Het was een interessante middag in de whiskykamer. De teller stond na 2,5 uur op 45.000 kilometer. Het startschot viel in Uttar Pradesh, Noord India in de Rampur Distillery. De finish van onze lange whiskyreis was in de Nantou Distillery in Taiwan. Lees verder Rond de wereld in 6 whisky’s
Afgelopen week is Master Distiller Dave Pickerell overleden in een hotelkamer in San Francisco; hij was 70 jaar.
“A bon, les whisky des tranchées; ce sont la“. The local Carrefour Contact manager shows me his treasure trove with great pride. Finding the cheap imported blends stashed away on the top shelf did not surprise me at all, but the denomination ‘trench whisky’ was new to me. Not purposely disrespectful I guess but definitely awkward in these last months of the 2018 World War One commemorations that lead up to the centenary in November.
It was not the rain that bothered us but the gushing winds that would certainly get hold of our glasses. So, seven whisky bottles and seven men are on their way back up the long staircase leading up to the whisky tasting room.
Een MBO opleiding waar jongeren in geuren en kleuren college krijgen over alle ins & outs van whisky ? Ja, in Tilburg gebeurt dit. Lees verder Gek van whisky
