Håvard Eide

I have always been a great fan of Ardbeg: the peat, salt and spice always have me wanting more. Until now I’ve enjoyed Nam Beist the most, but I’ve always been looking at a bottle of Ardbeg 1974 at the pub, meaning to sample it one of these days ( the pricetag alone have been the part that have stopped me ). In 2007 I went to a tasting with Jim Murray at the norwegian whisky festival where he described the 1974 Ardbeg as the ultimate in whisky, followed up by tasting 7 different Ardbegs with a representative of the Ardbeg distillery. But sadly the 1974 never came up that evening.
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The people that know me have over the years *slowly* figured out that I’m a big whisky fan: I’m a member of the norwegian malt whisky association, me and some friends come together to taste whiskies and enjoy the flavors that it brings. If I have to choose I’d go for some Islay whisky, but tasting is fun, so every now and then I’ll gather up some notes when I taste something new or have had a tasting night with the nmwl or my friends.
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