What is the Caramel colouring in Whisky? Why is there caramel colouring in Whisky? anyways? You always hear about the E150a in Scotch. Is E150a a Caramel colouring? What is the Caramel Colouring in Whisky? The answer to this questions... Continue Reading →
I have been looking for some actual science that explains how we smell and taste whisky. How do whisky-chemicals interact with you brain.? I say brain because your brain is the end point. ps: if you replace whisky by whiskey,... Continue Reading →
I was reminding the Feis Ile 2016 Masterclass when Octomore Black Art was first presented. If you missed the introduction you can look at it here If you have not seen the introduction. Please take 10 minutes to watch the... Continue Reading →
Yo, whisky warriors! It's your iLaddie here, back with another dram-tastic deep dive. This time, we're ditchin' the distillery tours and tastings and heading straight for the source: the terroir. Buckle up, because we're about to get all science-y and soil-suckin' to unravel the magic that goes into every... Continue Reading →
This week I have stumbled across image creation using Artificial Intelligence. The experience has been utterly shocking to say the very least, but at the same time I have been flabbergasted by what can be done with it. I have... Continue Reading →
Did the title of this blog trigger you to click the link? If yes, then that is cool! The title is not actually about a 24yo Kilchoman, at least, not yet! I have been playing around in Excel with a... Continue Reading →
Today I spend some time with my works 3D engineering tool, Siemens NX, to try and model a tasting glass. I am a tad rusty when it comes to sketch-based modeling, but I think I did ok. I had no... Continue Reading →
This week I opened up "Numbers" again and to my surprise Apple had added a diagram type which I had been looking for for ages. The Radar Chart has finally made it to Apple's idea of Excel! This means I... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I wrote a blog about terroir. Or any blog for that matter. The reason being my mother recently passed away totally unexpected and I have been too preoccupied with dealing with that. On to... Continue Reading →
So a while back I wrote about the "Terroir of casks". I wrote:"Should we start speaking about the “terroir of casks” besides the “terroir of barley” and “the provenance of the distillery”?" in a blog explaining that all casks are... Continue Reading →
A while back I had a whisky tasting organised by DRAMTIME. We explored 6 core expressions by the StarWard Distillery from Australia. Photo by me, 2021 The whole lineup was absolutely amazing, but one of the expressions absolutely stood out... Continue Reading →
I have been exploring Waterford whisky for a while now. Ok, that’s an understatement. I currently own 9 official bottlings, multiple samples and multiple samples of “the funnies”. So currently Waterford is the largest “growth area”, besides Bruichladdich, in my... Continue Reading →
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