Joel Harrison

Club Oenologique contributor

Joel Harrison is an award-winning spirits writer, Keeper of the Quaich, Musketeer of Armagnac and Gin Guild ‘rectifier’. Now 40, he has given up all hope of ever playing for Oxford United.

Beyoncé launches SirDavis, a whisky with a Texas twist

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Eight years after making Lemonade, Beyoncé has created her own whisky as an American take on her favourite Japanese styles, named in honour of her great-grandfather. Joel Harrison has the story on SirDavis and reviews the liquid

Joel Harrison

Beyoncé launches SirDavis, a whisky with a Texas twist

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