Categorie: Tom’s Dram Diaries
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Rosebank Reawakened: 30 year old scar filled with gold The decline of Rosebank announced itself first in Japan. The Lowland Single Malt Whisky was in high demand in the country of the rising sun, and all of a sudden stocks started to dwindle. A first sign of things being wrong, before the word got out.…
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A visit to the vertical Port of Leith Distillery (new make spirit tasting note included) On a windy day at the end of December 2024, the Uber driver dropped us off near the shore of the Port of Leith. While taking pictures of the distillery of the same name we were about to visit, my…
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Visiting Holyrood Distillery: a shock to the system From the three distilleries my wife and me visited at the end of December 2024, I wrote my entry for Tom’s Dram Diary about Holyrood the last. It was actually the first distillery we visited when we landed in Edinburgh. We had a cold and fantastic day…
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The Springbank Society European Tour stopped in the little town of Zaltbommel on Saturday 3 Augustus 2024. The organization behind this tour could not have chosen a better location. Not only is Zaltbommel an ancient town with lots of architectural marvel, it has hosted a lot of famous visitors too. A sickly Karl Marx spent weeks…
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Golden Promise Whisky Bar in Paris: A Sanctuary for the True Whiskynerd When travelling through Europe, I do try to fit in whisky related visits to the schedule. On the occasion of Mrs. Whisky Odyssey’s birthday, we travelled to Paris. We had done so the previous two years, and were actually on a museum quest.…
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First American Bar in Vienna: style and good taste When on holiday, my eye is always on the local whisky offerings. Recently, I found myself in the Austrian capital Vienna, the city of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gustave Klimt, to name a few. It was my first time there, which is actually a shame, since…
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A story about collecting Tomatin 25 year old expressions The Tomatin highland malt distillery in the little settlement of the same name, creates a wonderful whisky. Known for decent, strong Highland malt at a younger age, but loved for the elegant fruity explosions you can find in whisky matured for at least 20 years. Located…
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Dublin Liberties Distillery: Welcome to Hell Years ago, in 2016, I went on an Ardbeg Tour during the Fèis Ìle festival and learned a valuable lesson: the story rarely only revolves around the whisky. You need to include heritage, your background, where you hail from. This concept is brought to perfection at the Dublin Liberties Distillery in…
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Berlin: Whisky City with some hidden gems What combines better with a good glass of Scotch whisky, than a good football match and a menu that makes you thirsty for the next glass? You can find it all at Offside in the Berlin district of Wedding. During my visit to the city in late February of…
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Campbeltown, Scotland Springside Distillery was a very modest operation consisting of “a scattered lot of buildings placed around a small yard”, if we may believe famous whisky chronicler Alfred Barnard. From the backside of the obviously more known Springbank Distillery you walk up Glebe Street to see something of these buildings left. Campbeltown was at…