Happy new year!

Last year I had a few new years resolutions and this year will not be any different. Looking back I checked most of them off the list during the year apart from tasting all 101 whiskies from Ian Buxton’s list, and reading all whisky books on the ‘to read’ stack.

I hope to finish those two things, although I think there will be new books to add to the stack so it is more or less an endless chore. Drinking the last 10 drams from Buxton’s book will not keep me busy for long, although it might be a challenge to find affordable samples of Johnny Walker Blue King George and Highland Park 40.

Halfway through the year I added a new goal: drinking a dram from all post-war distilleries. I didn’t manage that either, mostly because I wasn’t all that willing to spend € 50 on some rare sample every few weeks.

So, new resolutions are needed:

• Visit Scotland
• Visit a BrewDog Bar
• Visit the Whisky Exchange
• Visit a Whisky Squad session
• Buy better whiskies and less ‘random’ bottles (sort of ongoing)
• Another couple of bottle shares
• Brew my own beer (I’ve already got the kit)
• Size down my collection a little bit
• Host a bottoms-up tasting soon (that means left overs, by the way)
• Go to the Whisky Fair in Limburg
• Visit the De Molen brewery in Bodegraven
• Write more articles that aren’t tasting notes!

Some are a bit vague, but I’m really looking forward to 2012! If its as good as last year, I’m in for quite the ride!