Since I’m currently doing the second Bottle-Share with SMWS bottlings, and I was driving past Roosendaal last week, I thought it was about time to pay the Dutch head quarters a visit.

I followed my GPS like a pro and arrived in Roosendaal about an hour after leaving work, and drove into town through some industrial area. My thought of encountering a nice, old fashioned house dwindled quickly. For some reason Google got the address wrong, which I figured out when I drove into the parking lot of a DIY store and the phone shouted “You have arrived at your destination”. I missed it by about 3 buildings so this was quickly rectified. To my surprise, between transport companies, construction yards and big warehouses, I found a 60 year old farmhouse at the correct address!

When I went in I met Leon straight away and we got talking about their bottlings right away. Apparently he agreed with me that the previous list didn’t offer much, but the current one was a LOT better. Upon stating that, he poured me a 37.51: “The Saloon of a Classic Yacht“. Terrific sherried whisky, with a whopping ABV of 60% at 18 years. Remarkable for a Scottish dram! Depending on what I encounter in the 10 bottles I picked up, I might regret not getting one of those!

Before I could say anything he poured me an “Every Flavour Beans” right after and I fell in love with old Glen Moray all over again. Absolutely stunning stuff. I am very happy that that one is indeed in the Bottle-Share! The taste starts off as ‘old whisky’ but behind that there is so much to discover, I just might need a bottle to do that!

After that, I had to get on with driving to Vlissingen for our weekend away, so we left, but I sure know I’m going back there and it won’t take a year before that happens!

PS: Yes I was driving, and no, I didn’t drink too much. About 2 cl of whisky is not even one beer (and that was counting both drams).