Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Birthday Booze
33. A number that is not unimportant to the freemasons and Illuminati. Now, before you get visions of all kinds of DaVinci Code crap, I don’t really know anything about that. Today, I thought I would find time to be … Continue reading
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Clynelish 18yo, 50.6% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Series
No, don’t go rushing to The Whisky Exchange’s site. It’s long gone. An affordable Clynelish that is well aged and matured in a good sherry cask is going to be popular. If, on top of that, Serge Valentin of Whiskyfun.com … Continue reading
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Tagged Brora, Clynelish, Eastern Highlands, Highlands, Retro Labels, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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Chasing the White Dog – Max Watman
Another book in the currently popular slew of writings on moonshining. This one is subtitled as ‘An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine’. That peaked my interest. I want to know about moonshining since I’d love to do it myself. Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Book review, Chasing the White Dog, Max Watman, Moonshine, Moonshining, Virginia, Whisky Book
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Caol Ila 1996, 18yo, 62.2% – Masterpieces by Speciality Drinks Ltd.
While I don’t mind people taking credit for what they’ve done, or in this case picked from the available options, however, calling something you did yourself is kind of presumptuous. However, I should have bought last year’s Clynelish since it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Caol Ila, Diageo, Islay, Masterpieces, Speciality Drinks Ltd., Sukhinder Singh, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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The annual Islay tasting at De Whiskykoning
The Islay tasting is one of the four seasonal tastings at De Whiskykoning. Officially it’s called the Winter Tasting. The other three are obviously Spring, Summer and Autumn. In that order the themes are Lowlands, Speyside and finally Highlands (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, Auriverdes, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, De Whiskykoning, Den Bosch, Feis Ile, Islay, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Octomore, Whisky tasting, Winter Tasting
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Linkwood 16yo, 48% – The Whisky Exchange Retro Series
Every year around the Whisky Exchange’s The Whisky Show event in London, they release a slew of special bottlings. Mostly these consist of their Retro labels, in which they have an artist draw up some old fashioned style labels for … Continue reading
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Tagged Diageo, Linkwood, Retro Labels, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show
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Ardbeg Corryvreckan, 57.1%, Committee Release 2008
As I’ve said before, I haven’t been drinking much heavily peated whisky for a while now. I loved the Port Charlotte from last week and some other samples, but my own bottles have been untouched for a year or more … Continue reading
Pyrat Rum, XO Reserve, 40%
My sister and her boyfriend went to New York last week for both their birthdays, I believe. They were kind enough to ask me what they could bring and after some asking around I settled on Brenne whisky, and Kings … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 