Arran Machrie Moor – Smoky Dog
Having been born at a time that predated the indiscriminate use of the internet, I saw my childhood plagued by many very excruciating doubts. For example, one which puzzled me […]
Single Malts
Arran Port Cask Finish – Obssession
It may seem obvious what I am going to say next, coming from a monothematic blog like this. But I have a few small obsessions. And it’s not whisky, because […]
Aberfeldy 12 YO – Protagonist
There are films I always stop to watch, when I come across them on television. It’s as if my brain goes onto autopilot and comfortably surrenders to the sense of […]
Glenkinchie 12YO – Meritocracy
If you’re an engineer or a meteorologist, you probably know the Chaos Theory. If you’re not, I’ll explain. The Chaos Theory suggests that in complex systems, where there are a […]
Dalmore 18 – Manners Maketh Whisky
Manners make a man. This is what the British writer William Horman wrote in his book Vulgaria in 1519 – a compendium of quotes and proverbs from his day. In […]
Ardbeg Kelpie
My daughter is studying Brazilian folklore at school. Yesterday, she came to tell me that her favourite folk character is the (one-legged) little menace, Saci Perere. It makes sense, since […]
Drops – Laphroaig 10YO Cask Strength
Once I mentioned the Ariel Atom, a car that can hardly be considered a car. There is no radio, no windscreen, certainly no air-conditioning, no roof, no doors and don’t […]
Springbank 15 – Drops
If you like cars, you must have heard of the Nissan GTR. The Nissan GTR is the heir of Skyline, a super-sporty Japanese car although produced by the Prince Motor […]
Ancnoc Blas – Private Relationship
We form sentimental relationships with a lot of things: with the car that we drove on an incredible trip, the film we watched that time with someone special and the […]
Bowmore Tempest
If love at second sight exists in the whisky world, then it happened to me with Bowmore. Before visiting the distillery, I wasn’t really taken by any of its malts. […]