And now another installment of our very popular Ask The Collector column in which Sukhinder Singh of The Whisky Exchange answers questions about the value of collectible whisky. The Collector is published on the last Friday of each month, though we generally respond to questions within a day or so (completely dependant upon Sukhinder’s schedule). […]
With the (re)release of Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald just around the corner, Ian Buxton is already hard at work finding and reissuing long lost whisky tomes… Now Ian has teamed with author/publisher Neil Wilson to announce the launch of new publishing marque Classic Expressions which aims, in the words of their website “to bring rare […]
Ingvar Ronde, editor of the Malt Whisky Yearbook let me know that the latest version, will be back from the printer on October 3rd, and will be available soon after. The Malt Whisky Yearbook, introduced just last year, has been a fantastic resource for me - part book, part magazine it fills a niche by […]
Make sure to read the comments for This great, potent, and princely drink where Peter Currie of Springbank (along with Jim Andrews) and I discuss the regions. Good stuff. You can also read more about Ian Buxton’s latest endeavor - Classic Expressions….
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Note to self:When in the Glasgow airport, looking for breakfast, DO NOT get a bagel from O’Brien’s. Though they mimic a bagel in both form and color - the similarities end there. They are by far, the most inedible thing I’ve ever put in my mouth….
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This ridiculous but apparently true beer story involves a Norwegian woman who turned on the water faucet in her apartment only to discover beer was pouring from it. Apprently someone connected a keg to her water line instead of to…
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Legacy Brewing Company of Reading PA has a new “Hedonism Ale” that is drawing compliments for its flavor and criticism for its packaging. The brewery itself essentially admits it’s creating an intentional stir with the packaging that has a cartoonish…
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Belgium Comes to Cooperstown takes place tomorrow, July 15 2006 from noon - 11 PM. Great Belgian food and entertainment will surround 125 beers from dozens of breweries around the world. Don’t miss it!…
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Rolling Rock beer, a pale lager best known to me 20 years ago as “Pennsylvania piss water”, has been through an upswing - catching on as a trendy beer around the country. That trend is sure to continue as the…
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I think I’ve just had the weirdest beer ever, Flemish Primitive Wild Ale from De Proef Brouwerij in Lochristi, Belgium. The label is gorgeous - a detail from some renaissance painting (I’m not sure which). The beer is an appealing…
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