As glitter wine, kale smoothies, nutritional yeast, truffle oil and kombucha sweep the world, ‘traditional’ foodies have been both disgusted and delighted. This raises the question: how old must a dish be to be considered cultural?

Granted: when you’re five plates (and seven beers) deep into a San Sebastian tapas mission and they whip out a cheeky Japanese “edamame” fusion sauce with your Galician Octopus, you’re probably not going to be too upset.

But when your favourite café switches your fries for sweet potato chips (the audacity) you might be tempted to join those pushing back of the bastardization of their favourite meals.

 

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A marriage of convenience? Perhaps. An interesting question? Absolutely.

DMARGE spoke to a selection of lip-smacking experts to get the inside word.

Brett Jeffrey, chef at Sydney French restaurant Bistro St Jacques, told DMARGE, in his view, “If a certain tradition or dish gets passed down through a generation it becomes part of the history of that dish.”

“When it becomes recognised as pertaining to a certain cultural group you would consider it part of their food culture.”

Ben Groundwater, however, an Australian travel columnist, feature writer, tapas lover and host of Traveller’s podcast Flight Of Fancy, told DMARGE earlier this year that, in his eyes, food doesn’t need to be old to be cultural.

“If a country or a city has begun embracing veganism in a real and organic way, going to that place and eating that food is most definitely a cultural experience. It’s just not traditional.”

“To me, culture is the here and now, it’s what people are interested in, what they’re eating and what’s popular right now. If a food scene has a history of innovation, which it does in, say, the Basque Country of northern Spain, then I would consider a movement towards veganism a very real part of that culture that travellers would want to experience.”

Gary Prebble, the owner of Bistro St Jacques told DMARGE much the same: though (by definition) ‘new-age’ food can’t be considered traditional, that doesn’t mean it can’t be cultural.

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For Mr Prebble, a “groundbreaking dish” has “a special combination of elements including flavour, texture, aroma and taste that leaves a lasting impression.”

 

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Though some chefs (including the late Anthony Bourdain) have voiced their doubts over the degree to which it is possible to create a groundbreaking dish without “blood and spatter”, Matt Preston, award-winning food journalist, restaurant critic and TV personality told DMARGE, in his view, ‘cultural’ dishes can be created with both vegan and non-vegan food (and that there’s more to vegan food than deep-fried tofu from Coles).

“I would argue that India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are awash with dishes that are culturally valued or adored above their role in nutrition. Whether that’s mustard oil in potato mash with green chilli and coriander in Bangladesh or daal in India (and elsewhere).”

“Chase the ingredient and you find dishes that take on huge significance all over the world – like hummus or ful medames in the Middle East.”

When it comes to beverages, Seedlip Founder, Ben Branson told DMARGE, “It’s hard to put a finger on exactly the maverick and magic needed to create an iconic beverage.”

“Just like building a perfect cocktail, it’s a delicate recipe of a little bit of timing, a little bit of luck, a big splash of hard work and a lot of understanding on where the world’s at and what consumers want.”

As French lawyer and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once said in the 1800s: “The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.”

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In the 2008 Disney/Pixar film WALL-E, the Earth has been reduced to a wasteland, covered in nothing but rubbish and mega-malls, forcing humanity to abandon their home planet.

When the film came out, endless social commentators and academics warned that the United States would soon resemble the dystopia pictured in WALL-E if the American public’s consumerist buying habits – and the shopping malls that both encourage and are emblematic of those habits – continue to be built across the country.

Yet on the cusp of 2021, we’re seeing America move in a different direction, but one that’s no less dystopian. Since WALL-E was released, we’ve experienced a global recession, the growth of online retail and most recently a life-altering pandemic. Malls, once a mainstay of suburban America, have struggled to survive, and ‘zombie malls’ are more and more common around the country.

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There’s something incredibly bleak about seeing an empty mall, especially one where its tenants have long since departed. Even more bleak is the growing trend of ‘zombie mall auctions’, where liquidators sell off the remaining parts of a shopping mall – everything from shop signage to left-over mannequins, The New York Times reports. But it’s not just a commercial proposition, they reveal:

“While a majority of buyers at these auctions are surplus buyers and may be more interested in things like light fixtures and racks… about 30 percent are collectors… [wanting to] own pieces of the corpse.”

