Entries by Zerlina Zhuang

Kilchoman Distillery – The Farmhouse

Two team members from WhiskyGeeks went on an Islay-centric Scotland tour in September 2019 and we had a whale of a time! Coming back from Scotland was torturous, but such is life! It took us many months to get our bum to settle down in front of our computers to start writing, but here we […]

Exciting New Blended Asian Whisky by Michel Lu

WhiskyGeeks has the absolute pleasure of meeting Michel Lu, a well-known veteran of the Food & Beverage industry in Asia. As an active entrepreneur, Michel successfully ran many restaurants, bars and even night clubs over the course of his career of more than 20 years. In recent times, Michel decided to branch out into the […]

An Afternoon Chat with Lukasz Dynowiak

WhiskyGeeks is honoured to be invited once again by our friends, AsiaEuro, to have an afternoon chat with Interbev Brand Outreach Manager, Lukasz Dynowiak when he was in town in November. Introducing Lukasz Dynowiak, Brand Outreach Manager, International Beverages Holdings Now, Lukasz has an interesting job with Interbev. He joined the company in 2015 and […]

Guest Post – Whisky Live Paris Part 2

Editor’s Note: This is the second guest post completed by Eddie, who is our newest correspondent on the other side of the world.  WhiskyGeeks is going global, indeed! Written by: Eddie Whisky Live Paris scheduled a day, especially for the trade personnel to network over whiskies. It is an excellent opportunity for trade people to […]

Guest Post – Whisky Live Paris 2019 Part 1

Editor’s Note: WhiskyGeeks has truly gone global with the help of our friends. A Singaporean, who requests to be anonymous, is currently studying in Edinburgh, agreed to represent WhiskyGeeks in Whisky Live Paris 2019. We are proud to have him onboard with WhiskyGeeks to cover events happening in the other part of the world. Written […]

Balblair Distillery – True Highland Spirit

Balblair distillery made it into the news recently for their change in packaging and labelling of their whiskies. Instead of vintages, the distillery decided to follow the conventional method of stating the age of the whisky on the bottle. It is a welcoming change for drinkers who are too lazy to count the years (like […]

Whisky Review #105 – Glenmorangie Whiskies

There were so many Glenmorangie events recently that our heads were practically swimming with the whiskies from the distillery. Even though we shared two previous posts about Glenmorangie, we wanted to share a particular event hosted by The Exciseman Whisky Bar because we thought it was truly exceptional. Brendon McCarron and The Exciseman Whisky Bar […]

Frongoch Distillery – The Royal Welsh Whisky of Old

Wales is not high on the whisky map. It is well-known as an industrial country with coal mines, and gold. Whisky was never one of their “virtues”.  Many people did not even know where Wales is or that it exists. Wales has a short whisky history. The current distilleries are Penderyn Distillery, located in the […]

A Chat with Brendan McCarron from Glenmorangie

WhiskyGeeks is fortunate to get a chance to speak with Brendan McCarron, the Head of Maturing Whisky Stocks at the Glenmorangie Company, during our DFS event. As the heir apparent to whisky legend, Dr Bill Lumsen, Brendan has plenty to work on. He joins the company five years ago and started work with the whisky […]