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Blind Tasting Competition – After all is said and done
Another Christmas has come, and another BTC has gone. After all my nagging halfway through the competition I still think it was a thrill ride. Especially from the view point of it being 18 nice drams, and even from the … Continue reading
A shout out for blends! Or not…
For some reason the professional whisky press has decided that the last couple of years everyone should write an article about how cool standard (read: cheap) blends are. You can’t really open a Whisky Magazine (or Whisky Advocate) without going … Continue reading
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Glen Garioch Competition winner, part 2
Since Jan McCurdy didn’t get in touch with me during the last week, I decided to reroll the die and pick another winner at random. This time the number generator came up on 1, which happens to be my friend … Continue reading
Glen Garioch Competition Winner
It’s been over a month since I announced the Glen Garioch competition on the blog. Of course, their competition had been running a little while longer than that but just before it ended I joined in with some goodies to … Continue reading
A mental note about money – part II
Another ‘public’ mental note about booze and spending. I was on holiday in Scotland recently and I had set myself a rather strict booze budget. I had to cheat in the Lagavulin 18 that Jon Beach picked up for me … Continue reading
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No post today
We’ve returned from our family holiday to Scotland yesterday and since I have to start working again today it’s kind of hectic. Therefore today will not have a proper post and I will try to get back into it this … Continue reading
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Upcoming events
Since this autumn I was mostly preoccupied with becoming a daddy, I didn’t visit too many festivals and events. Now spring is supposed to be in the air, I am trying to rectify that and there is quite a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged GlenDronach, Limburg, Maltstock, Usquebaugh Society, Whiskykoning
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Open bottles
No, this is not another lure to get you to buy stuff from me. Yesterday on Twitter we got into a discussion about a sane amount of bottles to have open at any given moment. Generally there are two lines … Continue reading
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Mortlach 28, 1974-2003, 51.1% – Prenzlow Portfolio Collection
Another Mortlach but one from a completely different caliber than the 17 year old from David Stirk. I got a sample of this bottle from Mister Maltstock, Teun van Wel, who happily sells samples from his vast collection to everybody … Continue reading
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Tagged Jack Wieber, Mortlach, Prenzlow Portfolio Collection
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Being an ass about blogging
That is exactly what I was yesterday, but I caught myself in the act. After our snowy Australia Day barbecue, a couple of beers and some drams my friend and I were nearing the end of a bottle at which … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 