Whisky Festival Gent
Publié : 08 févr. 2008, 17:47
I'm going to the whisky festival in Gent next weekend Sat 16th Sun 17 th and I'm hoping that any of you who live nearby and plan to go will be sure to stop by our stall, easily recognisable, as the most amateurish, and say hello. I'm crossing from Newxastle and driving down from Ijmuiden. Although I don't like driving I thought it was better driving somewhere I know through Holland than down through England and travelling Hull to Zeebrugge which is slightly more direct.
I'll probably take some of our 6 yo which has a bit of maturing still to do and I was thinking of trying to get a few people at Gent to give me tasting notes. I've asked Jim Murray to give me his thoughts, so it might be interesting to compare, maybe even make a competition of it if I could talk him or whatever celebrity is present into judging the best. Obviously I'll take mature Bladnoch whiskies and some new-make, grist, malt etc. I'm trying to create a wee bit of awareness of our existence and one of our forum members suggested a quiz, perhaps 10 questions about Bladnoch that you can really only answer by going on to our website, perhaps a draw for a prize which would be a tenth of a cask of new-make. This would be guaranteed to keep them interested in Bladnoch at least until it matured. If any of you have any good marketing ideas I'll be delighted to hear them. What do you like most about whisky festivals or what impresses the most?
All ideas gratefully accepted.
Raymond
(With apologies to Jean-Marie for trying to pick the brains of his forum members)
I'll probably take some of our 6 yo which has a bit of maturing still to do and I was thinking of trying to get a few people at Gent to give me tasting notes. I've asked Jim Murray to give me his thoughts, so it might be interesting to compare, maybe even make a competition of it if I could talk him or whatever celebrity is present into judging the best. Obviously I'll take mature Bladnoch whiskies and some new-make, grist, malt etc. I'm trying to create a wee bit of awareness of our existence and one of our forum members suggested a quiz, perhaps 10 questions about Bladnoch that you can really only answer by going on to our website, perhaps a draw for a prize which would be a tenth of a cask of new-make. This would be guaranteed to keep them interested in Bladnoch at least until it matured. If any of you have any good marketing ideas I'll be delighted to hear them. What do you like most about whisky festivals or what impresses the most?
All ideas gratefully accepted.
Raymond
(With apologies to Jean-Marie for trying to pick the brains of his forum members)