Tag Archives: Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch Competition

Guys, Glen Garioch is running a competition on Facebook just like Bowmore a while ago. This time you can win a trip to the distillery in Oldmeldrum, just by answering a simple question on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glengarioch. Of course, … Continue reading

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Glen Garioch 1995, 55.3%

Last week Morrison Bowmore hosted a Twitter Tasting with a couple of their newest releases, which were all matured in First Fill Bourbons casks. The Twitter handle #lovefirstfill was used. Unfortunately for Gal and me, DHL messed things up and … Continue reading

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Glen Garioch 20 – Kintra

Number two in the four day Kintra run. I hope I can find the time to post all four in a row, else there might be a short hick-up with a no-post day. Quite busy, the coming days. Glen Garioch … Continue reading

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Glen Garioch 1991 – The Whisky Agency

You’d almost expect Glen Garioch to be up for sale in the near future, with all these bottlings coming out last year. The same happened with Tamdhu just before Edrington sold it to Ian MacLeod. Not that I mind since … Continue reading

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An evening with the in-laws

Last Friday, a week ago already, I spent the evening with my in-laws. Father, and two brothers. Just before our vacation he ordered some new bottles of whisky and he wanted us all together to open them. I never expected … Continue reading

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The drams I had in Scotland

Of course, the trip to Scotland a week ago couldn’t have passed without me sipping some nice drams here and there. Although I didn’t do too many whisky related things, I still managed to have a few very nice whiskies, … Continue reading

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A ‘Clan’ Tasting in Nijmegen

A while ago a game was hosted by Glen Grant on Facebook, in which you could earn points with a group of friends to win a trip to Scotland for four persons. A well respected club member of the Usquebaugh … Continue reading

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Hielander Whisky Festival Alkmaar

The first year of this brand new festival organized by Wullie MacMorland of Hielander Scottish Restaurant, also in Alkmaar. The idea behind the festival was to keep it a lot smaller than its counterparts in Leiden (next year in The … Continue reading

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Regioproeverij Noord-Holland

Eens in de zoveel tijd worden door de leden van de Usquebaugh Society regioproeverijen georganiseerd. Gezien ik in Krommenie woon en het mijn beurt was, was gisteren de Noord-Holland proeverij bij mij thuis. Om een uur of zeven begonnen de … Continue reading

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