When Punks Rule The Earth …

A series of price increases has seen me re-evaluate my last surviving subscription service and I made the decision to upgrade my NAS and move most of my work, backups, media, and general life stuff away from online services. I have had a Plex lifetime pass since 2014 so have returned to that with a vengeance and rediscovered an entire catalogue of old NZ Punk bands from the early 2000s that I had on CD. It has been excellent to get back to listening to whole albums and purchasing old albums that were missing. It also strikes me that many of the members of these bands will be pretty close to being in their 50s and 60s now. I have a feeling I won’t really miss the online services that much and certainly won’t miss the business model they are using at the moment.

Made the decision to upgrade my reflux still and add a little AirStill to the mix so have been experimenting with making gin and something similar to whisky. This time around it is about experimenting with different ingredients and flavours and learning how they come off the still. A little less sugar wash, a gentle edging towards grains and fruits, using oak and some native wood to mature on and more detailed process all around. It’s proving to be a fun and challenging hobby this time around and great to reconnect with my local brewing supply shop.