Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Investing in whisky
Whisky is made for drinking. That’s the statement that should be here in regard to investing in whisky, or any other kind of booze for that matter. That is, according to a lot of whisky geeks out there. On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowmore, Devil's Casks, Glenfiddich, Investing, Snow Phoenix
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Laphroaig 15, 1998-2013, 60.8% – Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange
Apparently I was wrong about the amount of samples of bottlings for The Whisky Exchange I had lying around. The mistake was made when I only counted samples that TWE had sent me, instead of just all of them. This … Continue reading
Posted in Laphroaig
Tagged Islay, Laphroaig, Refill Sherry, Signatory, Signatory Vintage, The Whisky Exchange
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Mortlach 1995-2013, 18yo, casks 4079+4780, 46% – Signatory
Mortlach. The distillery that might have gotten the most flack from the blogging community, and raving reviews from the more professional media outlets this year. Their newly released range is pricy but supposedly good. An easy Google query can get … Continue reading
Widow Jane corrections
Right, after some discussion regarding today’s review of Widow Jane bourbon, it appears I have fallen for the PR crap that is their website. (‘They’ is the Cacao Pietro Distillery in New York City). It appears they are currently distilling a … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey
Tagged Bourbon, Brooklyn, Cacao Prieto Distillery, New York, Straight Bourbon, Widow Jane
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Widow Jane, 7yo Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 45.5% – Cacao Prieto Distillery
A seven year old bourbon from Brooklyn in New York City. When I first read that sentence, my thoughts were “New York my ass, they just sourced it from Heaven Hill or MGP or so. It turns out that it’s … Continue reading
The Road to Craigellachie – Hans Offringa
I think this is one of the quintessential books on whisky if you’re a Dutch whisky geek. Almost everyone has it or has at least read it, but I hadn’t until now. For some reason I never got around to … Continue reading
Edradour 2006-2013, 7yo, 59.2% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
The fourth Whisky Exchange sample in a row, and if memory serves, the last one in my stash at the moment. I’ll check later today, if I get around to it. The fourth sample, and for the fourth time in … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Abbott, Edradour, Free Sample, Highlands, Pitlochry, The Whisky Exchange
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Kilchoman 2008-2013, 4yo, 61% – OB for The Whisky Show 2013
The third sample in a row from The Whisky Exchange. This time a Kilchoman from a bourbon cask, specially released for their The Whisky Show. I’m not going to talk too much about Kilchoman since everybody has already done that … Continue reading
Ledaig 16yo, 1997-2013, 56.8% – Gordon and Macphail for The Whisky Exchange
Ledaig and Tobermory, a distillery that supposedly releases some kick-ass drams every now and then, but one that I’ve never fallen in love with. I’ve tried quite a lot of the young Ledaigs from a couple years ago and can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Ledaig, Tobermory
Tagged Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Mull, The Whisky Exchange, Tobermory
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Glentauchers 16yo, 1997-2013, 54.3% – Gordon and Macphail for The Whisky Exchange
The long titles to blog posts seem to be becoming a theme. Maybe I should just review some drams that were regular OBs instead of private casks by independent bottlers. Anyway, Glentauchers is a distillery that’s mostly used in Ballantines … Continue reading
Posted in Glentauchers
Tagged Billy Abbott, Free Sample, Glentauchers, Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside, The Whisky Exchange
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Malt Fascination 