 

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On the one hand, it’s a good thing that these zombie mall parts are being recycled or finding a new home. It’s a sustainable and pragmatic way to deal with what’s a pretty grim situation. On the other hand, it makes the whole phenomenon even more ghoulish than it already is: not only has the life been ripped from the mall, but now its very skeleton is being dismembered, too.

Australia doesn’t have quite the same sort of ‘mall culture’ that America has, but the trend towards bigger and bigger retail experiences – at a time when online retail is taking up more and more of the retail pie – does not bode well for the Land Down Under.

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The big challenge for brick-and-mortar retailers in Australia is ensuring that their in-store experience is better than their online experience. Malls can’t beat the Internet for convenience, but they can try and beat them on experience.

According to research conducted by Baker Consulting in 2018, there are 1,630 shopping centres in Australia which exceeded 1,000 square metres of gross lettable area, comprising of more than 65,000 speciality shops. The real question is this: is that many stores really sustainable in a country as small as Australia?

And will we see zombie malls cropping up here too?

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2020 has been a heart blipping year. Some psychologists have even said its negative health impacts have been comparable to smoking. But it’s also been a year of silver linings. From the luxury hotel industry to aviation – and of course health and fitness – there has been much innovation and opening of minds to new concepts – along with a renewed focus on physical and mental wellbeing.

Continuing in that vein, especially given the uncertain circumstances many now find themselves in, DMARGE interviewed mental health first aid instructor (and Trigger Point Canada Master Trainer) Nick Petrella, on the best exercises for reducing anxiety.

Petrella’s main advice? Contrary to popular belief, if you’re feeling particularly anxious, or if you have an anxious predisposition, then lifting heavy weights or doing circuit training are not ideal. These exercises, in fact, could cause you a “heightened heart rate… [just] like anxiety does,” multiple times, with each set or exercise “mimicking” that same sensation you’ve been trying to avoid and also potentially “causing more anxiety.”

“To be safe,” Petrella continued, he finds it better to do something that “keeps the heart rate persistent.” Think: running, walking, hiking; yoga. These kinds of activities “balance out the chemicals and the hormones.”

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Health.com backs this up. A 2020 article the site published in June cites Ben Michaelis, PhD, an evolutionary clinical psychologist, saying running has “been shown to improve mood in a variety of ways” including “causing lasting changes in our ‘feel good’ neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, both during and after exercise.”

“What’s more,” Health.com writes, is that “the repetitive motions of running appear to have a meditative effect on the brain.”

“The mental benefits can be especially powerful for people who suffer from depression. In a 2006 review published in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, researchers found evidence that exercise can work in a similar way to antidepressants, alleviating major depressive disorder by promoting the growth of new neurons in the brain,” (Health.com).

All this said, every individual is different, and some people may find high-intensity workouts make them feel great – perhaps even providing them with a massive energy boost. In fact, Petrella told DMARGE, “high intensity… when I’m having a big day… helps me [personally] recover better.”

He attributed this to these workouts helping build self-awareness (a baseline of suffering, if you will), from which the rest of your day feels easier by comparison. Petrella also explained that the distinction between mental and physical health is vanishingly small and that the two are highly interconnected.

“You can’t have one without the other.”

For this reason, Petrella recommends you “treat your body as one machine,” learning when to listen to it and when to put yourself in more stress (and when not to). To aid you in this it helps to be organised, and have a structured week, exercising and going to sleep at the same time each day (and working on your sleep efficiency).

“Just because you’re in bed doesn’t mean quality sleep.”

Petrella also stressed the importance of eating well, exercising in some capacity daily and “being honest with someone you can trust” as broader strategies for managing your mental health, beyond just what you do in the gym (or on the pavement).

While every individual should consult their doctor about their treatment options (regarding both anxiety and exercise programs), the US Department of Health and Human Services provides a useful standard amount of weekly exercise to compare your current level of anxiety to.

