A smash hit can be a double-edged sword. Look at ‘80s rock bands and their drippy power ballads. The euphoria of financial success from mass commercial appeal slowly turns to torture. Day in, day out, they’ll play that song ad nauseum for the rest of their professional career. Do you honestly think Foreigner still wants to know what love is? Then, by contrast, there are hits written away from a major label, and voila, it connects on an entirely different level.
Read MoreCanada’s immense land area has produced a selection of gins that explore the thousands of flavours that grow coast to coast. For distilleries near the sea, this includes taking flavours from the temperamental oceans and taming those flavours into its gins.
Read MoreThe Hidden Temple Gin bottle could be mistaken for a Raiders of the Lost Ark treasure map, with colourful flora, fauna and retro artefacts shrouding the bottle in mystery.
Read MoreIs Forty Creek madly going against the grain, or are they cunningly redefining it?
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