Whisky – Arbeg 10yo
February 27th, 2009
My parents gave me a really nice bottle of Arbeg 10yo as birthday present. This a very nice and peaty whisky…
Ardbeg 10yo
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Which whisky brand to start with?
January 23rd, 2009
When I wanted to start drinking whisky I came across the question every whisky starter has: which brand do I have to pick? By then I only knew the name of the famous Johnnie Walker red label. When I start Googling for this brand I noticed something funny, on a lot of websites people wrote that they did not like the taste. A friend of mine told me Johnnie Walker themselves promotes their Red Label to use in mixes (see image below). I was quite surprised since I thought this was a very good whisky (do not take me wrong: if you like Red Label keep enjoying it!).
Proof: Red Label is for mixes
Newly tasted Whiskies
January 15th, 2009
A few weeks ago I went whisky tasting with a friend of mine. Our target was a small whisky cafe called L&B. This cafe is located in Amsterdam, roughly 20 minutes walking from the central station. Since we both are new into whisky, we decided to order a so called “menu”. This menu contains three glasses each approximately containing 2cl of whisky…
Our ordered menus
Whisky glasses
January 7th, 2009
In the first part I described the difference between “Whisky” and “Whiskey”. In this post I continue, as promised, with the different types of whisky glasses.
Tumbler
Glencairn
How to start drinking whisky?
January 1st, 2009
Since three weeks I started to drink whisky. A good friend of mine took me to the whisky cafe L&B in Amsterdam and told me a lot about it. The next day I started to Google around for more information about the world of whisky. It turns out (as with most subjects) there is plenty of very well written information. Since everyone needs to start somewhere, I started at Wikipedia. For this blog I thought it would be fun to share my experienced and provide some information and links about this topic.
Glencairn whisky glass