According to Health.com, “The agency suggests 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) to 300 minutes (5 hours) of moderate-intensity exercise a week. When that exercise ramps up to vigorous-intensity exercise, those recommendations lower to 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes) to 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes).”

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Conor McGregor has always had a keen eye for style.

From crisp yet casual ‘Canadian tuxedo’ fits to upending the bespoke suit game with the most vulgar pinstripes ever devised, the 32-year-old Irish MMA legend is just as playful and imaginative with this wardrobe as he is with his insults.

But sometimes his sartorial swings are as risky as his last-minute fist throws – like with this exceptionally luxurious (some might say too luxurious) outfit.

Relaxing in every Irishman’s natural habitat – the pub – McGregor decks himself out in a $1,000 Gucci polo, $1,135 Hermès belt and a $45,000 Rolex Day-Date ‘President’ for his wrist. It’s an expensive outfit, no doubt, but throwing bulk money at a fit isn’t the way to look cool.

He just kind of looks like the world’s richest nerd… Although we’re not volunteering to tell him that to his face.

 

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The issues here are that he’s not only buttoned his polo all the way to the top, but he’s also tucked his polo into his jeans. On top of that, he’s wearing his jeans far too high up for comfort, something that’s brought into sharp focus by the tucked-in polo, too. It’s a shame because it’s actually quite a decent outfit. While some people look ridiculous covered in Gucci’s famous monogram, McGregor makes it look natural.

Under current creative director Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s championed a highly irreverent, kitsch aesthetic that thrives on the weird and wonderful. So maybe McGregor’s just really taking Michele’s aesthetic to heart with this “Billi no mates” look. Maybe the whole point of the fit is its incongruous nature; looking like a nerd despite punching people out for a living. It’s exactly the sort of 3D chess move ‘The Notorious’ would pull. He’s getting into our head, man…

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Forget Byron Bay; Nimbin has long been known as Australia’s earthiest paradise. Nature, waterfalls, hippies – everything a British trustafarian could dream of. Just over an hour’s drive inland from the iconic Byron, Nimbin is a small town of 1,477 people which – up until about 2016 – felt above the law.

Though it’s part of NSW and thus subject to the same drug restrictions as any other town in the state, there used to be “only one cop,” Michael Balderstone, who was president of Nimbin’s Hemp Embassy in 2018, told Vice.

According to Balderstone, police used to turn a blind eye to cannabis.

“Back in those days it was just cool, it was no big deal, and the smart police were happy to leave pot alone.”

Since 2016 there have been various crackdowns, with a new demographic burgeoning in nearby Byron (and by extension, to a degree, Nimbin). This, along with locals (allegedly) growing tired of the tourist hordes, and the proliferation of harder drugs, means Nimbin is no longer what it once was.

 

 

 

 

 

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An anonymous user on internet forum Reddit recently made this claim, in response to a thread in the community’s r/solotravel community in which a user asked “where are the best solo travel places in Australia?”

“I’ve decided to be spontaneous (aka unorganised and last minute) and am looking to go away for 3-5 days hopefully between Christmas and early Jan somewhere within Australia (I live in Melbourne).”

“I was thinking Byron Bay but it looks like every hostel is completely booked out, which I guess I probably should have expected.”

“Is there any other recommendations people would have? Maybe something similar to Byron? I want something reasonably busy rather than some isolated town, as I’d like to meet new people. I’m 22 so also wouldn’t mind a younger crowd, and am probably looking for hostel rather than hotel.”

Though Nimbin might – in previous years – have been a great choice, when one user made that very suggestion (“Nimbin!”) in response to the above enquiry, another came in swinging with an alternative take.

“Nah, half the locals tryina to sell meth to tourists, the other half just want you to get out. Its not the same place it was 10 years ago, sadly.”

“It was really nice and friendly way back when. Used to be good weed, good mushrooms, very welcoming community.”

“I think it probably has something to do with the busloads of tourists Byron sends them every day – lots of well-off work visa kids looking for the ‘hippie experience.'”

