While the archive offers a full overview of the well over 1000 E-pistles we've written
since 1997, this page is dedicated to all the articles that were published in 2008.
Shortly before we published the end results of the Malt Maniacs Awards 2007 on
December 1 we kicked off our public Malt Maniacs & Friends group on Facebook.
Less than a year later, we already had circa 800 virtual friends. Many or them 
are still 'lurkers' that haven't joined in our disussions yet - but hopefully they'll
join in those some time soon as well. One unexpected side-effect of adding
the Facebook Group to our set of 'communication instruments' was a drop in
the number of E-pistles that was submitted - but that's to be expected...

Apart from the archive section, the information we've gathered during A Decade
of Heavy Dramming is divided across four site sections; the Library, the office
our cosy hang-out called the bar and the locals section.

Malt Maniacs Issue #111  -  February 8, 2009

E-pistle #2009-01; SWA; the Scotch Wankers Association (Johannes van den Heuvel, Holland)
E-pistle #2009-02; Do You Believe in Bottle Maturation? (Serge Valentin, France)
E-pistle #2009-03; The Chemistry of Water & Whisky (Nabil Mailloux, Canada)
E-pistle #2009-04; My Best Whiskies of 2008 (Krishna Nukala, India)
E-pistle #2009-05; Fruit Flies or Peat Flies? (Lex Kraaijeveld, UK)
E-pistle #2009-06; A Dozen Chaotic Drams (Luca Chichizola, Italy)
E-pistle #2009-07; Politics, Religion & Whiskey in America (David Wankel, USA)
 

Malt Maniacs Issue #112  -  April 13, 2009

E-pistle #2009-08; For Sake's Sake (Michel van Meersbergen, Holland)
E-pistle #2009-09; Today's Whisky Climate (Dave Broom, UK)
E-pistle #2009-10; Spreading The Word (David Wankel, USA)
E-pistle #2009-11; A Gourmet's Delight (Craig Daniels, Australia)
E-pistle #2009-12; Ardbeggeddon Ten (Davin & Euan McPhee, Canada)
E-pistle #2009-13; Adventures in Taste Perversion (Mark Gillespie, USA)
E-pistle #2009-14; A Sulphury Discussion (transcript by Johannes van den Heuvel, Holland)
 

Malt Maniacs Issue #113  -  June 15, 2009

E-pistle #2009-15; What Is Sherried Whisky? (Dave Broom, UK)
E-pistle #2009-16; A Sherried Discussion - Part 1 (Johannes van den Heuvel, Holland)
E-pistle #2009-17; Macallan Masters of Photography (Michel van Meersbergen, Holland)
E-pistle #2009-18; Stuart Nickerson Interview (Johannes van den Heuvel, Holland)
E-pistle #2009-19; Astar Trek (Nabil Mailloux, Canada)
E-pistle #2009-20; Victoria Festival Report (Davin de Kergommeaux, Canada)
E-pistle #2009-21; Vienna Whisky Fair (Konstantin Grigoriadis, Greece)
E-pistle #2009-22; Summer Speysides & Friends (Louis Perlman, USA)
 

Malt Maniacs Issue #114  -  October 21, 2009

E-pistle 2009-23; A Few Truths & Observations about Scotch whisky (Lawrence Graham, Canada)
E-pistle 2009-24; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wine Tasting (Peter Silver, USA)
E-pistle 2009-25; Matching Dogs & Whisky (Lex Kraaijeveld, England)
E-pistle 2009-26; Pairing Whisk(e)y with a Great Meal (Dave Wankel & Adam Herz, USA)
E-pistle 2009-27; Summer Means Tequila! (Noel Buckley, USA)
E-pistle 2009-28; Where Does A Specific Taste Come From? (Benny Ingman, Sweden)
E-pistle 2009-29; Why Whisky is better than a Woman (Paul DeJong, Belgium)
 

Malt Maniacs Issue #115  -  December 31, 2009

E-pistle 2009-30; Tripping Down Memory Lane (Johannes van den Heuvel)
E-pistle 2009-31; Commotion At The Collecting House (Serge Valentin, France)
E-pistle 2009-32; From Whisky Scorer to Juror: Part 1 (Nabil Mailloux, Canada)
E-pistle 2009-33; Stunning Wines, Stupendous Whiskies (Krishna Nukala, India)
E-pistle 2009-34; Book Review - Whisky & Philosophy (Davin de Kergommeaux, Canada)
E-pistle 2009-35; Black, White & Gold Bowmores (Mark Gillespie, USA)
E-pistle 2009-36; South Africa's First Single Grain (Joe Barry, South Africa)
E-pistle 2009-37; The Colouring & Filtering Experiment (Bert Bruyneel, Belgium)
E-pistle 2009-38; Confessions of a Swiss Malt Maniac (Patrick de Schulthess, Switzerland)
 

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