A couple of weeks ago, I got to visit Stork Club Distillery near Berlin. At the end of the private tour, co-founder Steffen gave me a bottle of their signature product – Stork Club Straight Rye. In its current form, the Straight Rye is still being made from stock that Steffen and his partners (more…)
Fate is a cheeky lady. And an unpredictable one, too. When she interfers, even the most solid plan can dissolve within seconds. You don’t believe me? Ask the three friends Steffen, Stefan and Bastian from Berlin. On a fateful day in 2016, they drove to the small town of Schlepzig (more…)
As an appreciator of fine coffee and good whiskey, I would have loved to attend the Bushmills X Nord Coast masterclass in Hamburg on October 26. Unfortunately, I could not make it there for personal reasons. Since the event sounded like a ton of fun (more…)
Hamburg is known for many things. Sunny days and mild evenings in spring are not among them. Still, the weather is traditionally glorious on one particular Sunday in June, when Borco-Marken-Import’s annual whisky festival is on. (more…)
Only a few hundred meters south of the river Liffey in the city center of Dublin resides The Dingle Whiskey Bar, a cozy dramming joint run by the same guys that perate the world-famous Temple Bar. The place is adjacent to a spacious pub and restaurant, so if you want to fill your belly (more…)
Three’s a crowd, five’s a handful and eight’s a festival. Although the Whisky Week at Alsterhaus – one of Hamburg’s most uptown shopping malls – was not officially announced as a whisky fair, it certainly felt like one. (more…)
Exactly one month from now, on June 14, whiskey folks across the pond celebrate National Bourbon Day. Of course, us drammers on the old continent are more than happy to chime in from afar and drink a glass of top-notch American whiskey on that day as well. (more…)
“Gummi Bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere…” This is not only the chorus of an 80s TV show I loved to watch when I was a child, but it is also the first thing that came to my mind when I opened my bottle of this beautiful Irish Whiskey (more…)
Ever since I attended a Cadenhead masterclass at this year’s edition of Kiel Whisky Fair, I have been looking forward to my next trip to Berlin – the location of one of the two stores that Scotland’s oldest independent bottler operates in Germany. (more…)
