What Does John Know?

I’ll be on vacation next week (August 16-20). While I am gone, I have scheduled a guest whisky review each weekday, so there will still be plenty to entertain you. Dominic’s reviews will conclude Monday. Then, beginning Tuesday, Dave Broom’s reviews of Japanese whiskies will begin.

The week after that (August 23-27), I’ll be back here again with more blog posts. I’ll also be going through all the great guest blog submissions I have been receiving.

Then, the week after that (August 30-September 3), I’ll be on vacation again. This is the week I will post up one guest blog each day. Believe me when I say you will enjoy the guest posts. You will not want to miss them.

I have more surprises for you beginning in September, including reviews of all the new whisky books coming out and many more new whisky reviews by me, so don’t go anywhere!

What will I be doing while I’m gone? Hopefully a lot of what you see here in this picture: taking it easy on a beach my wife Amy, with a good drink in my hand. (I also plan on taking my boat out in the ocean and doing a little fishing.)

We spent Friday getting the next issue of Malt Advocate to the printer (sorry for not posting). I’m taking the day off Monday for some vacation time, but  I’ll be back on Tuesday, though. See you then.

You guys are good!

I usually post something up early in the morning. Sometimes, one or more of you have a question about the post–about a given whisky, distillery, or perhaps about a regulation.

By the time I swing back later in the day to take a look at the comments, someone has already answered the question. Thanks! You help make my job here a little easier.

I also want to thank you for your professionalism and self-policing. A large reason why WDJK benefits so many people is because of the comments and discussions that stem from my post, and not the actual post itself.

I’d like to thank all of you for your well wishes–here, on Facebook, Twitter, and via email. I really appreciate it. Since some of you have asked about how I’m doing, I thought I would update you on my situation.

The surgery went well. The procedure was to fix a tear in my medial meniscus. So far, I don’t see any signs of infection or any other complications.  

Back here in January, I asked you what I could do to make WDJK better for you. Many of those recommendations I implemented. And I’m still working on the others.

Now, I would like to ask you to do something that will also benefit you. Tell more people about WDJK. The more whisky enthusiasts reading this blog, the better the conversation and intellectual discussions.

If you have whisky drinking friends, or if you belong to a whisky club, get them involved in WDJK. Give them the link. And it’s an easy one to remember. It’s www.whatdoesjohnknow.com.

Thanks!

When you have your own business, it’s so easy for it to consume all your free time if you let it. Even if you like what you do, I don’t think it is healthy. A very well known whisky writer recently told me that, in the past year, he has only taken two days off from work–including weekends.

Not me! I have a family. I have hobbies I love. So, here’s what I plan on doing. I am going to make an effort to post up something every weekday (and you know that I often have multiple posts in one day, like today). But, unless there is something really compelling, I don’t plan on putting up any blog posts over the weekend.

I just wanted to let you know my intentions and make you aware that if you visit WDJK on a Saturday or Sunday, you probably won’t find anything new. And if you check on a weekday, you probably will.

I have a lot of whisky reviews to share with you. I’ll try to put up a review every day next week.