Whisky-U

I was lucky enough that I got aproached by Patrick from a Swiss whisky club called  Whiskybox  who asked me if I wanted to join him and a fe...

It's been a long time since I last published a post on this blog but now I'm back and there will be some changes. Over the course of...

The second expression in a little trio of Claxton's whiskies that I reviewed is a 20 years old Tobermory. This spirit was distilled o...

Picture by Claxton's It was a really nice surprise when I recently got a message by Yorkshire based independent bo...

In the spring of 2016 Compass Box started a campaign for more transparency in Scotch whisky after they had to remove the full recipe o...

Everyone who has even the  slightest interest in whisky must by now have heard of the term NAS (no age statement). The regulations for S...

Part 1 About a year ago I was bored and on a whim I logged into my twitter account that I had created a few years ago (but never really ...

In July me and my friend Pascal made a dream come true and went on a roadtrip to the holy land of whisky. Since we got into drinking Sco...

I was quite surprised when last week the postman delivered a package from Dublin. Inside the package was a sample bottle of whiskey along...

The last few weeks I didn't really get to enjoy as much whisky as I usually do. First I was pretty occupied with a paper for a course at...

In another article  that I published at the end of march I wrote about a memorable whisky tasting that I attended. The tasting was organized...

One way to really get into whisky is by attending a tasting. Here in Switzerland you have a lot of possibilities because there are lot of ta...

for part 1 please click  here After the official tasting flight with the 5 aforementioned whiskies the night wasn't over yet. First we...

2 days ago I told you that I will be featured on another whisky blog. The blog that I'm talking about is  The Amateur Drammer  who has a...

sLast Friday I had the chance to attend a special tasting of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS). The SMWS is an organisation that bottl...

Very soon I'm going to be featured on another whisky blog. Watch this space...

Last week I attended a stunning tasting again. It took place in a village 10 minutes away from Zurich so after I was done with classes at th...

As I scrolled through the pictures of my phone I saw this one that was made at the Whisky Ship in Lucerne. This picture shows me with Rick D...

Last saturday I had the pleasure to attend masterclass with the name "Whisky meets wine" at the whisky ships in Lucerne. The eveni...

Hi maltmates I hope you are all doing well. Last wednesday I've written that this weekend would be quite a whisky fueled one and I can t...

Yesterday the postman dropped a rather nice delivery at Whisky-U headquarter. I got three samples from the Benromach distillery: The 10 ye...

This week is gonna be quite a whisky fueled one. Tomorrow I will travel from Zurich to Basel where I will meet up with a friend. We will the...

Last saturday I had the chance to get a unique experience on my whisky adventure. My boss couldn't work this Saturday so I had to work f...

Hey everyone. You may or may not have heard about it but a week ago Glasgow based blending company Compass Box have launched a campaign for...

Hi Malt Mates. I hope you are all fine. It’s been quite a while since I last posted a whisky review so I thought now would be the right tim...

On Friday I went to a very special tasting. After I finished work I took the train to travel away from Zurich to a village near St. Gallen....

A few days ago I was working at a tasting event at one of the bigger wine and spirit shops in Zurich . To put it clear right away I was resp...

Dear Malt Mates Sorry that it was so quiet on this blog recently. I had to write exams and didn't have much time to enjoy whisky or wr...

Hi Malt Mates Today I post my very first official whisky review.  The whisky that I’m going to taste is the Balvenie DoubleWood which i...

Dear malt mates I hope you have all had a good start into the New Year. In the last two weeks I had plenty to celebrate. First I finished...

Hello Dear Malt Mates My name is Julian and I'm a 22 year old history student from Zurich, Switzerland. First of all I would lik...