Single malts long have been and still are largely used for blended Scotches, which are single malts blended with grain whisky; the pop appeal of single malts is a relatively new phenomenon.
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Another category, blended malt Scotch, which used to be called vatted malts, is a blend of two or more single malts.
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When we think of Scotch whisky today, it's to compare, say, the smoky, complex malts of Islay with the fruity, spicy malts of the Highlands.
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According to the blog Starbucks Melody, certain stores in that neck of the woods are now offering Earl Grey Mocha Malts and Dirty Chai Cold Brew Malts.
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Exports of single malts rose 11.3 percent to 1.3 billion pounds.
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BrewDemon uses malts brewed at Speight's, a brewery in New Zealand.
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So which of the malts Barrie has created is her favourite?
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To complicate matters further, single malts are also pot still whiskeys.
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In Scotland, single malts are distinguished from blended Scotch, the province of familiar names like Johnnie Walker, Dewar's and Chivas Regal, which are a blend of one or more single malts with whiskies distilled from other grains.
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Blended whisky remains far more popular than generally more expensive single malts.
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Our 20 bottles represented a mere sliver of the non-Scottish single malts available.
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Single malts come from a single distillery and are distilled entirely from malted barley.
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These whiskies, which used to be called vatted malts, can be wonderful and complex.
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Our hops and malts are sourced from British companies, which offer local and foreign varieties.
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The formula for single malts can be transported wherever barley will grow and water flows.
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In addition to affogato, the company will also offer cold brew floats and cold brew malts.
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What stood out in these single malts made anywhere but Scotland was their general lack of smokiness.
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One other important Scotch category exists, blended malt whisky, a combination of two or more single malts.
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Noting my interest in Scotch, he offered me a flight of four Macallan single malts for $60.
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Image: Gina Clyne It's been three years since California poppers Terry Malts released their last full-length album.
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He founded Smoothie King in Kenner, Louisiana after being unable to digest the milk in malts and shakes.
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The blend is created by mixing mature and naturally smoky malts, which gives it its full, rich taste.
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Westland has a portfolio of high-end single malts, with a price range of between $70 and $125.
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The Japanese have been making single malts for decades, and the rest of the world is catching up.
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Or they can visit The Library Bar for cognacs and single malts as wells as wine and champagne.
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So, think of your favorite IPAs and stouts as being effervescent hop teas, sweetened with different barley malts.
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The blended Scotches of yore seem like such an afterthought that it's a bit of a surprise to learn that they still vastly outsell single malts, though their proportion of the Scotch market has dwindled since 1990, the first year for which statistics differentiating between single malts and blends are available.
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He recorded the final Magic Bullets EP and he had mixed the last two Terry Malts LPs for us.
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The dough was baked, crumbled, strained with water through a sieve, fermented, and finally flavored with dates or malts.
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The big distillers may splutter that, from peaty Islay malts to smoother Speysides, Scotch has plenty of variety already.
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That's a lot of money, especially since many excellent single malts from Scotland are available for less than $50.
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Such limited-edition malts aimed at collectors form the apex of both the primary and secondary Scotch whisky markets.
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I really would like to play around with some recipes utilizing fruit woods for aging and fruit wood-smoked malts.
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For example, a bottle of limited Whiskey Syndicate 58/6 containing 18 single malts can be had for about $160.
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It provides consumers with goods they could not otherwise enjoy: without it only Scots would sip lovely Islay single malts.
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Not to belabor the point, but the shelves of fine spirits shops hold many more of these unconventional single malts.
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Mocha Moment's ice cream selections include shakes, malts, and scoops of its classic flavors, like Mocha Jo and Green Tea.
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They gave presentations on the history of the beer style, commonly used malts and hops, and commercial examples of the style.
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Choose from a wall of single malts, such as Glenfiddich and Bushmills, try a Belgian beer or order a Croatian craft.
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Many distilleries are now selling single malts that have no age on them, to give them more flexibility in creating flavors.
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The packaging is also something you would be proud to display alongside your best bottles of single malts and fine wines.
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I'm not sure any of us were convinced enough by the tasting to trade in distinctive single malts for mild blends.
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Some are a blend of malted and unmalted grains, but more and more are single malts, made only from malted barley.
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I thought it would be a good idea to strip Terry Malts down to one core idea: pop songs in different outfits.
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The United States, where the major grains for whisky have long been corn and rye, has been drawn to barley single malts.
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It was easy to see how they would satisfy people who prefer whisky that is not as aggressive as many single malts.
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But the term "single pot still" refers to whiskeys that are a blend of malted and unmalted grain, hence not single malts.
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In the Islay single malts category, Aldi's Glen Marnoch Islay Single Malt also soaked up a gold medal, along with one other honoree.
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There, in 1987, he helped launch a brand called Six Classic Malts after assessing the Scotch whisky made at the company's 32 distilleries.
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The hand-crafted malts from Copper Fox Distillery have some unique flavors that create a nice foundation, adding nice bready and spicy flavors.
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It's close to something from rye's home in Pennsylvania and Maryland, while the distillery's line of single malts are much more Scotch-like.
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Noting the growing number of malt whiskies from unexpected origins, the Food section tasting panel recently sampled 20 single malts from anywhere but Scotland.
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As played by Apa, Archie just wants to grab malts with his friends, play football, and have people taken him seriously as a musician.
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The ingredients include multiple malts, three varieties of German hops, and a yeast that is typically used for creating champagne, according to the company.
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The only beer he's repeated is a malty French Flanders ale, but the rest are always slightly tweaked, with varying types of malts and hops.
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Over the last 20 years or so, Suntory and Nikka, Japan's other large distiller, had begun producing award-winning single malts that connoisseurs now covet.
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Geoff Kirk, the director of prestige at the Macallan, said that America and Asia were the biggest markets for the company's "Fine and Rare" single malts.
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" The Macallan, a distillery in Speyside, Scotland, just outside the village of Craigellachie, has long been considered to produce "one of the best single malts ever.
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Single malts may always be associated with Scotland, but now they are of the world, made in every continent but Antarctica and all over the United States.
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But hand in hand with this challenge is the promise of possibility for new, delightful flavour profiles: Bold single malts that take the drinker on an unexpected journey.
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Whisky, like wine, is the type of commodity that lends itself to internet trading, and the vast majority of single malts auctioned in Britain are sold purely online.
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For anyone associated with Marquette University, this morning is all seashells and balloons, malts and shakes, bare feet and wet grass, sweater weather and skirts in the wind.
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However, the flavor—refreshing, full-bodied, with an essence of toasty hazelnut, thanks to the crystal strain of malts that are used—might make you do a double-sip.
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They're also responsible for some of the weirdest candy found in your Trick-Or-Treat bags, including Mary Janes, Candy Buttons, Mighty Malts, Necco Wafers, and Banana Split chews.
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During that time, sales of blends dropped to about 7.2 million cases in 2017 while sales of single malts rose to about 2.1 million, an increase of almost ninefold.
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"If all we're trying to do is copy Scottish single malts, then we're going to bore the consumer and flood the retail shelf with similar products," Ms. Parc said.
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That's why some of the country's more forward-thinking distillers are looking toward regionalization, creating new subspecies like Pacific Northwest single malts or mesquite-smoked whiskey in the Southwest.
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Karen Betts, the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, said the Trump administration's decision to apply tariffs only to single malts was likely to hit smaller producers harder.
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Dubbed The Fridge, Bar Gyu+, with its cozy speakeasy ambience and candlelit wooden tables, is famous for its old and rare Japanese single-malts, a selection that changes every season.
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But we operate with an upward limit of $433 per bottle; many Japanese single malts have achieved cult status around the world and now sell for hundreds of dollars each.
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While Danny and Sandy are off sipping malts and trying to force a summer fling into a relationship, the Pink Ladies don't just rule the school; they rule the musical.
