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…

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…

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.  Zonder dat dat echt onze bedoeling was, hebben we dit jaar (tot nu toe) elke maand een whisky “dingetje”. Deze maand…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…