Category: Trips & events
-
Limburg 2025
Limburg Whisky Festival — the whisky event of the year in Germany! And how lucky am I that my friend Simon could host me in Frankfurt, and was as excited for the festival as I. The whisky experience is great, but having someone to share it with is what makes the long ride from Plön…
-
Wiener whisky
Second half of July I spend a week in Vienna for work, a science conference on mathematical modelling in ecology and evolution. Getting there from my home in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany was fairly convenient with the ÖBB Night Jet, with their new sleeper wagons with individual pods. Or shall we call it sarcophagi? Good thing I’m…
-
Revisiting Edinburgh, my spirit-ual home
Oh Flower of ScotlandWhen will we seeYer like again? In the beginning of July I went on a short holiday in my favourite city that I called home for four years. The purpose of the visit was to attend Zoe’s graduation and meet some old friend (…and while there to enjoy a dram or two.)…
-
Tokyo whisky mission
One of the great perks of being a research scientist is that I get to travel the world for workshops and conferences. Often these are held in attractive locations. The first workshop I attended as a PhD candidate was held at a castle owned by the Montepulciano wine consortium, in the Italian town of the…
-
Limburg Whisky Fair 2023
With Germany being such a massive importer of Scotch Whisky, it would be strange if there wasn’t at least one massive whisky festival. And indeed there is. At least one. My friends Simon and Veronika put Limburg Whisky Fair on my radar, and offered that I could stay with them in Frankfurt so we could…
-
The Islay trip, day 4 – Back to Edinburgh via Deanston
All good things must come to end: bottles of fine whisky before they overoxidize; whisky trips before we get too used to having drams in the morning… We took the ferry back to the mainland in the morning, and then readied our buttocks for many hours in the minibus seats. The original plan of passing…
-
The Islay trip, day 3 – Ardnahoe, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Laphroaig, Bowmore
The day before I enjoyed being driven to Islay rum, Lagavulin, Ardbeg, and Kilchoman. Now was my turn to drive the car. With every intention of doing so legally and competently, that meant no whisky for this old boy. Fortunately, distilleries usually have small sample bottles so that drivers can get takeaway drams. Little did…
-
The Islay trip, day 2 – Islay Rum, Lagavulin, Ardbeg, Kilchoman
With a good night’s rest after the first day of the Islay trip we were ready for some tours and tastings! Intimate tour at Islay Rum Our destino número uno was the old lemonade factory in Port Ellen. But since 2022, a very special lemonade is made there; one which makes you funny when you…
-
The Islay trip, day 1 – Ferry and Bruichladdich
It was all planned. Islay youth hostel booked. Islay ferries booked. Distillery tours and tastings scheduled. Members of the Water of Life Society (the whisky club of Edinburgh Uni) had signed up for the trip and paid their deposits. Then in the matter of a few days, all the planning, the expectations, and the excitement…
DuckDrams 