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The Breckenridge Brewery website says the drink consists of "dark roasted malts and carefully roasted, cold pressed coffee beans" and includes flavors of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and, of course, pumpkin.
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In addition to the Hibiki 17, Suntory last year halted sales of its 12-year Hakushu too, while rival Nikka, owned by Asahi Group Holdings, has also suspended aged single malts.
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Any discussion of Scotch whisky nowadays is dominated by the single malts, which hardly existed as a category back when I was stealthily sniffing from the bottles in my parents' cabinet.
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And so she gorged on soft-serve ice cream in a miniature helmet, pizza, frozen lemonade and chocolate malts, even as team after team left her hungry for something more substantial.
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The company's leading brand is Johnnie Walker but it also owns brands such as J&B and Bells, along with an array of single malts, including Cardhu, Talisker, Mortlach and The Singleton.
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Other malts worth noting were the gentle, inviting Amrut from India, the clean and balanced Kavalan from Taiwan, and the Reisetbauer from the Austrian distiller better known for beautiful eau de vies.
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Mr. Romney and his ultimate choice, Representative Paul D. Ryan, now the House speaker, had notable chemistry, bantering easily as they stopped at a Culver's restaurant for butter burgers and chocolate malts.
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Still, when I saw the giant silver fermentation chambers, different vats for different malts and Pilsners, immaculate labs, conveyor belts, forklifts, and trucks loaded with product, that seemed like a huge amount.
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Scotch growth in recent years has been driven by demand for single malts, which are made at one distillery and pricier than blended Scotch which is made from mixing one or more whiskies.
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According to the website, each calendar features 24 unique, handmade 30ml wax-sealed drams — the whiskey option, for example, offers a selection of whiskeys from around the world, from Speyside whiskeys to smokey island malts.
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I would be first in line with coins pilfered from my mother's purse for tall malts packed into a cardboard cup with a long plastic spoon to reach the soupy, melted innards at the bottom.
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Exports last year brought in 3.9 billion pounds, about $5 billion, to the Scottish economy, with more exclusive single malts now making up 25 percent of that amount, up from 18 percent five years ago.
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Back then, according to the Distilled Spirits Council, a trade group, blends accounted for 98 percent of the Scotch market in the United States, about 13.1 million cases against just 240,000 cases of single malts.
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Lost at the Party, which is out on October 219 via Slumberland, is the band's first album recorded in a studio and the first that comes with it's own promo phone hotline (1-866-NU-MALTS).
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But since Giuseppe took ownership, not much has changed other than the first names of his clientele, who now Instagram the hell out of Eddie's supremely photogenic towering ice cream creations, malts, shakes, and ice cream sodas.
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Other single malts in the collection include the House Lannister scotch ($64.99), a nine-year-aged scotch from Lagavulin, and the House Stark Winter's Frost scotch from Dalwhinnie ($39.99), one of the highest-situated distilleries in Scotland.
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"We'll also be live steaming tours from the distillery so that people can still get a feel for how we produce our single malts and what we're currently working on," spokesperson Matt McKay told CNBC by email.
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The track is taken from the second installment of their 'singles tape' series - an ongoing collection of unreleased songs and b-sides, recorded with Monte Vallier (Wax Idols, Terry Malts) with production aid from Shaun Durkan of Weekend.
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Helmed by Americans John Reid and Alex Violette -- the latter is also behind Upslope Brewing Company, in Colorado -- the brewery imports its hops from the US and malts from Europe, but adds a local touch to every recipe.
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"Now I hope you understand that I can't go into too much detail, as what happens during the induction ceremony is a closely guarded secret," says an otherwise forthcoming Donald Colville, global Scotch whisky ambassador with Diageo's Classic Malts.
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"Five years ago would've been a good time to start buying [rare whiskeys]," says Dr. Nick Morgan, head of whisky outreach for Diageo, one of the world's biggest whisky producers, who helped launch the company's "rare malts" collection in 22.