“You arrive in the morning, walk down the main street, every second person offering you (very overpriced bush weed, meth, questionable molly, occasionally mushrooms), check out the little knick knacks stores, grab a coffee, and when the bus leaves in the afternoon everything shuts down, lights go off, people go home, do it all again in the morning. And its (i think, feel free to correct me) such a large part of that community’s income that they can’t just say ‘get out’… but it feels tired, overplayed, over-commercialised.”

“The people there are nice (shout out Dazza) and I don’t want to be rude, but it did feel like they just wanted to be left alone.”

 

 

 

 

 

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This comment comes after a year of (much tabloid-exaggerated) controversy in nearby Byron Bay, with locals complaining about such heinous crimes as tourists from Sydney and Melbourne “wearing puffer jackets” and “ironing their jeans.”

In any case… Looking at Airbnb it also becomes clear that booking a place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, whether in Nimbin, Byron or Mullumbimby, is almost impossible.

At the time of writing there is one Airbnb stay available in Nimbin over the time period the above Reddit user is thinking of travelling. By contrast, a search for late April returns up to 94 stays in Nimbin and the surrounding areas.

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Unless you’ve walked straight out a nue age f*ckboi factory (as a DMARGE correspondent did – and wrote about – last year), your hairstyle is probably personal.

Despite its intimate nature, personal grooming has come under much scrutiny this year. Not since James Deane’s slicked-back locks or Elvis Presley’s pompadour has a hairstyle caused such a collective gasp as Matt Damon’s 2020 mullet, for instance. Nor have so many beards been posted to Instagram in one spin around the sun.

In fact, with such a dearth of classy celebrity ‘going out’ ensembles to comment upon this year, lockdown beards, moustaches and long hair have dominated the headlines much more than say, suits and sunglasses.

Looking slick though has not gone out of style completely though. In fact, one American Hair Replacement Specialist’s Instagram account shows – at least in Worcester County, Massachusetts – there is a community of men who very much care about how they look.

Zach The Barber from Worcester Barbershop, who has 24.3 thousand followers on Instagram, has continued posting his signature move on the platform all year. That move? Wigs that look like suave undercuts and fades. Straight out of the 18th-century playbook (when wigs were hotter than Queen Louise of Prussia), if you will.

Case in point? His latest post, a video of a man with male pattern baldness, who walks in shiny as a bowling ball, and walks out with the sort of ‘do’ a Geordie Shore bro would rock to Spring Break in Miami.

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The video shows the top of the client’s head being shaved to ensure maximum ‘stick,’ two types of glue being applied, a wig being put on and: boom, a new man.

As one commenter puts it, “Went from bob to chad real quick.” On top of that, big questions were asked like, “how long does it lasts without maintenance?” and “how much does it cost?”

According to the Motley Crew Barber Co’s website, this hair replacement service takes roughly 2-3 hours, and lasts between 4-6 months (before you need a new “system”).

As for price? The website reads: “I charge $750 for the initial system installation and haircut.”

Another frequently asked question – will people notice it’s fake? – was answered too. The barbers claim: “If applied and maintained correctly, your system will be undetectable.”

In addition, it’s also worth noting that even though the main glue for the long 4-6 month haul is done at your appointment, maintenance at home is required every few weeks either via tape or more glue.

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As for feedback, one commenter underneath the above Instagram video, who claims to have had similar treatment in the UK, writes: “Anyone even considering this just fucking do it. I had mine done 3 years ago and never looked back.”

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The variety of men who can be seen getting this hair replacement on Zack The Barber’s Instagram page would suggest he is not alone.

Though we’re big fans of the Jason Stathams and Vin Diesels of the world here at DMARGE, and their ability to look stylishly masculine, sans hair, we have to say: this glorified wig service is damn impressive.

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One of the best German inventions of all time – up there with lager, the printing press and the BMW E30 M3 – is Schadenfreude.

A complex emotion that has no direct English translation, Schadenfreude is defined by Merriam-Webster as ‘enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others’. It’s like gloating, but more often motivated by a sense of justice or comeuppance.

And that’s exactly what many are feeling after seeing this showdown between a Noosa restaurant and an impertinent Instagram influencer get taken to savage levels.

