

In the recently released S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants, there was a single entry from Australia – Peter Gilmore’s Quay Restaurant – which came in at 27th. Quay was already widely recognised as offering one of Australia’s finest dining experiences.  It has been recognized with a clutch of culinary awards – three chefs hats for nine consecutive years, Sydney Morning ...

I was very sad to wake up to the news that Macho Man Randy Savage passed away last night.  Savage had left the wrestling business years ago, gotten his life together and had remarried.  He had a heart attack while driving and his jeep crashed into a tree.  He was 58. Savage is practically the embodiment of Rock N Roll ...