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I recently ordered some samples from the SMWS. They have their own sampling system from which you can order 2cl of almost all bottles they have available. The price is rather high, though, so its still practical to organize Bottle-Shares … Continue reading →

Several months ago at a BYO tasting my whisky friend Bas gave me 5 samples of American whiskies. He only numbered them and gave a sheet of paper with their names on it, so I could decide for myself whether … Continue reading →

What does that mean, I hear you asking. ZaanDram is something I’ve been thinking about for some time now. It was one of the whisky projects I planned for myself to take on in 2011. It is a whisky club … Continue reading →

Yesterday there was another Twitter Tasting hosted in the Netherlands. Those seem to really be picking up. Not that I mind, of course. This time it was organized by DH17 Slijterijen, with whiskies from Erik Molenaar‘s Kintra Whisky brand. Erik … Continue reading →

This is a very, very rare thing. A single blend is not unheard of, since you can buy a bottle of Loch Lomond Single Blend for about 15 euros, but from Lochside, its another story. There has only been one … Continue reading →

During the months of 2010 this blog was running I kept closing in on 1,000 visitors per month. In November and December I crossed that mark. Not expecting things to keep that up-and-running, I set a target for myself to … Continue reading →

Recently I contacted Jolanda at Drinks & Gifts to see what BrewDog beers she had available. It turned out she had a 4 pack of single hop India Pale Ales called IPA is Dead. Of course, I felt obliged to … Continue reading →

Of course, the trip to Scotland a week ago couldn’t have passed without me sipping some nice drams here and there. Although I didn’t do too many whisky related things, I still managed to have a few very nice whiskies, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, the first Dutch blind twitter tasting took place with 11 other tweeters. It was hosted by Stefan from Gall & Gall Van der Boog, which is a MASSIVE whisky shop in The Netherlands. We got into a discussion on … Continue reading →

About a million years ago I went to a tasting of six Japanese whiskies at De Whiskykoning in Den Bosch. For some reason I completely forgot to blog about it, and that is not doing justice to some of the … Continue reading →