The Oldie

DRINK BILL KNOTT

I thought I was too long in the tooth, my palate too jaded. But then it happened: a blinding flash, an alcoholic epiphany. I discovered a new drink.

Well, maybe not exactly new. Cachaça, a spirit made from sugar cane and the national firewater of Brazil, is

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