Intro

This is not a school project, nor a commercial blog, a site for education or a long row of facts. This is just my personal forum for expressing my views, reflections and observations regarding the world of fine beverages in general and Whisky in particular. It is also, to a certain extent an ego project to remind my family and friends of how cool I am, and maybe also to give them a few drink tips along the way.

If you want to be schooled, I would recommend wikipedia, some of all the glorious books about whisky that is out there, or a nice magazine, such asWhisky Magazine or something else. If you do not wish to find these for yourself, I will make sure to link a few along the way.

So who am I? I am a 34 year old Swedish guy, who is employed in the Travel Retail sector, and have a big interest in, and passion for whisky. And wine, and women (womAn), family, friends, football, art, and whatever else makes the world a nice place.

Although I got my first bottle of Single Malt at the age of 18 (Glenfiddich 12, of course), I am not sure if the passion really started after I fell in love with Scotland, or if I fell in love with Scotland because I already was in love with whisky. Today, though, I have a great passion for both. I love Scotland even if whisky is not involved, as well as I love whisky even if it is danish, indian or japanese, and I am sipping it in Sweden.

Today, I really like a Glenfiddich 12, even if I now realize I did not understand how to drink it at first. I liked having the bottles at home (soon after my first bottle, I got some more classic ones such as Highland Park 12, Ardbeg 10, Laphroig 10...), but I wasn´t sure how to drink them, and if I recall correctly, I could barely tell the difference. Therefore, my first, and most important advice in this blog will be this:

Taste the whisky properly! I am not going to say there is only one "correct" way to do it, but to me, it is very important to give the dram some attention, and get to know it, instead of just gulping it down. For me, a way of tasting that really works is the method of Richard Paterson, the whisky superhero and Master Blender of Whyte&Mackay, a fantastic man who I have been lucky enough to meet twice. I am not saying you have to do exactly what he does, but this video gives a great idea of what you can do to really savor a  nice whisky.

Watch Mr Paterson threaten you in to becoming an expert.