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A mental note about money
My life got a lot more expensive with the family addition of our wee daughter. This means that this money has to come from somewhere. Unfortunately I had already discarded all my other geeky hobbies (Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The … Continue reading
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A trend and a prediction…
Everybody who has been watching the trends in the whisky industry over the last couple of years knows that there is an undeniable shift towards super premium whiskies. High ages, vintages from our parents’ birthyear and so on. On the … Continue reading
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Happy new year and such…
Happy new year everyone! Well, that’s out of the way. Resolutions are next, but let’s start with checking off my plans of last year: Visit Scotland (failed) Visit a BrewDog Bar (failed) Visit the Whisky Exchange (failed) Visit a Whisky Squad session (failed) … Continue reading
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Other highlights of 2012
This year, of course did not only consist of whisky drinking goodness. Other stuff happened to, with the highlight being the birth of our daughter. This post gives a bit of attention to other booze related stuff and leaves the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkmaar, Glen Drammor, Hielander, Limburg, Maltstock, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky Fair
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2012 stats!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 36,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading
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Port Charlotte PC6
Another one that had to be finished this year. There were quite some drams left in it so it took me a few nights (not complaining), and the Blind Tasting Competition did get in the way a bit. But, to … Continue reading
BTC sample 6 – Auchentoshan 16 bourbon matured
A very difficult one today. We’ve ventured into the realm of whiskies that diverge from the typical distillery style, so it’s probably only going to get harder and harder from now on. Sniff: Very grainy and dry with a bit … Continue reading
BTC sample 5 – Auchroisk 15, 57.6%
Another day, another sample. Yesterday I caught up a little bit by getting the ABV almost spot on and being not too far off on the age issue. Unfortunately, the region and therefore the distillery as well were off, so … Continue reading
BTC sample 4 – Scapa 19, 61%
Another day, another sample. I was hoping to score some points to more or less get back in the race again. I felt a bit shite after missing out on the first two days. Not that those would have given … Continue reading
And the winner is…
Today I spent some time pondering which reaction to the ‘The Ultimate Adventure‘ post should win that bottle of Bowmore. I started by reviewing which comments came in and some were just not it. That one about ‘kids being the … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 