Category Archives: – News and Announcements

Thanks to Mark Dermul, of Whisky Rambling fame, was nice enough to sell me a sample of the Ardbeg Day bottling. Since I don’t like spending money on shipping and such things, I decided it was a very smart thing … Continue reading →

A nice 15 year old Macallan. Who’d say no, right? Well, I didn’t after a ‘New in Stock’ tasting in Den Bosch about 5 years ago. At 63.1 % ABV this one was packed full of flavour and one of … Continue reading →

A few years ago, in 2009, us whisky fanatics were thrilled by the opportunity to buy bottles of whisky from the first new distillery in quite a while. Not ages, since there was Arran about a decade before, Glengyle, Ardbeg, … Continue reading →

Lagavulin is a rare distillery to find anything off, except for their standard bottlings. I was lucky enough to find half a bottle of a Murray McDavid one at a whisky friend, who was selling samples of it (I bought … Continue reading →

Another month has gone by and another load of beer was had. I’ve turned down my spending on beer so there will be less BrewDog, Flying Dog, Struise and other beers like that. Of course, I couldn’t stop all together … Continue reading →

According to my logs I write about how I rate booze every 6 months or so. I’ve been blogging here for two years and this is the fourth post. On the other hand, I haven’t revised my way of ranking … Continue reading →

After Bruichladdich released their Blacker, Redder and Golder Still I decided to lovingly call this baby the Bluer Still. I believe it was the first release of their own distillate without also using old stocks, which made it kind of … Continue reading →

A good old tasting note, for a change! I managed to get a sample of this bottling through Mark Dermul (thanks!). I didn’t go to any of the events which with the ridiculous embassy system meant I didn’t get any … Continue reading →

A trend has been going on for a few years now. A trend that I expected to be over sooner or to be smaller in any case. By that trend I mean the incredibly high prices that are asked for … Continue reading →

Master of Malt, Whiskysamples.eu, DH17, Drinks & Gifts, SMWS, Whiskysite, Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis, ‘t Fust, Passie voor Whisky, Whiskysample.nl. Those are the websites and shops selling whisky samples that I can think of off the top of my head. There’s probably … Continue reading →