Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
2x Boomsma Single Cask Genevers, by King Cask
Normally, Boomsma keeps all their spirit to themselves for bottling. However, Joris Dam, the man behind Dam Dranken and King Cask managed to get hold of several casks and has been bottling them recently. The first ever independent bottlings from … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Boomsma
Tagged Boomsma, Bourbon Cask, Dam Dranken, Genever, Jenever, King cask, Wine cask
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Ardnamurchan 5, Bottled in 2022, Oloroso Octave, 61.5% – Warehouse Release
Arnamurchan is one of those distilleries that goes for quality first and foremost. As in, that is what it seems like. Almost, if not all, bottlings so far have been very drinkable at least, if memory serves. That is, the … Continue reading
Posted in Ardnamurchan
Tagged Adelphi, Ardnamurchan, Distillery Only, Highlands, Sherry Cask
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Speyside 18, 1995-2013, 56.1% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
It’s not just my own reviews that I get around to with a huge delay, but also Tom’s. So, this one he wrote about half a year ago, and I’m only posting it now. There’s one more in the pipeline … Continue reading
Posted in Speyside
Tagged 1995, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Guest Post, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Tom van Engelen
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Glenfarclas 8, bottled in 2019, 40%
About a year ago I hosted a tasting at work in which I tried to showcase the differences between things on labels on bottled of Scotch. So, young versus old, sherry against bourbon and peated as a contrast to unpeated … Continue reading
Glengoyne 11, 2011-2023, Bourbon & PX finish, 50% – Glaschu Spirits Co.
Another new bottler that has made their way into the Netherlands. As in, I don’t see it in shops yet, but it is imported according to the importer. That importer sent me a sample of their 11 year old Glengoyne. … Continue reading
Posted in Glengoyne
Tagged 2011, Bourbon Cask, Glaschu, Glengoyne, Highlands, Sherry Cask
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Islay Single Malt 13, 2009-2023, 53.3% – Michiel Wigman
This entire thing I’m doing (and many others with me) of whisky blogging is really fun, quite a bit of work and sometimes utterly confusing. Sometimes you try something that you expect everyone to love and it just falls flat. … Continue reading
Posted in Ardbeg, Undisclosed
Tagged 2009, Ardbeg, Bourbon Cask, Dutch Whisky Connection, Hans Dillesse, Islay, Michiel Wigman, Roland Puhl, They Inspired, Undisclosed
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Westport 21, 1999-2020, American Oak Hogshead 800075, 43.8% – The Whisky Cellar
This is, as whisky fanatics tend to know, a Glenmorangie. With Glenmorangie being a bit more expensive as a brand, it seemed like a good call to pick up a bottle of this, sometime during the pandemic. Glenmorangie 18 is … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Glenmorangie, Westport
Tagged 1999, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Tain, Tea spooned, Westport, Whisky Cellar
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Caol Ila 13, Feis Ile 2023, PX and Oloroso Butts, 60.4%
Yet again, Tom gets to profess his love for Islay whiskies! As a superhero comic book devotee, I really jolted when on 20 July there was a documentary released about the comic book industry, this one being from the DC … Continue reading
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Tagged Caol Ila, Feis Ile, Guest Post, Islay, Sherry Cask, Tom van Engelen
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Bunnahabhain Staoisha 7, 2013-2021, Barrel 13000244, 59.1% – Archives
Bunnahabhain took a page from the Bruichladdich book by rebranding their different styles into different brands. Where Bruichladdich has the distillery name for the unpeated single malt, Port Charlotte for their peated whisky and Octomore for their liquid ashtrays, Bunnahabhain … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain, Staoisha
Tagged 2013, Archives, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Goatfell, Islay, Staoisha, Whiskybase
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Stillbrook 4, bottled in the 1970s, 43%
Another rather dusty bottle, but this time from across the Atlantic. This Stillbrook was produced by the American Distilling Company, in their distillery in Pekin, Illinois. Currently the distillery is supposed to be still operating, but they’re not producing whisky … Continue reading
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