Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Brouwerij ‘t IJ – Ciel Blue Imperial Stout, 10.2%
So, it’s been ages since I did a review of a single beer, and beer posts in general have become scarce on this malt focused blog. I decided at some point to shy away from craft/specialty beer for money reasons. … Continue reading
Wrapping up the Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram
So, I stared well with that Advent Calendar blogging. Then the Blind Tasting Competition started and that took over. I tried blogging twice per day but that was just too time consuming. Catching up with a massive blog post and … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Grain Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, Dalwhinnie, Glenfiddich, Invergordon, Jura, Teeling
Tagged 1964, Advent Calendar, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Drinks by the Dram, Elixir, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Master of Malt, Speyside, Teeling, William Grant & Sons, Winter's Gold, Xtra Old Particular
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The annual ‘Islay’ tasting at De Whiskykoning
Every year for quite a while I’ve been going to De Whiskykoning‘s ‘winter tasting’, which consists of only peaty drams. Mostly, that boils down to six whiskies from Islay. Sometimes there’s another one in the tasting from Jura or another … Continue reading
Posted in Ardbeg, Bowmore, Kilchoman
Tagged Ardbeg, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, De Whiskykoning, Den Bosch, Feis Ile, Islay, Islay Festival, Kilchoman, NAS, Perpetuum, Virgin Oak
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Yamazaki Limited Edition 2014, 43%
A while ago I reviewed the 2015 edition of Yamazaki’s Limited Edition. As with anything related to Japanese whisky, it was a rather popular post in last year’s statistics. I might even have had the first review of that online. … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Yamazaki
Tagged Japan, Japanese Whisky, Limited Edition, NAS, Suntory, Yamazaki
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Spey Chairman’s Choice, 40%
Those very tall Spey bottles have been eyeing me at the liquor shop for some months, but I never picked one of them up. While they look nice they don’t really fit my shelves, and Speyside distillery isn’t one that … Continue reading
Armagnac bottle share: Saint Christeau from Distillerie Gilbert Miclo
So, while we’re at it, I was talking about getting interested in other boozes, like Armagnac and Sake. I have yet to get into the Sake shtick, but I am following through with that Armagnac bottle share. I know of a … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits
Tagged - Armagnac, 1934, 1940, 1950, 1968, 1987, 1990, 1995, Bottle Share, Distillery Gilbert Miclo, France, Saint Christeau
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Kavalan 8yo, 2006-2015, Peaty Cask, 53.2% – OB for WhiskyNerds
A little while ago, I guess just in early December, Bram and Floris (the WhiskyNerds) announced their second cask. They did a GlenDronach earlier in the year which I (shamefully) have not reviewed yet. I have been enjoying it since … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Free Sample, Kavalan, Single Cask, Taiwan, WhiskyNerds, World Whisky
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Too many open bottles, part 2
Exactly one year after last year’s post on having too many open bottles, I am planning to do exactly that once more. I still have too many open bottles. Last year at December 30th I set myself a target to … Continue reading
The Best Whiskies of 2015
So, I had written a lengthy post about selecting the best whiskies of 2015, and how that process works for me. There was a table with my favorite two whiskies per month, and how I narrowed that list down to … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, Benromach, Bowmore, Glen Grant, Glenlochy, Ledaig
Tagged 1950, 1972, 1980, 1995, Benromach, Blended Whisky, Bowmore, Duncan Taylor, Glenlochy, Gordon & MacPhail, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Mull, Ordha, Speyside, Wealth Solutions, Wemyss Malts, William Grant & Sons
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Malt Fascination 