Last Saturday, Jolanda opened the new shop for Drinks & Gifts officially. While I was supposed to be in Krakow for the weekend, the ‘heavy’ snowfall prohibited that and our flight was cancelled. So, I could just walk the 300 meters to the new shop and see how it ended up. Of course, it wasn’t my first time there, but an official opening is always nice!

At about 1 PM we were all chased out of the shop to go stand in the cold for the grand opening. A local government official held a little speech and after that Jolanda cut the ribbon and the party could get underway.

For me the most interesting moment was when I started talking to Hans Bol from Whisky Import Nederland and he let me taste the Macduff 2000 bottled by David Stirk, especially for Drinks & Gifts.

A very interesting dram with a bit of its youth showing, but enough flavour to compensate for that. A little fruity sweet with ginger and salmiac. It goes very well with a bit of aged Dutch cheese so it almost felt like it was specially distilled and aged for the Netherlands. A more in depth review will follow, but get your hands on one of the 120 bottles while you can!