Sixty Years!


Hello everybody and welcome back to the Whisky Paradise!

After having been away for two weeks on a business trip to the South of Brazil, I'm glad to be back in Sao Paulo. The trip was excellent, the weather was fine and over the weekend I had the chance to visit the spectacular waterfalls of Foz do Iguacu. Never saw them with such a large volume of water, nearly 30% above average. It looks something like this:



While in the South I also had the opportunity to pop over to the Argentinean side and visit the Duty Free Shop to get me some whisky. Not too much variety unfortunately except for the usual blends. I did manage a Jura 16 Years, Glenmoray 8 and 12 Y and the Whyte & Mackay 19 Years Blend. So you can expect these to be reviewed in the coming months or so. 

Above you see an image of a 60 Year-Old Glen Grant. Not because I'm reviewing that one at the moment although I would really like to give it a try! No, tomorrow is my 60th Birthday! How time flies. I still remember my fifteenth birthday in 1967. As a gift I got my first record, Ticket to Ride by the Beatles followed the next day by This Strange Effect by Dave Berry. I never stopped loving Classic Rock from then on! My real interest for whisky started much later as I preferred drinking beer and wine when I was younger. Since November last year I'm writing about these two hobbies on this site. In the meantime we passed the 47.000 page views and it's great to see there's interest for these subjects all around the world. So a big thanks to all of you! Although I didn't had the chance to taste the 60 year old Glen Grant, I did review another Irish Whiskey last night namely the Tyrconnell NAS Single Malt. You can find the Tasting Notes below or here: Tyrconnell Single Malt NAS. I'm not too fond of the Irish Whiskeys so far. I get too many off-notes to really enjoy them. Maybe it's just me! Please leave your opinion in the Comments sector if you think otherwise. 

One of the good things about Birthdays is the fact that you receive presents! Even more so because it just so happens it's also Father's Day tomorrow in Brazil. So I'm curious to know if there will be any whiskies among my presents. I think so! 

Before I start celebrating tomorrow I will make a few changes on the site today. I will rearrange the Tasting Notes in such a way that you will find separate sections for Scottish Single Malts, Scottish Blends, Ireland, the USA and The Rest of the World. Hope that makes your search somewhat easier. As always, just let me know what you think about it !
I wish you all a very nice weekend and do come back on Monday when I will post the Review of the Whyte & Mackay The Thirteen Blend.
Saude!
Jan

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