John C McDougall

We have been here before !! Mothers’ Ruin as opposed to The Death of Father! The difference with a generation when faced with anything that they have never encountered before, is that they think this sort of phenomenom has never happened before. Gin is Ok, Wine is fine, but Whisky will make you Frisky !!…

I read last week that most of the supermarket (approx. 1,300) wines are now Award winning !! Is there an award nowadays for getting up in the morning ? This whole issue in the drinks business in it’s totality requires to be examined !! Otherwise everything will be reduced to the lowest common denominator ere…

The top start of construction of the Moon Harbor distillery, which will manufacture the Bordeaux whiskey of the same name, was given yesterday. It will be delivered in June. The first stone of the distillery of Moon Harbor, another way to say Port of the Moon (for Bordeaux), was laid last night behind the submarine…

OK, so some people do not think that Scotch Whisky is Authentic Scotch, if it is finished in casks other than those it was originally filled into. Right ? And you can see a little force in that point of view, but not a lot imo. However, if Scotch Whisky Spirit is produced from Cereal…

From time to time one happens to read thought provoking text. I have read recently that some “Bright Spark” or “Sparks” are absolutely not in favour of finishing whisk(e)y in cask othe than the ones originally filled. This is fine, and I agree with several of “the Sparks’ ” sentiments. However we live in the…

The problem with evolution is that it keeps evolving. Take a look at the originlal’s at Box Destilleri in 2009 and you must ask the question, “where is everyone now” ? Very tragically one of the persons in the photo….Per de Vahl….died in a roof fall accident whilst doing some clearing work on the home…

I posted end of last week about someone who purports to be “John McDougall” The purpose of this post is to say that those who do such things are thicko’s and sicko’s. They are Pathetic…people who have done nothing, and Never will do anything. The interesting thing in this case is that I Do Know…

  I read last week that most of the supermarket (approx. 1,300) wines are now Award winning !! Is there an award nowadays for getting up in the morning ? This whole issue in the drinks business in it’s totality requires to be examined !! Otherwise everything will be reduced to the lowest common denominator…

It seems to me that Scotch is encountering more robust competition than it has done for most of my career, which spans 55 years. Why should this be so ? Because nothing stays the same forever, and tastes change as do people. Life moves on and the old addage that “Wha’s Like Us, Damned Few…

This week will be the occasion of the 4th Founding Fathers Event of the Marvellous Dingle Whiskey Distillery in the Milltown area of the town in question. Like so many things, this was another brainchild of the recently sadly departed Oliver Hughes, Entrepreneur, visionary, business man and Friend. It will be a different kind of…