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The distillery's Brigantia line of single malts has seen recent success, with a version finished in an Islay cask from Scotland, famous for producing pungent, smoky and peaty whiskeys, taking home a silver medal at Germany's Best Whisky Awards in 2018.
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In the corner a mounted screen will often show reruns of "The Beer Hunter," a 1990 television series about the English beer critic Michael Jackson, who went on a global quest for the finest ales, porters, stouts, malts and lagers.
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In a room behind me, the cozy lounge area—that would be the former bedroom—caters to older connoisseurs who seek out his collection of vintage Japanese whiskies, some held in porcelain bottles and sourced at auctions, as well as Scottish single-malts.
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TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Suntory Holdings, faced with a whisky crunch, is selling a rare mix sourced from around the world as premium whisky, aiming to elevate the status of young blends among discerning drinkers who often swear by aged single malts.
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Though Australians have been making whiskey since the mid-19th century, the modern industry got started only in the early 1990s, when a land surveyor named Bill Lark, inspired by Scottish single malts, successfully lobbied against a law that effectively banned microdistilleries.
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It seems there are bigger fish to fry, but we've been hearing some evacuees at the Convention Center complaining that they are served hot dogs, beans and chips, while the volunteers are getting pasta, rice, brownies, waffles and various beverages, included malts and shakes.
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Seattle-based Westland, which has a portfolio of single malts in a price range of between $70 and $125, will complement Remy's portfolio of small, niche upmarket single-malt whisky brands such as Bruichaddich on the Scottish Isle of Islay and Domaine Des Hautes Glaces in France.
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"Since then we have been working hard to future-proof this expression and ensure that supply is secured for the long term," said Miriam Eceolaza, marketing director for malts at Pernod's Chivas Brothers whisky unit, adding that Glenlivet 12 is back in some markets, such as Britain, with more to come.
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Barnard does not much comment on the actual whiskies throughout his travels, but he made particular mention of an eight-year-old Lagavulin, declaring it "exceptionally fine" and noting that this distillery was one of the few that released single malts in addition to producing the spirit used for blended Scotch.
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Become a regular customer like Action Bronson and order one of the malts or the banana fudge Sunday, and don't forget their homemade whipped cream, which Bam Bam loves because they "take it to a point where it's almost butter, and it's so stiff you could almost throw it at someone like a snowball."
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The variety within the burgeoning American malt category is staggering—everything ranging from heavily peated Isla scotch-style whiskey to malt whiskies aged in new charred oak American barrels that live somewhere between the worlds of scotch and bourbon, to whiskies made from five different malts that resemble nothing else being made in the world.
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And a wacky approach prevails on the beer bill, at least where the names are concerned: Funkmaster Brett (a Belgian I.P.A.), Poke the Bear (an American Pale Ale) and Peculiar Paradise (a golden saison) seem to hint at creative risks taken with yeasts and malts, though the extensive liner notes on each offering are beer-wonk reassuring.
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While many whiskey snobs have long adhered to the notion that a few drops of water magically enhances the flavor of their single malts—after all, the word 'whisky' originates from the Gaelic word for 'water of life'—some thirsty scientists recently delved into the water-in-whiskey mystery and discovered that the taste-enhancing power of H20 was owed to a certain molecule in the liquor, which is best activated when exposed to water.
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Terry Malts Tour Dates: Sep183 - San Francisco at El RioSep 2 - Santa Cruz at Crepe PlaceOct 8 - Carmel at The RumpusOct 9 - Los Angeles at The Hi Hat,(Release show w/ Devon Williams & Susan)Oct 10 - San Francisco Hemlock (Release show w/ Chook Race & Lovebirds)Oct 22 - Baltimore at U+N FestOct 23 - Philadelphia at Kung Fu NecktieOct 24 - Brooklyn at Shea StadiumOct 25 - Allston at O'Brien's PubOct 27 - Detroit UFO FactoryOct 28 - Chicago SubterraneanOct 29 - St Louis San LooNov 18 - Seattle Vera ProjectNov 19 - Portland Bunk Bar
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