Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Benromach Contrasts, 10yo Air Dried vs 10yo Kiln Dried, 46%
Benromach tries to highlight some aspects of whisky making with their Contrasts series. In the past there have been variants between peated and unpeated malt, organic and non-organic barleys, and different strains of barley. Now, they wanted to highlight the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Dried Casks, Benromach, Contrasts, Forres, Kiln Dried Casks, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Burnside 24, 1997-2021, Hogshead 6542, 54.1% – Archives
Another undisclosed Balvenie that is tea-spooned. A few years ago there were a lot of them, but this specific one was bottled for the Taiwanese market. By Archives / Whiskybase, with a bird from the orient on the label. Genereally, … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Balvenie
Tagged 1997, Archives, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, Dufftown, Speyside, Whiskybase
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Secret Islay 14, 2008-2023, Refill Sherry Hogshead 13C, 54.4% – Whisky Nerds
With the C and the I highlighted on the label, the guessing to which distillery this is, is brought back to a minimum. Also, with things being what they are in Islay whisky’s popularity, there aren’t that many options left … Continue reading
Posted in Caol Ila, Undisclosed
Tagged 2008, Bram van Glabbeek, Caol Ila, Floris Kooistra, Islay, Secret Islay, Sherry Cask, Undisclosed Distillery, WhiskyNerds
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Ben Nevis 22, 1996-2019, Refill Sherry Cask 980, 55% – Adelphi
Such great memories. Ben Nevis from the mid-nineties that was sort of affordable. And by sort of affordable I mean it still set you back north of € 200, but at least it was just shy of € 500, which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Adelphi, Ben Nevis, Fort William, Highlands, Sherry Cask
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Sagamore Spirit Rye, Cask Strength, Batch 11AB, 56.1%
Based on some really enthusiastic reviews by Bourbon Junkies, I wanted to get my hands on whiskies from Sagamore Spirit in Baltimore, Maryland. Of course, with American whisky imports being what they are in The Netherlands I had to look … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Rye Whiskey, Sagamore Spirit
Tagged American Whisky, Maryland, Rye Whiskey, Rye Whisky, Sagamore Spirit, USA, Whiskey, Whisky
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Aultmore 9, 2013-2023, Madeira Wine Octave, 50% – Glaschu Spirits Co.
There’s a second batch (I think it’s the second) of Glaschu whiskies being released. I know of two bottlings, of which one isn’t on Whiskybase yet. The other is this Aultmore from a Madeira cask finish. To me, Aultmore is … Continue reading
Caol Ila 14, 2008-2022, Bourbon Barrel 304738, 52.4% – Wu Dram Clan
Another Wu Dram Clan bottling, but this time from my own supply. I believe this one was a festival bottling for a festival somewhere in Germany (Munchen?). I was able to get my hands on a bottle and did a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, Bourbon Cask, Caol Ila, Islay, Lighthouse Series, Wu Dram Clan
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Ruadh Maor 12, Bottled in 2023, 1st Bourbon Hogshead Finish, 56.4% – Dràm Mòr
Another name that is not a distillery. This time it’s Glenturret’s brand of peated single malts that are not released under their own name. It’s not something that Kenny and Viktorija came up with, some 30 other bottlers use the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Dram Mor, Glenturret, Highland, Ruadh Maor
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GlenDronach 17, 1995-2013, PX Sherry Puncheon, 56.6% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
Ah, remember those days when ordering from the UK was affordable? When whisky coming from across the North Sea didn’t cost another 60-ish Euros in taxes and fees? Back in those days I ordered this GlenDronach. The distillery was all … Continue reading
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Tagged 1995, GlenDronach, Highlands, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange
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Malt Fascination 