Chad Parkhill

Lapsed booze writer (@guardian, Around the World in 80 Cocktails, etc.). Lapsed tweeter. Drink at my bar instead of reading my bad opinions; it’s more fun.

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One year ago today I started writing for the Guardian and it's safe to say that the comments section has never been better.

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@bencriley Do you mean the thing that happens at the start of this song? https://t.co/lVKlNcYd8c

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@MichaelH4039 @bulldogman83 @awildmaxdisapp1 Have you considered a) reading a book about the subject instead of demanding that internet strangers justify the value of Indigenous Australian history, and b) not being quite so flagrantly racist?

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@GeoffsOpinions @samvanzweden @chloepapas Hell yeah! Come say hi!

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@furioushorses @becca_varcoe CURRIE. ❤️❤️❤️

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@Whatfreshhell5 Anyway, it’s nice to know that a government employee who will be financially secure over the course of the lockdown feels entitled to judge me as an “elite”.

Come do a physically demanding eight-hour shift after four hours of prep and admin, then tell me how elite my life is.

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@Whatfreshhell5 Hi! I’m one of the people who was interviewed for this article.

A short work day for me is 14 hours (often no breaks). I have no weekends per se because there is always something to be done at the bar when it’s closed.

If you think I’m not a worker you’re frankly deluded.

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@veronicaahhh @jack_vening Can’t believe you would verbal me like this on a platform I barely use, Ronnie.

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@jenniferdown Luv too keep my grapes cold on the dedicated grape shelf.

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@kaffando @chrisomerville @furioushorses @matthaggis666 Have you considered tweeting your beefy? This would be a powerful indictment of @chrisomerville’s callous comments.

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@samvanzweden Shocked to discover that Melbourne’s writing and arts scene is small. Shocked!

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@CocoMcgrath @LukeSHorton ❤️ you Coco! Working with you and Luke was a dream. God, it’s all so bloody heartbreaking.

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@catmcinnis Tell me more about these French Manhattans!

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@catmcinnis I’ll drop some off for free. $23 is highway robbery.

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@catmcinnis I have a spare jar of very similar cherries I can drop off if you like?

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@catmcinnis Cat this is altogether too much money for those cherries.

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@charliebods From memory there’s also a section on Angel’s Share, the legendary Japanese New York City cocktail bar, in Robert Simonson’s book A Proper Drink.

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@charliebods Absolutely! Kazuo Uyeda’s book Cocktail Techniques is the classic touchstone, but there’s also a great series of articles about Japanese bartending and its impact on the craft cocktail revival on https://t.co/rvdfMuDTf1.

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@samvanzweden @newsouthbook Sam! Congrats!

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@son_nair @MelbWritersFest @grj_smith Sonia! Congrats!