Zuidam Distillers

Today we visited the Zuidam Distillers in Baarle Nassau. Last year we tried to go on a tour but deu to the flue and work we could not make it sadly. This weekend we were going to be in the neighbourhood and wondered if a visit was still possible. So we send an email a couple of days ago to…

.minivakantie in Zeeland

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.  De bedoeling is om met ons tweetjes even een lang weekend weg te gaan. Even naar en waddeneiland of ergens in…

Filliers Grain Distillery

In March 2013 we made a visit to the Villiers Grain Distillery in Deinze, Belgium. They were established around 1880 when Kamiel Filliers got a license for producing jenever in Bachte-Maria-Leerne in Belgium. At this moment the 5th generation of the family Filliers is still working there as grain distillers on basis of the old…

.masterclass – with Robin Laing

During the Hielander whisky festival in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on 16 February 2013 we had booked a masterclass with whiskybard Robin Laing. Instead of the expected talk about the ‘wonders of the industry’ or the different steps in the process of creating whisky, Robin had prepared the masterclass with five whiskies that all were all accompanied by…

.hielander festival – 2013

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.  Het Hielander whisky festival te Alkmaar, 16 februari 2013. Met de trein naar Alkmaar afgereisd, alwaar we een bagel en een…

.Robert Burns Night 2013 – KWV

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.  .de step-we-ceilidh band Op 26 januari 2013 had de nieuw opgerichte vereniging van de Kuukse Whisky Vrienden een Burns Supper georganiseerd ter ere van…

The Belgian Owl – distillery visit

the sign In October 2012 we went on a little road-trip to Belgium, in order to visit the Owl distillery, where the whiskies of The Belgian Owl are distilled. Around the Dutch city of Eindhoven, we found Studio Brussel on the radio and we left the freeways behind us in order to enjoy the Belgian landscapes and desperately find a…

.whisky live holland – 2012

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.  Hieronder een vrij negatieve terugblik op het International Whisky Festival “Whisky Live Holland” in Den Haag, 17 november 2012. Vanwege de…

.frysk hynder – bezoek

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.    Na een gemiste kans eerder deze maand, zijn we zaterdag alsnog spontaan naar Friesland gereden om een bezoek te brengen…

.potstill festival 2012

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.    Het was weer tijd voor een festival. Dit keer zijn we met acht man naar het Potstill Festival in “het…

Visiting Springbank

Because the Springbank distillery would be our first ever distillery to visit, we had made reservations for the gold tour. The distillery is located in Campbeltown, the only city that can call itself a whisky-region, situated on the Kintyre peninsula in the south-west of Scotland. If you ever make the trip from Inveraray to Campbeltown, we…

.summerspirit festival

NOTE TO THE READER In the beginning of WhiskySpeller some articles were posted in Dutch, later on we both went on to writing in English. Our apologies if  you cant read this article due to that.  Den Haag, zaterdag 9 juni 2012. Het Nederlands elftal speelt tegen Denemarken. Voor ons hét moment om naar Den Haag te…