The Detriment of a Category
As I sit trying to pen this piece down (or rather rant) and trying to find my tone, I’m weary of trying to sound like a pompous angry black guy, but ultimately this needs to be said; as I have said before barring our “sophisticated”
My Brandy
Today, I feel that special mention must go out to the standard and quality of South African brandies and the success they’ve enjoyed thus far. I’m gonna let my mind digress for a second; consider the stuffiness that fine brandy was
Hood to the Burbs
This past weekend I found myself out ekasi (township) as well as Cubana Greenpoint. There is no big difference between the characters that frequent Cubana and kasi establishments, everybody is about
Food and Cognac
There’s a common misconception out there that brandy and cognac are purely dessert aperitifs. I don’t blame the misconstrued masses but fucking hell a great brandy, neat, and a cigar after an awesome meal is a feeling I could
Getting Naked
I’m gonna go naked with this statement; brandy and cognac are simply the best spirits known to man period! I really could not give flying duck or a continental shift as to how or why you would dispute that! We all have our vices and
Something Exceptional
Giorgio Armani once said "to create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focussed on the smallest detail". The same can be said in the art of creating brandy and cognac, from choosing only the best grapes for disti
Emcimbini
So this past weekend saw the Yack Master heading to Gugulethu for umcimbi (a family traditional gathering). As it is with imicimbi the alcohol flowed and we had a fair share of moemishes. One such moemish was a guy who arrived