Food critic John Lethlean shared the exchange between the proprietor of popular Noosa Heads joint Rock Salt and the influencer, who in typical Instagram food influencer style was trying to squeeze a free meal out of the venue – sorry, “it’s not a free meal, it’s a collaboration,” as they put it.

Rock Salt responded in searing fashion… “we can always offer you a night of washing dishes in exchange for your meals”.

But the reason Lethlean decided to put this influencer on blast was because they threatened to review Rock Salt poorly online, despite having never dined there. It’s a practice that’s unfortunately common in the Australian hospitality industry, and as one commenter put it, calling this bad behaviour out is “giving power back into a space [where] restaurants once felt powerless.”

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Lethlean’s post even drew the attention of the team behind popular food review app Foodporn, who also shared the exchange as well as banned the influencer in question from their platform.

“We’re not usually one to name and shame, but this one pushed us over the edge,” they explained.

“The fact that [the influencer] said she would leave a negative google review because she didn’t get her free meal from Rock Salt is just too much… The hospitality industry is truly struggling at the moment and this type of behaviour needs to stop immediately.”

It’s yet another example of the questionable ‘couscous for comment’ culture that afflicts the hospitality industry where bloggers, wannabe critics and social media influencers approach venues looking for free meals or drinks in return for positive coverage. It’s a phenomenon the hotel industry and other businesses have also encountered, too.

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Not only is it exploitative, but it’s fundamentally dishonest – how can a reviewer be objective if they’re getting the meal for free? A good point of contrast is the influential Michelin Guide. Michelin reviewers visit restaurants incognito, unannounced and will pay for their meal like any other customer. That way, they get an authentic experience, and that’s one of the reasons why the Guide is so well-respected.

“Pay the bill for your meal (let’s assume $150). Apparently you have 5,000 followers. I will pay you $10 for everyone of your followers that eats at my restaurant based on your post, so there is a hell of a lot of upside for everybody if 1% of your followers convert. Have skin in the game and support rather than being a leech.”

Food for thought indeed.

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Lifting weights and drinking protein shakes may be important factors in helping you to achieve muscle growth, but they’re not the be-all and end-all if you’re looking to become physically stronger.

This is because muscle growth is the result of hypertrophy, the biological process that occurs when you lift weights, causing damage to the muscle fibres which are then repaired by the body, resulting in increased size. But muscle size isn’t necessarily an indicator of strength. An increase in strength comes from unlocking its full potential of the muscle mass you already possess.

While there will unsurprisingly be some crossover, the goals you have, whether they be to appear incredibly muscular or to simply be as strong as possible, will require different training programs.

But to take full advantage of your training program, and to be able to perform to the absolute best of your ability, you should also make sure you’re performing daily stretches to keep your muscles in tip-top shape. This is because when you stretch your muscles (safely), you lengthen them to a point where they are in a ‘prime’ state.

When you train – whether it be your full, routine workout or even something as simple as going for a walk or run – with your muscles in this prime state, they will strengthen, which in turn will allow you to lift heavier weights because you will have a more stable and strong base.

It relates to flexibility and mobility. These terms are brought up regularly with regards to training, and some trainers may use them interchangeably. However, they are two entirely different things. Flexibility refers to how much a muscle can be lengthened/stretched, whereas mobility relates to how well a joint can move through a range of motion. Improved flexibility can aid improved mobility, but this isn’t necessarily the case vice versa.

I, for example, don’t have amazing mobility. I train three times a week, but occasionally during certain movements and exercises/lifts, my body will – without me always knowing – put itself into a position to help support said movement. This could be hunching my left shoulder when performing a single-arm dumbbell raise with my right arm. My body doesn’t think it is strong in the right arm to perform the lift unaided and so automatically brings other muscles into play to make it easier.

To prevent this from happening in the future, I would need to build up the strength of my right side before attempting the same lift and to do this, I would need to stretch the muscles involved in that movement before performing some lifts that specifically target the right side of my body when in the ‘prime’ state. This will result in my right side becoming stronger and therefore able to perform the original lift unaided.

You may find you’re not particularly mobile on one side of your body compared to the other. Again, using myself as an example, when performing Bulgarian split squats, my left foot, when placed on a bench behind me, automatically shifts away from a central position. To me, it feels normal, but from a third-person perspective, it’s not right. The foot should be directly behind me.

