For those in the know, WhiskyFest Chicago took place last Friday night, and I've been in Chicago for the last week attending various events and tastings leading up to the event. It's been a long week of scribbling notes, taking pictures, and chatting with friends (both old and new). Oh, and drinking. Lots of drinking. My mind is still sorting through approximately 100 new spirits... including a cognac. Not sure how that one slipped in there.
I gathered up a lot of topics that I'd like to focus on in the coming weeks. This week helped me remember why this weblog is out here: to fill in the missing gaps of information about alcohol. Some of it's a bit esoteric, while other parts are mundane. But one of the magical things about the Internet is that you can focus on the stuff that's interesting and skip over the boring parts.
In closing, I want to thank everyone who helped make WhiskyFest Chicago possible. The drinking public is enriched by your efforts, and the non-drinking public doesn't know what they're missing. So to Amy, Marty, Mike, John, Brian, Gregor, Ray, Mike, Derek, and did I forget a Mike? There were a lot of Mikes... Thank you all!