How do I navigate this site?
Why does this site look like shit?
I'm experiencing technical problems. What gives?
Who the hell is Johannes?
What's the history of this site?
You are Dutch, why is the site in English?
What's with all the upgrades, relocations and crap?
I have a very old bottle of whisky - what's it worth?
What is your relation with Scotchwhisky.com?
What's the meaning of life?

Q - How do I navigate this site?
A - Very comfortably, I would imagine - at least when the revised site is completely finished.
Malt Madness is divided into three main sections; my Liquid Log, the Big Black Book and Malt Maniacs.
Each section deals with a different aspect of my malt madness; all the available items are listed at the top and the left of each page.
 

Q - Why does this site look like shit?
A - Ah well... That's a tough one. It could be because your sense of "design" is different from mine, but there may also be some technical reasons. The design and lay-out of this site are tailored to the browsing configuration of 'the majority'. This means:
- Operating System: Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP
- Browser: Internet Explorer 4.0 or above
- Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
- Screen Colors: High or True Color Mode
- Browser font size: 'Medium'
- System font size: 11 or 12
- True type font Verdana installed (Click HERE to download the font.).
 

Q - I'm experiencing technical problems. What gives?
A - I didn't feel like hand-coding all the Dynamic HTML myself, so I used NetObjects Fusion 4.0 to build the site.
This means I (or rather you ;-) have to put up with a few annoying bugs. If the text on some pages overlaps try decreasing the font size of your browser under the 'View' pull-down menu. Screen size and screen color can be adjusted on most screens in the Windows control panel.
 

Q - Who the hell is Johannes?
A - Well... That would be me. Johannes van den Heuvel, to be precise. I'm a 36 years old Internet Consultant living in Amsterdam, Holland. If you really want to know about the man behind the malts you can click here.
(Although I can't guarantee that you'll like what you read...)
 

Q - What is the history of this site?
A - The Malt Madness site started out as a single article in the English version of Weird Planet Magazine, my Dutch E-zine. Maintaining both an English and a Dutch version of Weird Planet Magazine proved too time-consuming, so the English version of WP is no longer available. Because I received so many reactions on my article on single malt scotch whisky I decided to add a few pages and transform it into a genuine website. Since then the site has moved two times and has grown to well over 100 pages.
 

Q - You are Dutch - Why is the site in English?
A - When I started this site single malts were not quite as trendy as they are today.
After converting my circle of close personal acquaintances to single malts my preaching seemed to reach mostly deaf ears here in Holland. At the same time, there was an international malt community forming on the web. What's more: most Dutch people speak English, but few English speaking people speak Dutch as well. Besides - my English needed improvement anyway...
 

Q - What's with all the upgrades, relocations and crap?
A - Very much like the Dutch swamp-worm, this site grows out of its skin every year or so.
My philosophy on websites is the same as my philosophy on single malts; 'content is everything', but there's nothing wrong with a little attention for the presentation of that content. Just bookmark 'www.maltmadness.com'; that link will always work.
 

Q - I have a very old bottle of whisky - What's it worth?
A - I get a lot of questions about the value of collector's items like a bottle of Macallan '1874' or an unlabeled bottle from a sunken ship. I really wouldn't know - it's what the buyer is willing to pay.
 

Q - What is your relation with Scotchwhisky.com?
A - Purely platonic - I haven't gone all 'commercial' on you.
Malt Madness remains as independant and (sometimes painfully) honest as ever. The people at scotchwhisky.com have kindly agreed to host Malt Madness on their servers in exchange for a credit at the bottom of every page.
 

Q - What's the meaning of life?
A - I'm currently very busy with my research; I'll have to get back to you on that one...

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