I’m back! After my short period of not posting and my quite long vacation I’ve got new energy to start posting again and quite a few plans to follow too!

I will try to get some of the tasting notes out of the way in the coming weeks. Of course, during my time off I tasted quite a lot of different things too, mainly beers and other spirits though. Tasting notes will probably follow this week.

This month I will start the set up for a new bottle share. I think it will quite limited in participants, since the last couple editions were quite a bit too much work and hassle, especially the Shackleton share. Many broken bottles (thanks, Dutch mail) and some issues with things not arriving in their destination, people not paying (in time/at all).

Also, I’m planning to take up some home brewing. I’ve been planning it for a while now, but I never got around to it. I already got more and more fascinated by beer (also a malt product…) and that didn’t change during my travels. I tasted some really nice and hoppy IPAs and even some kick-ass Stouts and Weiss beers.

There will be holiday pictures in the next few days too, maybe on Facebook, or maybe on Flickr or something. I’ll let you know!

Some holiday facts:

7875 kilometres driven, 2 distilleries visited, 3 breweries visited, many many beers tasted and a few whiskies, wines, vodkas and even absinthe.