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By mjhorn Posted on July 25, 2020July 26, 2020

Cloudberry Flip

Finally got round to the Cloudberry Flip! I’ve had this Finnish cloudberry liqueur sitting around for years, making its mysterious presence felt through an improvisational dash in a thrown together … Continue reading Cloudberry Flip

Categories: Cocktail/mixed, Mason & DixonTags: Dixon, Flip, Liqueur, Mason, Stig
By mjhorn Posted on February 9, 2020

Constantia wine

Despite above appearances, this wine did not sprout one afternoon alongside my tomato plants. It grew further afield, in the Constantia vineyard of South Africa, and I imagine hitched a … Continue reading Constantia wine

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: Dixon, Mason, South Africa
By mjhorn Posted on May 12, 2019

Conoloways White

I recently spent a week in Kentucky with ten children in my care. This provided an ideal opportunity for some moonshining. Chapter 59 of Mason & Dixon finds our charismatic … Continue reading Conoloways White

Categories: Mason & Dixon, Other spiritsTags: Conrad Wheat, Moonshine, USA, Wedding
By mjhorn Posted on May 6, 2017May 8, 2017

Cheap Claret

Claret first enters the etymological record as a British nickname for Bordeaux red in 1700, not too long before Mason & Dixon gets started. The slang would then have been sixty-some years in use … Continue reading Cheap Claret

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: France, Mason
By mjhorn Posted on January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

Coconut Ale

In Chapter Three of Mason & Dixon, the Reverend Cherrycoke narrates the first excursion of our title characters in London. As Mason (“coming the Old London Hand”) inducts Dixon into the cheerful violence and … Continue reading Coconut Ale

Categories: Beer, Mason & DixonTags: Coconut, Dixon, Learned English Dog, Mason
By mjhorn Posted on September 27, 2015November 27, 2015

Small Beer

Among the many pieces of historical, gustatory, and alcoholic miscellanea we can gather from the pages of Mason & Dixon, the early birth and long-life of the mutual incomprehension customary between … Continue reading Small Beer

Categories: Beer, Mason & DixonTags: Colonial Brewing Co, Dixon, Pale Ale, Small Beer
By mjhorn Posted on July 18, 2015

Spruce Beer

Long time no post! I’ve well and truly finished Against the Day (gaze upon the list and tremble), but this one’s actually from Mason & Dixon. It’s just been sitting … Continue reading Spruce Beer

Categories: Beer, Mason & DixonTags: Alba, Cherrycoke, Scotland
By mjhorn Posted on May 23, 2015May 23, 2015

Cock Ale

Don’t get too excited—Pynchon clearly has his saucier moments, but I haven’t gone all NSFW on you here. A cock’s a chicken, you dirty bastards. And what could be a … Continue reading Cock Ale

Categories: Beer, Mason & DixonTags: Bars/Places, Beer, Dixon, Maskelyne, Mason
By mjhorn Posted on December 26, 2014December 26, 2014

Merry Christmas! (Fruitcake soaked in brandy)

Merry Christmas all! The day’s over here in Australia; probably just beginning for Tommy Pynchon himself. Among my celebrations, I’ve squeezed in a fruit cake soaked in brandy, as recommended by … Continue reading Merry Christmas! (Fruitcake soaked in brandy)

Categories: Mason & Dixon, Other spiritsTags: Christmas, Dixon, Food, Mason
By mjhorn Posted on September 13, 2014September 13, 2014

Oude Genever

Now we’re getting somewhere. The beaten track just slipped out of sight. Oude Genever.It’s totally obscure to me, but gets a couple of runs in Pynchon, making a grand debut … Continue reading Oude Genever

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, Other spiritsTags: Blicero, Genever, Gottfried, Holland, Katje, Pynchon
By mjhorn Posted on August 9, 2014August 9, 2014

Madeira

I stepped off my bus this afternoon halfway through Mason & Dixon‘s last chapter. No way could I have gone home and socialised with people at that point. I sat … Continue reading Madeira

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: Dixon, Madeira, Mason, Portugal, Pynchon

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Some belated 2019 favourites - Saunders maybe most of all, and Garner a big highlight. Also massively recommend Underland for moving, thoughtful writing about our relationship to the planet
Selling local honey and horse milk by the roadside in Jeti-Oguz, Kyrgyzstan.
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