Category Archives: – News and Announcements

Today, no tasting notes for the simple reason that I have not had the time to write them early this morning, and I forgot to take my notes with me… I decided to write a general update on things happening, … Continue reading →

This whiskey came up on Twitter last week, and the general consensus was that its terrible. Now, my point of view: Nose: Sweet and oily corn syrup with an industrial edge. Like someone spilled bourbon on a factory floor. Also … Continue reading →

Greenore. Its an Irish grain whiskey which was in the news a bit last year. It won many prizes and lots of people were very enthousiastic about it. Of course, I am willing to try this kind of stuff, especially … Continue reading →

The BenRiach has given its whiskies all kinds of Latin sounding names since they reopened in 2004. This one, as you can guess by the name is a smoky one, and (substantially less obvious) has been finished on Dark Rum … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening, I partook in a Twitter tasting with 3 different editions of the Tullibardine distillery. I only tasted one Tullibardine before and have not even taken tasting notes of that one yet. The evening was a huge success with … Continue reading →

I still hadn’t tasted the George T. Stagg sample I had from the last Bottle-Share and thanks to Ewald, a fellow Usquebaugh Society member I got samples of the 2008 and 2009 version as well. I decided to put them … Continue reading →

A truly ancient sample from the Master of Malt ‘Drinks by the Dram’ program. This was a Signatory vintage bottling, you know, the ones in those flower vases. I bought it because I never had anything from North British, and … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I went to Zuidam Distillers, in Baarle-Nassau on the Dutch-Belgian border. Zuidam is a family company that started distilling liquors in the 70’s and expanded into Dutch Genevers a while later. Since about a decade or so they also … Continue reading →

Another first! After Monday’s book review, I decided yesterday to do a magazine review as well. This one is about a Dutch magazine, so it might be slightly less interesting to foreign readers — but I just had to get … Continue reading →

The Sazerac 18 is the old Rye Whiskey of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, and after tasting a bunch of old Rittenhouses over the last couple of months I was getting very excited to taste this one! In previous years … Continue reading →