Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Blind Tasting Competition day 13: Isle of Jura 1988, 51.2% – The Whiskyman for Sweden
Where yesterday saw me scoring for guessing the correct distillery, today saw me staying just clear of zero points based on a wild ABV guess. Just for the sake of completeness. After 13 days, you can technically have 1300 points. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Cask Strength, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Sweden, The Whiskyman, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 12: Clynelish 25, 45.8% – Cadenhead’s Cask Ends
So, yesterday I scored 50 points based on region and age, which is not a very high score, but in my case it’s the record of, I guess, the last few years. I was a happy camper with that. There … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Brora, Cadenhead's, Cask Ends, Cask Strength, Clynelish, Highlands, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 11: Kilkerran WIP 7, 11yo, 54.1%
The chances of a whisky in the competition being a Campbeltown whisky kept increasing. The rule is that every region is represented at least once. With seven drams to go the chance was only some 14%, but every day it … Continue reading
Blind Tasting Competition Day 10: Glen Moray 20yo, 1994-2015, 56.5% – SMWS (35.134)
Ah, the annual SMWS dram! I think in every year there has been a Blind Tasting Competition, there has been at least one Scotch Malt Whisky Society whisky involved in screwing up the rankings. The highlight of this messing up … Continue reading
Blind Tasting Competition Day 9: Edradour 11yo, 56.5%
Yesterday I actually scored some points, but since almost everyone scored points I actually went down in ranking. Today I was certain I would score some points as I was quite certain about my guess. Of course, things turned out … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Edradour, Highlands, Pitlochry, Usquebaugh Society, Vinothek Massen
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 8: Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015, 200th Anniversary, 51.5%
So, a bit of a cool down after that Ailsa Bay. Anything cask strength would still be a cool down, more or less. I heard someone talk about this whisky on WhiskyCast a couple of months ago, and saying that … Continue reading
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Tagged 200th Anniversary, Blind Tasting Competition, Cairdeas, Feis Ile, Islay, Laphroaig, NAS, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 7: Ailsa Bay 3yo, 68.3% – Malts of Scotland
Malts of Scotland released this whisky last year and I wanted to get it, but somehow didn’t. It went rather quickly when it came out that this ‘Images of Ayrshire – Dalrymple Bridge’ turned out to be Ailsa Bay. As … Continue reading
Advent Calendar Day 11 & 12: Arran, batch 4, 52% (That Boutique-y Whisky Company), Caol Ila 12yo, 43%
I didn’t write anything about the Advent Calendar yesterday since I didn’t have time for it, so today is a double post. Behind door 11 is Master of Malt’s own Boutique-y Whisky Company, and more specifically it’s the fourth batch … Continue reading
Posted in Arran, Caol Ila
Tagged Advent Calendar, Arran, Caol Ila, Diageo, Drinks by the Dram, Free Sample, Islands, Islay, Isle of Arran, Master of Malt, That Boutique-y Whisky Company
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 6: Inchfad 2001-2007, 45% (Loch Lomond)
After yesterday’s disappointing score (zero points, obviously) I was hoping for a bit of points to get away from the bottom of the list again. Well, that didn’t work out at all. Like last year there’s one of those weird … Continue reading
Posted in Loch Lomond
Tagged 2001, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Highlands, Inchfad, Loch Lomond, Single Cask, Usquebaugh Society
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 5: Highland Park 1992-2015, 22 yo, 59.6% – Cadenhead Wood Range (Sherry Cask)
As expected, yesterday was another zero-pointer. I had everything wrong about this whisky, apart from the fact that it was a cask strength dram. That’s something that, obviously, is not getting you any points at all. It seems that I … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park
Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Cadenhead, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, Usquebaugh Society, Wood Range
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