In a historic 500 year old church last weekend the Hielander Whisky Festival was held again. This festival is organized by Ebbo Voorhout of the Grote Sint Laurents Church and Wullie Macmorland, owner of Hielander Scottish Restaurant in Alkmaar. In 2011 this festival was setup for the first time, and is now a 3.000 m2 venue, with many stands, music, masterclasses…

The end of the year is near and we can look back on a full 2013 for sure. We see all around people making reviews on the past year and best drams tasted and so fort. Must say that looking back we more think of all the things that have happened and that time has…

  The end of the year is near and while the days seem to be too short in one end, the good whisky people seem to be going in overdrive on the social media, with different tastings, competitions and events. The good spirit of the people and the events really make it a festive season!…

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…

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,…

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….

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…

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…