Tag Archives: France
Absinthe: A Myth Always Green – Benoît Noël, Peter Verte, Artémis
Another book I read during my holiday in France. It seemed appropriate. First, to get this off my mind: I don’t believe the writers used their own names. It seems unlikely someone is actually named Artemis, and then the combination … Continue reading
Posted in - Book, - Other Spirits
Tagged Absinthe, Artemis, Book review, France, Noël, Switzerland, Verte, Wormwood
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Salt and Old Vines – Richard W. H. Bray
I don’t know much about wine making, but for some reason this book appealed to me. Mostly because it was recommended on Twitter by Henry Jeffreys, who’s writing Empire of Booze, a book on the history of booze in the … Continue reading
Back from the family holiday
So, I’ve been MIA for about three weeks now. No longer. After a long weekend in the Ardennes of Belgium I came back home to get my car fixed (the AC broke) and went straight back south to Burgundy. It … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Bowmore, Knob Creek, Michel Couvreur
Tagged Bourbon, Bowmore, Burgundy, Cremant de Bourgogne, France, Islay, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Michel Couvreur, USA, Whiskey, Whisky, Wine
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Uberach W.L.P 10th edition 2013 46,7% – Distillerie Bertrand
This is truly something rare. The final dram in the French Whisky Twitter Tasting was by far the darkest so a massive sherry bomb was expected. The WLP edition, which stands for Whisky Live Paris is a vatting of left … Continue reading
Secale, Single organic malted rye, 56%, Domaine des Hautes Glaces
Domaine des Hautes Glaces is a small farm distillery in the French Alpes. The name suggests is a winery or someone producing armagnac, but they’ve been producing whisky. Not for long though, since everything is only being released as a … Continue reading
Armorik Millésime, 2002-2013, Single Cask, 56.3%
The second Armorik whisky of the night and the only distillery that conquered two spots on the FrenchWhiskyTT event! A single cask at 11 years old is, for such a relatively new whisky, nothing to be ashamed of and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Armorik, Bretagne, Brittany, Distillerie Warenghem, France, Franck Debernardi, French Whisky, La Cave de Cobalt, Millésime, Twitter Tasting
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Armorik Double Maturation, 46%, non filtré à froid
With a tag like ‘non filtré à froid’ I just couldn’t get myself to translate it to non-chillfiltered. This is much more pretty if you ask me. The double maturation bit in this whisky’s name is for Breton oak and … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Armorik
Tagged Armorik, Bretagne, Brittany, Double Maturation, France, Franck Debernardi, French Whisky, La Cave de Cobalt, Twitter Tasting
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G.Rozelieures Rare Collection, 40%, un-chilfiltered – La Maison de la Mirabelle
Yes, that actually IS a whisky. I can’t blame anyone for not knowing since I never heard of it either. At least, until last Thursday when Franck Debernardi from La Cave de Cobalt hosted a Twitter Tasting to celebrate his … Continue reading
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