Nothing Feels Good: In a continual ripple of things that make us sad, Scotch producers have alerted the world to a looming shortage of their delicious product. Whisky’s massive spike in popularity over the past few years seems mostly to blame, inflating prices and creating barrel shortages around the world. We try not to advocate panicking, but you might want to stock up soon.
But Sometimes It Feels Good: Ever wondered why Scotches taste so smoky, and for some reason couldn’t accept the idea of benevolent magic? Lucky Peach has the hard and fast answers for you with a deep look at the chemistry behind Scotch. It’s a great read to calm down from that first story.
Working On Your Dreams: The brave folks at World of Beer have announced what appears to be the world’s second-greatest internship (we’re hiring too, y’know.) They are advertising for a Drink It Intern, to be sent around the seventy World of Beer locations to drink, talk about beer, and apparently just crush it on social media forever. Better polish up those résumés– applications are due by March 26.
Superf*ckingexcited: We learned this week that our friends and neighbors at Threes Brewing will start canning their beers next month, with their inspiring Superf*ckingyawn Imperial IPA as the fifth or sixth release. The prospect of cracking cans of Table Beer, Unreliable Narrator, and the rest of their killer list has us downright thrilled, and you superf*cking well should be too.
Midsize Car?: Fans of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, rejoice: series star Tituss Burgess recently announced that he’ll be releasing his own pinot noir line, Pinot by Tituss, for everyone to enjoy and get that song stuck in their head for good. If you’re not in on the reference, go binge the series and come back. Honestly, it’s worth it.
Spring Break: It might be time to book a flight to South Africa, where you can finally achieve your Winnie-the-Pooh inspired dreams of drinking inside a tree. The Sunland Farm boasts a bar inside a thousand-year-old baobab tree, large enough to comfortably accomodate fifteen guests and a full wine cellar to boot. Don’t worry about the tree’s health– as baobabs age, they hollow out naturally, making them officially the weirdest thing we read about this week.