Hands was floating around the distillery with a camera on Tuesday. Didn’t know why until a few minutes ago. As I walked by his desk, he unplugged the headphones, spun his monitor to me and hit play on a video.
Hands was floating around the distillery with a camera on Tuesday. Didn’t know why until a few minutes ago. As I walked by his desk, he unplugged the headphones, spun his monitor to me and hit play on a video.
The imagery he had captured earlier that week started to slip and slide over music - tight, clear and bursting with energy. Hands had recorded the bottling process of a barrel aged gin experiment the lads did an episode about last week.
At this point, I’m overly familiar with the bottling process. But seeing the same thing through his lens offered up a new kind of fresh and crispy magic. I’ve had the aged gin, but his short video made me want it all over again.
Go figure. A little distance and a new perspective can make the mundane seem extraordinary.
Come to think of it, that's one of the reasons why we do quarterly dry weeks in the Whiskey Tribe. After a little time away, some of the most familiar pours can reveal new and unexpected flavors you were too close to notice before.
The official dry week ends today (Friday) at noon. If you successfully completed an intentional week without alcohol this quarter, you are cordially invited to add your name to the list of Whiskey Challengers here. https://whiskeytribe.com/pages/whiskey-challengers
Cheers,
~ The Magnificent Bastard
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