Whisky Live Holland 2013

In The Hague we went to the International Whisky Festival. Last year we went also to this event and had a complete other experience this time. Last year it was too crowded, too expensive, and you could not talk to people behind the stands. This year it was also crowded, and the entrance fee is…

Pot Still Festival

This year was the 11th time that the Pot Still Festival was being held in Amersfoort. This festival takes place in ‘t Klooster, a former monastery and school. It is a beautiful location and this event is organized by Van Wees in Amersfoort. There were more then 20 producers of beautiful products like whisky, cognac,…

Damster Spirit Festival

On Twitter Whisky etc magazine has a competition going where each week there is a question to be answered related to the Nightcaps book by Hans Offringa. Normally we are not at all that good in these kind of things, so we were really surprised that we have won two tickets for the Damster Spirit Festival….

The Relaxed Whisky Weekend…

Maltstock, the Relaxed Whisky Weekend as it is also called, came highly recommended by many people to us in the last year, so we just had to check it out… 🙂 So off we went to Overasselt near Nijmegen in the Netherlands. This is the 5th time Maltstock is being held and many whisky enthusiasts were…

.whisky dinner

We have gathered a small, but growing group of friends that is interested in whisky. Some of us are just starting to explore the wonders of the water of life, others are nit-picking on cask and barley-types used, and  there is even one that is a professional alcoholic. That is to say, he buys and sells…

.a bruichladdich gospel

Bruichladdich is special. We all know they have a beautiful (and huge) range of products; from the unpeated Bruichladdich,via the quite heavily peated Port Charlotte, up to pet project Octomore, where peat is not just a flavor, but seems to be an extra ingredient. On the 29th of May 2013, the twelfth re-birthday of Bruichladdich,…

Looking back…

The end of our vacation in beautiful country of Scotland has come to its end sadly… We have enjoyed the last three weeks very much, and had so much luck with good weather, just like the last year… Think we might be getting the wrong impression here of Scotland, but we don’t mind at all 😉 In…

Bladnoch Distillery – ‘Spirit of the Lowlands’

The most southern Scottish distillery is located in Bladnoch. The Bladnoch distillery lies directly next to the river baring the same name. It was established in 1817 by the brothers Thomas and John McClelland. They exchange hands a couple of times, and stopped production at one time also. Then in 1993 the owners United Distillers…

Isle of Arran Distillery – ‘the true spirit of nature’

Arran is also known as “Scotland in Miniature”. And that it is for sure! The Lowlands in the south of the island and in the north the Highlands. Stunning island with its high peaks, lochs, castles, green fields, beautiful coastline, fresh air, beaches and more… Beautiful!  Perfect location for a distillery, and we are a…

Port Ellen Maltings

The Port Ellen Maltings was a thing on our wish list for the Feis Ile week. This is only opened in this week for tours, and very nice to see what the process is on this side, and get more information on it. Port Ellen Maltings is situated in Port Ellen, next to the Port…

Lagavulin – Distillery Managers Tour and Tasting

Last year we had a quick stop at Lagavulin. This year we wanted to make more time to have a look around and in that we succeeded. We had a great tour in the beginning of the week, and later in the week we came back for a distillery managers tour and tasting. Lagavulin is…

Ardbeg – Distillery Tour & Tasting

Last year we were at the Ardbeg Distillery, and had a tour around. Back on Islay we found our selfs liking another tour around a little tasting. Sadly we are going from Islay on Ardbog day and could not enjoy the festivities there. In the days before we were told there would be 30 bottles…