Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Three peated AnCnoc: Rutter, Flaughter, Tushkar
A couple of weeks ago I got contacted by Lukasz from Alembic Communications, although if you know the bloke it’s probably because he’s part of the Edinburgh Whisky Blog crew too. AnCnoc was releasing three new whiskies, all peated, and … Continue reading
Posted in AnCnoc, Knockdhu
Tagged Alembic Communications, AnCnoc, Flaughter, Inverhouse Distillers, Knockdhu, Rutter, Speyside, Sweden, Tushkar, Twitter Tasting
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4 Rosebanks in a row
I almost wrote Four Roses, but that would be rather misleading. Especially for a post like this. Probably the most Serge Valentin-esque post I’m ever going to do with four rather different whiskies from one distillery. I was not able … Continue reading
Posted in Rosebank
Tagged Cadenhead, Closed Distillery, Den Bosch, Diageo, Falkirk, Gordon & MacPhail, Lowlands, Rare Malt, Rare Malts, Rosebank, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Whiskykoning
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2 Bowmores, with chocolate!
As you probably have seen on the interwebz since last week, is that Bowmore sent out lovely packages of Bowmore Small Batch and Darkest, both with a piece of custom made chocolate to go with the whisky. As if that … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore
Tagged Bowmore, Chocolate, Darkest, Islay, Montezuma, NAS, Sherry Cask, Small Batch
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Six Irish Whiskeys at De Whiskykoning (2/2)
The second three whiskies were number 3, 5 and 6 of the tasting. Rob decided that the first higher strength whisky was very good, but couldn’t stand up to Teeling’s flavour rampage. Anyway, it was a good call, but that … Continue reading
Six Irish Whiskeys at De Whiskykoning (1/2)
Last Friday I went to a whiskey tasting in Den Bosch, at De Whiskykoning, of which I was slightly skeptical. The theme was Irish whiskeys, and I don’t have much experience with those. There are some nice ones, some great … Continue reading
Havana Club Selección de Maestros
A short while ago Shai, from Israel, sent me a sample of Havana Club’s Selección de Maestros. It’s Havana Club’s new premium rum. He had been given a bottle to spread among the more public drinkers amongst his friends. I … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Havana Club
Tagged Cuba, Free Sample, Havana Club, Rum, Selección de Maestros
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The Lost Distilleries Blend, Batch 4, 50.9% – The Blended Whisky Company/Master of Malt
As I’ve said plenty of times before, Master of Malt is not only a shop but also a bottler. Although, between the stuff they produce, have produced and bottle under one of their labels, you’d start to think it’s the … Continue reading
Bowmore’s Piece of Islay Twitter Tasting
Yesterday Bowmore organized a Twitter tasting with three new whiskies they’re releasing in Travel Retail. There was some confusion to what was exactly happening since there was some unclear communication about several events they are organizing. After that was cleared … Continue reading
Posted in - Travel Retail, Bowmore
Tagged Black Rock, Bowmore, Gold Reef, Islay, Travel Retail, Twitter Tasting, White Sands
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We fought the NAS but the NAS won
We’ve all been nagging on and off about NAS whiskies, their exorbitant pricing and lack of quality. And yes, that’s a massive generalization but that’s what it boils down according to many. This discussion didn’t get a lot of traction … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 