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Frank Lieck is a German guy from Düsseldorf who I got to know a bit through Facebook. Since I live on the internet, that’s the place I meet quite a few people now and then! Since doing a post on … Continue reading →

A sample of a quite old Glen Grant, from the square bottle era, which is probably the 1980s. I expect quite something from this wee sample, since if it’s bottled in the 80s, it’s distilled in the 70s and this … Continue reading →

A Black Label bottling of 54 years ago! I got a sample of this from Rare Whisky Site, about a year and a half ago and more or less forgotten about it after tasting the Old Mork, Ballantines and Haig … Continue reading →

One of my first Silver Seal bottlings and the first proper review of it for sure. I did taste some Silver Seals in Germany, last April. Don’t worry, I didn’t club them or anything. The price category of Silver Seal … Continue reading →

Not that I am a Glengoyne Cask Owner, unfortunately, but I did manage to get a sample of it. I like trading samples for exactly that reason. Getting rare and sometimes obscure stuff to taste without having to track down … Continue reading →

When I was at the Hielander Whisky Festival in Alkmaar last February, I got a small sample of the Tomatin 30 from Mr. Jock Shaw (of Scotch & Folk fame). He told me it was better to give a sample … Continue reading →

Occasionally Kintra does a Confidential Cask. This one is from Speyside, and usually unnamed Speysiders turn out to be Glenfarclas, but recently there have been quite a few Balvenies popping up. Not much to say about it, so here it … Continue reading →

Number two in the four day Kintra run. I hope I can find the time to post all four in a row, else there might be a short hick-up with a no-post day. Quite busy, the coming days. Glen Garioch … Continue reading →

A little while ago I got a set of tasting samples from Erik Molenaar, the guy behind Kintra Single Cask. He sent me four different ones and I’m planning to review them this week. The first one I tried was … Continue reading →

This month I didn’t taste many new beers, but mostly focussed on old classics. Some were new to Untappd though, and the list of what was the best stuff I tasted is here. Mug Bitter – De Halve Maan A … Continue reading →