Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Tomatin Whisky Meets Sherry, Oloroso edition
The Whisky Meets Sherry set contains a whisky from Tomatin distillery, distilled on September 22, 2000 and bottled on February 23, 2015. It’s been recasked on September 17, 2012 for further maturation in an Oloroso sherry cask. The ABV is 57.9% … Continue reading
Posted in - Sherry, Tomatin
Tagged 2000, Bodegas Tradicion, Bottle Share, Cask Strength, Highlands, Jerez, Oloroso, Sherry, Sherry Cask, Tomatin, Whisky Meets Sherry
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Beer up!
I’ve not blogged on Friday and today is going to be a weird one too. My internet at home is down for some reason and I’ve been away for the weekend. Writing reviews on my phone is not something I … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements
Tagged Beer, Belgium, Bottle Share, Fiddler's, Loch Ness Brewery, Scotland, Travel, Whisky
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Tomatin 20, 1993-2013, 51.5% – Douglas Laing’s Old Particular
Tomatin is a distillery that has been on my radar for a couple of months now. I don’t know why I never paid attention to it before, but ever since I’m about to go visit them (in two weeks) I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Tomatin
Tagged 1993, Bourbon Cask, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Old Particular, Tomatin
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A trip to Jerez
Belgian blogger Ruben Luyten has been blogging about whisky for ages (here), but since a couple of years he also has a sherry blog. I don’t know where he gets the time or the constitution to keep that up, but … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Drinks, - Sherry
Tagged Amontillado, Cream, Jerez, Manzanilla, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, PX, Sherry, Twitter Tasting
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Eigashima 5yo, Kiri Cask, 58% – OB for Gaia Flow
I had to look up what kind of Cask a Kiri cask is, but it turns out to be a Japanese white wine cask. This whisky was finished in that for two years, after maturing for the first three years … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Eigashima, White Oak
Tagged Akashi, Eigashima, Gaia Flow, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Kiri cask, Single Cask, White Oak, Wine cask
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White Oak 5yo, Single Sherry Cask 5117, 50%
When I sold my last bottle of Hanyu a while ago I agreed upon a partial trade as well as moneys. Luckily, when I went to drop off the bottle BP just got a lot of new Japanese whiskies in. … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Eigashima, White Oak
Tagged Akashi, Eigashima, Japanese Whisky, Sherry Cask, Single Cask, White Oak
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GlenDronach 1995, 19yo, PX Puncheon, 55.4% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
This GlenDronach was released a little while before TWE’s The Whisky Show together with the BenRiach I already reviewed. That BenRiach was a great dram and I saw a reviewer of this GlenDronach also being quite enthusiastic. It does seem, … Continue reading
Posted in GlenDronach
Tagged 1995, GlenDronach, Highlands, Official Bottling, Private Bottling, PX puncheon, Sherry Cask, The Whisky Exchange
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Anon. Batch 1, 13yo, 51.5% – Abbey Whisky
Anon. (with the period, apparently) is an undisclosed single malt from Abbey Whisky’s ‘The Rare Casks’ releases. It’s been available for a while now and they sent me a sample a little while ago. It’s about time I reviewed it. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Undisclosed
Tagged 2001, Abbey Whisky, Free Sample, Oloroso Cask, Sherry finish, The Rare Casks, Undisclosed Distillery
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A week in Dorset
Since blogging about the rather awesome (but pricy) Littlemill 25, I’ve not blogged a thing. Instead, I went on holiday to England to see what Dorset is all about. I brought my iPad and my bluetooth keyboard for blogging, but I … Continue reading
Posted in - Beer
Tagged Beer, Cider, Dorset, Hall & Woodhouse, Sunny Republic, Travel
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Malt Fascination 