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The drama of En Rama

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Every year, I use London's extremely useful Big Fortified Tasting to teach myself a lesson. In 2011 and 2012, the lessons were concerned with passing the MW practical examination. In 2013, with the exam now mercifully conquered, I could follow a more personal interest, so I embarked on a quest to discover En Rama.

Mythologically, En Rama was an Egyptian god who had the power to take any object and magically amplify its essence – so He could take honey and make it even sweeter, or turn Pinotage into car tyres.

Okay, so that's not true (and it's a...