September 30th, 2010
I’m afraid that I’ll have to cut short our exciting week of opinion and debate. Due to a family emergency (my father passed away yesterday) I will not be able to continue blogging for the next several days.
Please do continue on without me. And, as I was just reminded, let’s not take all this talk about whisky too seriously. It is only whisky, after all.
September 8th, 2010
I’m back. I hope you’ve been enjoying the guest posts.
I’ve been tasting a bunch of new whiskies over the past couple of weeks, and I wanted to let you know my thoughts on them. There are two more guest blog posts to go out this week. But starting Monday, I’ll be posting up whisky reviews for ten straight weekdays.
What’s on the agenda? Well, how about these?: Highland Park St. Magnus, Highland Park 1970 vintage, Laphroaig Triple Wood, Balvenie Caribbean Rum Cask, Balvenie Peated Cask, Springbank CV, the two new Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection whiskeys, the new Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, Canadian Mist Black Diamond, Glenmorangie Finealta, and maybe even Redbreast 15 yr. old that’s coming to the U.S. and some more oak-aged beers.
Stay tuned…
August 13th, 2010
I’ll be on vacation next week (August 16-20). While I am gone, I have scheduled a guest whisky review each weekday, so there will still be plenty to entertain you. Dominic’s reviews will conclude Monday. Then, beginning Tuesday, Dave Broom’s reviews of Japanese whiskies will begin.
The week after that (August 23-27), I’ll be back here again with more blog posts. I’ll also be going through all the great guest blog submissions I have been receiving.
Then, the week after that (August 30-September 3), I’ll be on vacation again. This is the week I will post up one guest blog each day. Believe me when I say you will enjoy the guest posts. You will not want to miss them.
I have more surprises for you beginning in September, including reviews of all the new whisky books coming out and many more new whisky reviews by me, so don’t go anywhere!
What will I be doing while I’m gone? Hopefully a lot of what you see here in this picture: taking it easy on a beach my wife Amy, with a good drink in my hand. (I also plan on taking my boat out in the ocean and doing a little fishing.)
May 16th, 2010
We spent Friday getting the next issue of Malt Advocate to the printer (sorry for not posting). I’m taking the day off Monday for some vacation time, but I’ll be back on Tuesday, though. See you then.
May 4th, 2010
You guys are good!
I usually post something up early in the morning. Sometimes, one or more of you have a question about the post–about a given whisky, distillery, or perhaps about a regulation.
By the time I swing back later in the day to take a look at the comments, someone has already answered the question. Thanks! You help make my job here a little easier.
I also want to thank you for your professionalism and self-policing. A large reason why WDJK benefits so many people is because of the comments and discussions that stem from my post, and not the actual post itself.
April 1st, 2010
It’s April Fools day. Take any press release, blog post, tweet, etc., with a grain of salt.
I promise no fooling here. I think we can trust B.J. on today’s guest post. (We’ll fool them next year, B.J., okay?)
P.S. Well done, Serge (see link above).
March 29th, 2010
I’d like to thank all of you for your well wishes–here, on Facebook, Twitter, and via email. I really appreciate it. Since some of you have asked about how I’m doing, I thought I would update you on my situation.
The surgery went well. The procedure was to fix a tear in my medial meniscus. So far, I don’t see any signs of infection or any other complications.
March 25th, 2010
As I noted here last Friday, I’m having knee surgery tomorrow, so I won’t be posting tomorrow. Since I’m not sure how I’ll be feeling , I asked B. J. Reed to guest blog for me next week.
Who is B.J. Reed? To quote him: “I’m just a scotch enthusiast from Omaha and part of the group that has been tasting single malts and traveling to Scotland to visit distilleries as part of the Dundee Dell group since 1998.”
B. J. and the gang know their whisky. In addition to being a regular WDJK contributor, he just returned from Scotland with his group and they toured many distilleries.
So, I thought it would be cool if he could share with us what he (and the group) learned. He’ll have for us each day from Monday-Friday. He’s going to send me the info, and I’ll format it and post it up.
This should be a lot of fun. And who knows? You still might see a post or two from me too during the week as well. Stay tuned!
March 9th, 2010
What do you want to chat about? Let me know what’s on your mind.
I try my best to come up with interesting discussion topics, but I’m sure you have some great ideas too. Let us know what they are. The ones I like I’ll use for future postings.
Thanks!
February 26th, 2010
Back here in January, I asked you what I could do to make WDJK better for you. Many of those recommendations I implemented. And I’m still working on the others.
Now, I would like to ask you to do something that will also benefit you. Tell more people about WDJK. The more whisky enthusiasts reading this blog, the better the conversation and intellectual discussions.
If you have whisky drinking friends, or if you belong to a whisky club, get them involved in WDJK. Give them the link. And it’s an easy one to remember. It’s www.whatdoesjohnknow.com.
Thanks!
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