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- when did you last see a French single malt? It
is from the Alsace region and I bought it on
French Ebay. On the far right we have a new
vodka from Belarus, Platinka or Platinum in
English.

We can go to Poland or Scotland next but we will
head for Poland as it is nearer and finish up on
the Polish coast where is is a hop accross the
North Sea to Scotland.

The two Ambrosja (Ambrosia) vodkas are a
wheaten and a pepper. Some bottles look
larger than they really are and these are
only 50ml. The next three bottles all refer to
Danzig, the German name for the current
port city of Gdansk. Bottles from the Free
City of Danzig (1919-1939) are highly sort
after. The city gave it's name to Danzig or Danziger liqueur, which
traditionally has gold flakes in. The first bottle is unusual in that it is
Gold Vodka. The third is the nicest of this group and says that it
contains 22 karat (carat) gold.

Balblair 2001 actually came out at the end of 2012. It is, of course, a
Scotch. A single malt Scotch in fact.

And that completes our south to north journey. I hope that you have
enjoyed these bottles. Some you will find, other are nearly impossible
but the chase is what collecting is all about.

David Spaid

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