Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Armagnac: Saint Christeau 1990 & Tariquet Blanche
Another Saint Christeau Armagnac, and a weird one. The Tariquet Blanche is not just 100% folle blanche (which is the grape), it is also a blanche Armagnac. Which is just a fancy way of saying they didn’t bother to age … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Saint Christeau, Tariquet
Tagged - Armagnac, Blanche Armagnac, Bottle Share, Distillerie Miclo, Saint Christeau, Tariquet
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Armagnac: Saint Christeau 1940 & 1987
The intention of the bottle share was to do only Armagnacs from the Saint Christeau brand, but as it turned out the shop had some stock issues and couldn’t deliver, or find, the bottles I ordered. Hence the switch to … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Distillerie Miclo, Saint Christeau
Tagged - Armagnac, 1940, Bottle Share, Distillerie Miclo, France, Saint Christeau
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Armagnac: Two Armagnacs from Chateau Laballe (Réserve and 2006 vintage
When I started going through the Armagnacs from that recent bottle-share, I decided to start with the more recent distillates. On the other hand, I couldn’t wait to dive into the old ones too. What I did was make a line-up … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Chateau Laballe
Tagged - Armagnac, 2006, Bottle Share, Chateau Laballe, Reserve
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Ledaig 1974-1992, 43%
After trying the tremendous Ledaig 42 from 1972 last year, I thought there might be something to early seventies Ledaig. I never got around to trying many of those and when someone posted a share of this one on Facebook, … Continue reading
Bringing down my stomach’s PH level
Last Friday my wife was away till late. I could have just sat my ass on the couch and watch tv, but I decided to invite some people over to finally investigate the sour ales I had sitting in the … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer
Tagged Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Geuze, Kriek, Mikkeller, Mort Subite, Rodenbach, Sour beer
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Is bourbon being de-premiumized?
This will be me just voicing my worries about the bourbon industry. A while ago I read on Sku’s Recent Eats that Elijah Craig no longer has the big ’12’ on the front label. It has moved to the back label … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, Knob Creek
Tagged Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Elijah Craig, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Knob Creek, NAS, Patiently Aged, USA
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Glen Grant 1954-2012, 40%
A couple of months ago when I was planning on visiting Gordon & MacPhail in Elgin I got an email whether or not I was interested in them sending me samples. By now, a lot of other bloggers have already … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements
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The Dark Lord vs. The White Wizard
While the title might not make sense to most of you, this will ring bells within the parts of Holland that like Arran. Back in 2014 the Dutch importer of the brand, Van Wees, released these two bottlings at the … Continue reading
Posted in Arran
Tagged 1996, 1999, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Islands, Isle of Arran, Private Cask, Sherry Cask, Van Wees, Whisky & Rum aan Zee, Zeewijck
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Bunnahabhain 1987-2015, 28yo, 55% – The Whisky Agency
In 2014 during the Blog Birthday Bash, Teun was kind enough to bring a bottle of 1987 Bunnahabhain. That was one of the more popular drams of the evening and my first encounter with what turns out to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain
Tagged 1987, Bunnahabhain, Islay, Refill Hogshead, The Nectar, The Whisky Agency
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Picking a new cask for our club’s bottling
There’s no proper review today, since I didn’t really get around to writing a post yesterday. Apart from being rather busy over the weekend I spent yesterday afternoon with 40 others from the Usquebaugh Society to pick a new cask … Continue reading
Posted in Tomatin
Tagged Club Bottling, Highlands, Scott Adamson, Tomatin, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky tasting
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Malt Fascination 