Tasting six 1996 Yamazaki

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Tasting three middle aged Macallans

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A Tip For You Marketing People – Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com

Today I posted a blog-post on Ronnestam.com about my experimental book project – Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com. It doesn’t really have that much to do with Whisky specifically. But if you’re into marketing and advertising it will sure inspire you to reach further with your whisky brand! Head on [...]

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Your New Year’s whisky resolution?

I usually take some time between Christmas and New Year’s Day, like I’m sure many of you do, to take a look at my life and see how I can improve it in the New Year.

My whisky resolution for the new year is to promote this wonderful world of whisky as much as I can, while still keeping my life in balance.

Balance, to me, is very important. Whisky is a big part of my life–and I hope that it always will be–but it’s certainly not the only part. In fact, I want to make sure that I put my family, friends, and health before whisky.

I think to be the best at something, the sacrifice is just too great. A couple months ago, I was chatting with a fellow whisky writer and he told me that, in the past year, he only had two days off–including weekends!

I want to be a friend to whisky, not a slave to it. If that means that I’ll never be the most influential person in whisky, that’s fine with me. As long as I am, in some way, helping you along your whisky path, then I am content.

So, that’s my resolution for the new year: Whisky? Yes. But in balance!

How about you? What’s your New Year’s whisky resolutions?

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Tasting six 1997 Japanese malts

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A whisky festival question for you

I hope you are enjoying your holiday season, spending your time with good friends, family, and great whisky!

I have a question for you. WDJK enjoys a global audience, and I need a global perspective.

When I dreamed up the crazy idea of WhiskyFest back in 1998, we were not aware of anyone else doing what we did–hosting a large whisky festival for the public that featured all the world’s whiskies (Scotch, Irish, American, Canadian, Japanese, etc.) and the people who make them. Not only did we want to bring all the world’s whiskies together for a unified cause (to promote whisky), but we also wanted to credit and feature the makers (master distillers, master blenders, etc.).

I know that the Scotch Malt Whisky Society was hosting some great events here in the U.S. before us, but they were–at that time–smaller and focused primarily on the Society bottlings. [I really enjoyed them, BTW.]

I could tell you many stories on how my wife and I didn’t sleep for a month before our first event in New York. We put our business on the line. If the event failed, the industry would shun us and our business would probably not survive. But I will save those stories for another time.

For now, I am hoping you can tell me if you know of any other similar independent whisky events prior to 1998 (i.e. 1,000+ attendees, with whiskies from around the world, and master distillers/master blenders pouring the whisky and hosting seminars)? Whisky festivals are a great thing. It would be nice to sell how they all evolved. As you know, they are popping up all over the world now.

Thanks!

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WhiskyCast Episode 232: December 27, 2009

We'll close out 2009 with a look at bourbon and beer. Devin Zell of Bourbon Drinker.com loves both. He'll share his dual passions with us in this episode, including how he and his friends aged a beer for 9 months in a barrel used for Pappy Van Winkle's 23-year-old bourbon. In the news, new expressions from Berry Brothers & Rudd, the BBC discovers a distillery on the Isle of Lewis, and tasting notes for three top-shelf bourbons in the "What I'm Tasting This Week Department."

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WhiskyCast Episode 232: December 27, 2009

We'll close out 2009 with a look at bourbon and beer. Devin Zell of Bourbon Drinker.com loves both. He'll share his dual passions with us in this episode, including how he and his friends aged a beer for 9 months in a barrel used for Pappy Van Winkle's 23-year-old bourbon. In the news, new expressions from Berry Brothers & Rudd, the BBC discovers a distillery on the Isle of Lewis, and tasting notes for three top-shelf bourbons in the "What I'm Tasting This Week Department."

Tasting two old Caol Ila

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Tasting two 1938 Glenlivet

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