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Why kiwi belongs in a 500-year-old tradition
The honest case for a new fruit: not an invented heritage, but a genuine frontier in a craft that's always been about the fruit in front of you.
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Journal
Tastings, distillery visits, and the occasional argument. This is where the site speaks in the first person — separate from the sourced, encyclopedic Learn pages.
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Wasser vs. Geist, and why it's the only jargon worth learning
One distinction unlocks the whole category — ferment-then-distill versus macerate-then-distill. Here's how to taste the difference.
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The plum that tests the ground
In Serbian tradition, the first tree on new land is a plum. A field note from rakija country on why this spirit means more than proof.
The journal is being written. Entries will publish here with full bylines and dates.