This means I don’t have a full range of motion around my hips and glutes. A stretch to help combat this is called the seated glue stretch. Whilst I will confess now the induced feeling is what I imagine mild forms of torture to feel like, I can immediately feel the difference after completing a few reps each side.

To perform the seated glute stretch (or at least, the variation that was shown to me by my PT) you should sit on the floor, hands behind you. Bring one leg over the other at 90-degrees, so your ankle is the other side of your knee. Then, aim to sit as upright as possible, bringing your back up and bending your knees. With the leg that is crossed at 90-degrees, work to push that knee towards the ground at a slow pace (count to 6, for example) before repeating 8-10 times. Repeat with the other leg.

Performing these sorts of stretches can help prevent what is known as upper and lower cross syndrome. While this is a completely separate topic all of its own, it’s still relevant. According to USAPowerlifting, upper and lower cross syndrome describes when muscles in the upper or lower parts of the body, respectively, “become shorter and tighter.” This creates a knock-on effect, causing other adjoining muscle groups to also become shorter and tighter.

“What happens then is these problem areas start a bad cycle – they each get worse, making the other worse also. More tight muscles and increased weak muscles. Unless they are halted, they will start to change the composition and integrity of the surrounding joints, muscles, cartilage, nervous structures and other tissues.”

How do you recognise or diagnose yourself with upper cross syndrome? “You will see your head going forward, increased cervical curve, protracted shoulders and increased thoracic (mid-back) kyphosis (curve).”

We’ve already seen how Dave Asprey has promoted a neck muscle-building contraption to help prevent a forward-leaning head.

 

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“The athlete needs to be consistent with the above regimen, just as it takes hard and consistent training to get strong, it will not happen overnight.”

“Continue to do these exercises and you will become stronger as the muscles are able to work more synergistically (together) and decrease the chances of degenerative processes from wreaking havoc on your body and making you weaker.”

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As the name suggests, the Old Fashioned is one of the oldest and most popular cocktails of all time, considered an ‘unforgettable’ by the International Bartender’s Association. Deceptively simple, an Old Fashioned is made by muddling sugar with bitters, adding whiskey and garnishing with a twist of orange and a cocktail cherry. But you probably know all this.

It’s the classic gentleman’s drink: full of flavour, refined but unpretentious, and smooth as hell. Or at least it can be, if you’re lucky. Just as drinking a Negroni can be a bit of a slog and a Sidecar might leave you stalling, you’ve almost certainly had a few rough Old Fashioneds. Everyone has.

Thankfully, there’s a new cocktail on the scene for dark spirit and Old Fashioned lovers that delivers a perfect sip every time. You might have heard of it already, but in case you need an introduction, meet The Swift.

Like the Old Fashioned, The Swift is deceptively simple. Combine Martell Blue Swift, Lillet Rouge and vanilla syrup, pour over ice and let your taste buds sing your praises. Unlike an Old Fashioned, The Swift is refreshing, light and playful. A more modern drink for the modern Australian drinker.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGM2d6UVQwUlBXbFUlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement="middle"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="276238" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Speaking of modern, Martell Blue Swift is an innovative new spirit drink made from 100% VSOP cognac finished in Kentucky bourbon casks. It combines the exciting spiciness of a good whiskey with unbelievable smoothness, fruit, vanilla and spice notes.

It’s the liquid equivalent of two supermodels having a kid together: all the best features of fine cognac and all the best features of rare whiskey mixed into one complete package.

If Martell Blue Swift is a 10/10 on its own, then The Swift elevates it to an 11. It’s the tastiest, most refreshing thing you can put past your lips this summer – one sip, and you’ll never want an Old Fashioned again.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="BUY NOW @ DAN MURPHY'S" style="flat" shape="square" color="blue" size="sm" align="center" i_icon_fontawesome="fas fa-cart-arrow-down" add_icon="true" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danmurphys.com.au%2Fproduct%2FDM_815651%2Fmartell-blue-swift-700ml||target:%20_blank|"][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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