Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Two new bottle-shares
At some point I promised my wife that I’d stop doing bottle-shares for a while. I suck at keeping promises like that. Here’s another two: Irish single malts Irish Single Malt, 12yo, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, 52.9% Irish … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, BenRiach, Undisclosed
Tagged BenRiach, Bottle Share, Irish Whiskey, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, Undisclosed
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Clynelish 1997-2014, 53.3% – Liquid Art
Most people know I love Clynelish. Luckily, there have been a lot of awesome bottlings over the years varying from a couple years to a couple of decades old. In the last couple of years, the more recent bottlings that … Continue reading
Glen Elgin 19yo, 1995-2014, 49.3% – Liquid Art (Stag Beetle label)
Liquid Art is a fairly new bottler from Belgium. A whisky guy I met a couple of times at Maltstock (Serge Reijnders) is part of it and was kind enough to send me some samples recently. I just checked their … Continue reading
Posted in Glen Elgin
Tagged 1995, Free Sample, Glen Elgin, Liquid Art, Speyside, Stag Beetle
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Glenlochy 27yo, 1980-2007, 54.8% – Duncan Taylor, Rarest of the Rare
Another sample I traded with whisky buddy Martin. Another one to open my eyes to my own mistakes. Strangely enough, I just read a post by ‘My Annoying Opinions’ on regretting not buying better whisky when it was still available. … Continue reading
Posted in Glenlochy
Tagged 1980, Closed Distillery, Duncan Taylor, Fort William, Glenlochy, Highlands, Rarest of the Rare
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Lagavulin 12, Friends of the Classic Malts, 48%
Back in 2008 this whisky was released. Apparently the release was kind of a mess, since the price at which is became available was completely wrong initially. As in, while the RRP was set to some € 80, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Lagavulin
Tagged 1995, Diageo, Friends of the Classic Malts, Islay, Lagavulin, Limited Edition
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Arran 16yo, 1997-2014, 50.1% – OB for The Whisky Fair 2014
Last year a friend of mine bought this Arran based on the good reviews Arran was getting in general. He was happy with this bottle and spared me a sample. By these means I can review yet another Arran! Another … Continue reading
Posted in Arran
Tagged 1997, Arran, Isle of Arran, Limburg, Lochranza, Private Cask, Sherry Hogshead, The Whisky Fair
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Bulleit Rye, 45%
Bulleit Rye is a 95% rye whiskey from the United States, bottled (and blended) by Diageo. It’s one of their few American Whiskey brands but their working on more market share at the moment with their Orphan Casks series and … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Rye Whiskey, Bulleit
Tagged Bulleit, Cocktail, Diageo, Indiana, Sazerac, USA
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Heelslaying, or bottle ends in March
When the year started I announced how much smaller my collection had to be by the end of the year. Then, as more people were planning such escapades there was a twitter hashtag with updates on emptied bottles. I posted … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Blair Athol, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Convalmore, FEW, GlenDronach, Glenlochy, Glenugie, Hibiki, Inverleven, Linkwood, Undisclosed
Tagged Aberfeldy, Arran, Blair Athol, Blended Whisky, Bottoms Up, Bowmore, Cadenhead, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Convalmore, Corsica, Dutch Courage, Evanston, FEW, Gin, GlenDronach, Glenlochy, Glenugie, Hibiki, Inverleven, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Mars Komagatake, Old Tom Gin, Private Cask, Prometheus, Retro Labels, Rye Whiskey, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Shinshu Mars, SMWS, Suntory, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, USA, Wemyss, Whisky Site, Whiskybase, Zuidam
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Arran 14yo, 2000-2015, 55.7% – Private Cask for Whisky in Leiden
A rather stunning whisky shop in Leiden has been running its own festival for a couple of years. Every year, of course, accompanied by a festival bottling. I seem to remember a cracking Clynelish from a couple of years ago (split … Continue reading
Posted in Arran
Tagged 2000, Arran, De Druiventuin, Islands, Isle of Arran, Private Cask, Sherry Hogshead, Whisky in Leiden, Whiskysite
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Bowmore 1995-2014, 19yo, 57.2%, ‘The Rock Pool’ – Wemyss
The last one of the three samples I got from Wemyss, and if the online availability is anything to go by, this is a cracker. It was released last week on Thursday or Friday and has already sold out. And … Continue reading
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