Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Arran 13 year old, 1999, single bourbon cask 99/103, 55.3% – UK Exclusive
It took me a while to find this bottling on Whiskybase because I didn’t know the age. It being 13 years old means it’s bottled in 2013, and I thought it was a more recent release. Anyway, I’ve been loving … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, Single Cask, The Whisky Wire, Twitter Tasting
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Arran Sauternes Cask, 50%
The first dram from the Twitter Tasting last week was Arran’s Sauternes Cask. I always feel like this is a remainder of how they started little over a decade ago. When Arran’s first whiskies started to come out they had … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Islands, Isle of Arran, Lochranza, NAS, Sauternes Cask, Twitter Tasting
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Arran White Stag, 17yo, 54.2%
I’m going to report on last Wednesday’s Twitter Tasting in a bit of a jumble, starting with this bottling that ended the tasting. I didn’t report earlier since I took my wife to Venice for her birthday (which was in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arran, Islands, Lochranza, The Isle of Arran, Twitter Tasting, White Stag
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Yamazaki 1993-2008, 15yo, 62%, Heavily Peated
This single cask from Yamazaki stood there, on The Whisky Exchange’s website in 2008, staring me in the eye. You know, back in the day where a hundred bucks could buy you good Japanese whisky, from all over the spectrum. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, Heavily Peated, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Single Cask, Suntory, The Cask of Yamazaki, Yamazaki
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Nikka Miyagikyo 1989-2007, 18yo, 60%, single cask #105419
It’s been a while since I did a new review and that’s because two of my wisdom teeth were pulled last week. Alcohol wasn’t a really good idea with the painkillers I got and somehow even without the pain medication … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Miyagikyo, Nikka
Tagged 18yo, 1989, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Sendai, Single Cask
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Wolfburn new make, 18 months and 22 months old
A while ago I saw a blog post from Yoav G. about Wolfburn spirits. Since I have been following his whisky movements for a while I knew he hadn’t been to the distillery to get his hands on samples, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Caithness, Free Sample, Highlands, New Make, Quarter Cask, Spirit, Thurso, Wolfburn
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The Whisky Dream – Stuart Rivans
In the rather low amount of books I’m reading this year, there of course are whisky books. The one that describes the rebirth of Bruichladdich (waking a giant, they call it) was mentioned a while ago somewhere and that reminded … Continue reading
Posted in - Book, Bruichladdich
Tagged Book review, Books, Bruichladdich, Jim McEwan, Mark Reynier, Octomore, Port Charlotte, Stuart Rivans, The Whisky Dream
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Caol Ila 25, 1983-2008, 53.2% – Bladnoch Forum
It’s been a while again, but this one came from my own collection. Came, past tense, since I finished the bottle over the weekend. That also means that the review came from the tail end of the bottle, which makes … Continue reading
Bunnahabhain 1987-2014, 51.3% – Liquid Art (The Osprey)
Another one of those freaky animal/insect mash ups on the label. This time it’s an osprey with a moth body. I wonder how much of the whisky they’ve had before they come up with this stuff… Bunnahabhain is a bit … Continue reading
Ledaig 2004-2014, 51.6% – Liquid Art (Pink Salmon label)
Right. A pink salmon, with insects for fins or so. Weird. Anyway, to get this out of the way: I don’t like Ledaig. It displays flavors that I don’t find interesting. It has a weird smokiness that is strangely clean, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, Free Sample, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Liquid Art, Tobermory
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