When I first entered Dead End Rock & Blues Bar in Aschaffenburg, I did so with high expectations! After all, the renowned Whisky Botschafter magazine honored the place as “Germany’s best Whisky Bar” in 2013. Furthermore, it was also the first recommendation (more…)
When Distell Group’s Brand Ambassador for Germany, Chantalle Seidler, asked me if I wanted to join a tasting with the group’s Master Distiller at Whiskyplaza in Hamburg, I did not have to think twice about it! After all, Chantalle is well known for putting incredible bottles on the table (more…)
To make sure they are well-prepared for their next big online tasting on 26 May 2023, the Danish craft distillers from Thy Whisky held an awesome full rehearsal on 13 March 2023: a virtual warehouse tasting with six exclusive cask samples! (more…)
On Wednesday, 8 March 2023, the good folks of Weinquelle Lühmann held an exclusive Stauning Whisky masterclass with co-founder Hans Martin Hansgaard and brand ambassador Henning Grubb at their headquarters in Siek. (more…)
The name “Cask Experiment Series” says it all: Within this special line of whiskies, acclaimed Danish production site Mosgaard Distillery releases bottlings with out-of-the-ordinary wood formulas and one-of-a-kind maturation histories. (more…)
The new three-piece range of single cask bottlings by Flickenschild has a simply yet evocative name: “Slainte”. Graced with stylish illustrations by North-German artist Mats Matthée, each member of the trio cuts a mighty fine figure – both on the outside and on the inside. (more…)
And my Hanse Spirit 2023 recap continues … as you might have seen, “Part One” of my two-bit event summary focused on the Scotch, Irish Whiskey, and Bourbon I drank at the fair. If you have not yet read it, just click here and check it out. (more…)
From 26 to 28 January 2023, Hanse Spirit returned to my hometown of Hamburg. With a colorful roster of exhibitors, the popular whisky and spirits fair made a strong bounce-back from its two-year break. As compared to the last installments (more…)
Founded in 2019 by whisky mavens Victorija and Kenny Macdonald, Scottish indie bottler Dràm Mòr Group Ltd. has quickly risen to make a name for itself in the whisky world. So far, the busy bees from Dumbarton have released ten outturns with three to eight bottlings each. (more…)
Towards the end of the last year, long-serving indie bottler Berry Bros & Rudd released the second outturn of whiskies within its praised “The Nordic Casks” series. This time, Reserve Whisky Manager Jonny McMillan and his team worked with four reputable distilleries (more…)
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