On my journey I get to meet quite a few people who are making their way in the whisky world as well. I think it will be nice to introduce them every now and then.

Some of these people I meet in real life but since the surge Twitter tastings quite a few of them are ‘Online-only friends’. Quite weird, but in this day and age I don’t think of it as a very abstract idea.

The first ‘Whisky person’ is Colin Campbell. A native Scott of Helensburgh who’s been living in France for a few years now. I met Colin through quite a few Twitter tastings he organized (Mackmyra, Irish Whiskey among others) and he also participated in some Bottle-Shares.

Although he grew up around whisky, the go-to drink was 70/- and 80/- (that’s beer, by the way). Drinking whisky only started after moving to London and tasting whisky started in Paris.

I discovered my enthusiasm for tasting whiskies when I found out about Whisky Live.  The first one I went to was at the Old Bourse in Paris.  My objective was to drink as much as I can before I fall over.  but I then met Richard Patterson who promptly slapped me.  I think I might have mentioned something about ice in a Dalmore.

A masterclass by Charles MacLean a year later in Verviers sealed the deal and introduced him to the whisky family. He tried his hand at blogging some time ago but limitations in time and money prevent that from taking off.

• Best whisky tasted: Dalmore 50 yo, Bowmore Gold, Lark Cask Strength.
• Worst whisky: Teachers
• Favourites: Talisker, Dalmore, Lark, Tyrconnel, Rittenhouse, Evan Williams, Nikka Coffey Grain.
• Angle: I love ‘exotic’ whiskies, whiskies from places you say… “What they make whisky?!?”

I hope you guys like this kind of post, since I plan to make it a regular category on the blog. Please let me know!