Category Archives: Whisky

2009 in review 0

Photo by Infodad
So, that’s it then. The end of 2009.
Looking back over the notes, this was a pretty good year, and since I’ve blogged a fair bit of it (though with some significant gaps – must watch that in 2010), I thought I’d do a quick wrap-up of some of the highlights.
But let’s start [...]

New Year Resolutions: 12 x 30 5

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to New Year Resolutions for 2010, and of course, I came up with a lot of the usual stuff. I also came up with some stuff that was less usual, but not the sort of thing I wanted to spend a whole year doing.
For instance, in 2010, I [...]

A rocking good day at New Music Labs 0

Krause celebrates her pre-release album promo
I spent the day at the offices of New Music Labs in Groningen. The morning was spent catching up with emails and phone calls, but by lunchtime, there was a steady stream of visitors bearing problems, questions and gifts.
Krause (above), who has a record deal with Sony, came to chat. [...]

In Leeuwarden 0

Lykle, Marco and Niels in Leeuwarden
Spent most of yesterday in the city of Leeuwarden, meeting with students and other interested parties at the Academie Voor Popcultuur, where Niels Aalberts, Marco Raaphorst and I talked as a group and with individuals throughout the afternoon.
Niels is an independent A&R/Manager who represents Kyteman (amazingly popular trumpeter who leads [...]

Jura snaps 0

Clutch and I went to the Isle of Jura over the long weekend on a bit of a adventure. All the details are over at the Dubber & Clutch blog, complete with videos and interviews, tasting notes and stories. But I thought you might be interested in some holiday snaps.
They look quite good if you [...]

Jura adventure 0

Clutch and I are off to Jura for the weekend. We’ve been invited to the launch of some new whiskies by the only distillery on the island.
We’re blogging it and posting video at the Dubber and Clutch website, as well as updating via Twitter (@twhisky), if you’re interested…

Twhisky and Twavel 2

After the relatively slow start to 2009, and the lovely, restful Christmas break, I’ve started organising things for the year, and as I start booking things in, it looks like a pretty busy one. In fact… the past week or so has meant a rapid takeoff in the amount of work and travel I’ve been [...]