Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Blog Birthday Bash #4
Last Saturday was the day of this wee blog’s fourth birthday party. Not the actual 4th birthday but due to pregnancy and the lack of planning thereof we pulled that forward a little bit. As said in the announcement post … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Irish Whiskey, - News and Announcements, - Other Spirits
Tagged - Armagnac, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Candid, Clynelish, Cooley, Cragganmore, Creative Whisky Company, Dalmore, David Stirk, Distillery Only, Feis Ile, France, Glengyle, Highlands, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, Longmorn, Michel Couvreur, Mortlach, Old Crow, Pearls of Scotland, Provenance, Scott's Selection, Speyside, The Whisky Agency, USA, Whisky Broker
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The NAS debate #2
Last Monday I wrote a little bit about the NAS debate that’s been going on for about two years. It turned out to be a rather popular post, one of the more popular ones of the last couple of months. … Continue reading
The upcoming 4th birthday
On Saturday (July 19th) MaltFascination will celebrate it’s fourth birthday. Technically the anniversary is on August 3rd, but with our second kid being due on August 10th I didn’t want to take the risk of having to cancel the celebrations. This … Continue reading
The NAS debate
I don’t think I’ve ever written a post on the NAS debate that’s keeping the whisky industry and aficionados in its grips ever, except the April Fools post a couple of months ago, but I have mingled in the discussions … Continue reading
Glenfarclas Dark Oloroso Cask, 1980-2002, 21yo, 53%
Every couple of years something strange happens in The Netherlands. For some reason, from some warehouse, a pallet of whisky pops up that everyone had forgotten about. A couple of years ago (I think it was 2008) it was Brora … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Dark Oloroso, Glenfarclas, Oloroso, Speyside
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Buffalo Trace Single Oak Project #89, 45%
I got a sample from Israeli/American friend Shai a while ago but I didn’t get around to tasting it until recently. I know this is how a lot of my posts start but in this case I really wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, Buffalo Trace
Tagged Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, Free Sample, Kentucky, Single Oak Project, USA
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Absinthe: A Myth Always Green – Benoît Noël, Peter Verte, Artémis
Another book I read during my holiday in France. It seemed appropriate. First, to get this off my mind: I don’t believe the writers used their own names. It seems unlikely someone is actually named Artemis, and then the combination … Continue reading
Posted in - Book, - Other Spirits
Tagged Absinthe, Artemis, Book review, France, Noël, Switzerland, Verte, Wormwood
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Clynelish 2003, 10yo, Le Trou Normand, 61.4% (26.96) – SMWS
Another day, another Clynelish. Or at least, that’s usually how I wish things went. Unfortunately, it’s been ages since I bought a bottle of Clynelish and even longer since I actually opened one. And that for a dram that comes … Continue reading
Glen Moray 1983, 29yo, The Great Easter Bake-off, 58.8% (35.103) – SMWS
Old Glen Moray from the SMWS has proven itself over a number of occasions in the past. They’ve done a range of the stuff in the last couple of years and the first one I had was AT the SMWS … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Glen Moray, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Speyside
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Salt and Old Vines – Richard W. H. Bray
I don’t know much about wine making, but for some reason this book appealed to me. Mostly because it was recommended on Twitter by Henry Jeffreys, who’s writing Empire of Booze, a book on the history of booze in the … Continue reading
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