New Whisky Blogger - meet Steffen Lautrup

Post by Steffen Lautrup It all started when I was a little boy of 12... Okay, we don't really need to go back that far. But I will start by telling you a bit about myself, where I come from, how I got into the world of whisky and my personal preferences. So let's dive in. I'm 25 years old and live in a small town called Maltbæk. Which is the perfect name for a whisky lover who likes malt whiskies. On second thought, maybe it's second only to the town called Malt... Well, let's not make a big deal out of it. I spend my day working for the Danish Defense in Varde, as I have done for the past 5 years. And to let the cat out of the bag, yes, I have been deployed and it was to Kosovo back in 2020. This is where I got talking to my Scottish colleague Richard. He educated me about Scotland and of course the water of life, whisky. He is the person who opened the doors to a whole new world, as Aladdin so beautifully sings. He introduces me to various single malts and I come home to Denmark with a renewed interest. After that, it's off I go. I buy some whiskies and introduce them to some of my closest friends and family. Most of all, I just repeat what Richard has said, because it sounded good when he said it. After a while, I get books about whisky as gifts and start reading up on it. After hammering some knowledge into my head and growing my whisky collection, I decided to start doing small private whisky tasting events. As a result, my whisky friend and I created our own little club: Club Whisky Mountain. With logo on t-shirts and glasses.