macoffringa schreef:zie mijn facebook pagina voor een uitgebreide reactie.
Hans houd er a.u.b. rekening mee dat die informatie alleen toegankelijk is voor geregistreerde Facebook-gebruikers.
Veel mensen, ook forumleden, zijn dat niet, en ik hoop oprecht en uit de grond van mijn hart dat het zo blijft ! Ik wil ook absoluut niets doen ter promotie van Facebook gebruik.
Daarom hier de tekst waarover het gaat.
International Whisk(e)y Day was officially and originally launched in 2009 at the Whisky Festival Northern Netherlands, in the presence of various whisky writers, among whom Charles MacLean, Dave Broom, Martine Nouet and Helen Arthur. This was our initiative to honour our late friend Michael Jackson and we approached various whisky friends for support. The official announcement read:
On this date let every whisk(e)y lover annually raise a dram - werever in teh world he or she may be - to honour the many unsung heroes of the past and present, who have been crafting the King o'Drinks for centuries and will hopefully continue to do so till the end of time.
The launch of International Whisk(ey) Day was supported by many, as can be read on the attached poster that was designed for WFNN 2009.
A special limited edition of a 16-year-old vatted Islay Malt whisky was bottled by WFNN for the occasion. All people present drank Michael's special bottling, made by Doug McIvor and Rob Allanson. We also launched Beer Hunter, Whisky Writer at the WFNN. Ian Buxton launched the book simultaneously in Edinburgh.
In 2011 Blair Bowman coined the idea of World Whisky Day. We advised him to join with our initiative, marking Michael's birthday as the days event. We do not claim any copyright but appreciate that IWD is put in the right historical context ! The more the merrier.
Hans & Becky Offringa
The Whisky Couple
, maar dan voor whisky-aficionado's 
Zoiets als waar mijn broek onlangs van afzakte:
