Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Boxes Blend, 40.9% – Master of Malt
Boxes Blend is a whisky put together by none other than Athlete bassist Carey Willets. The blend is named after his new solo project, an electro pop adventure that’s already garnering some great reviews. I had never heard of the … Continue reading
Auchentoshan Solera, 48%
My first sip of the new Travel Retail Auchentoshans, and I start at the high end of the range. I have samples of (I believe) Heartwood and Springwood sitting in my cupboard waiting to be explored. The Solera is a … Continue reading
Glenkinchie 19yo, 1987-2007, 45% – Gordon & MacPhail Secret Stills
The Secret Stills series by Gordon & MacPhail is one for bottlings that are not allowed to bear the distiller’s name. Luckily those bottlings usually have some indicative description that makes you aware from which stills the spirit dripped. In … Continue reading
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Littlemill 21, 46%
An official bottling from Littlemill? I didn’t even know these existed anymore! Especially not in these dinky ship decanters. Anyway, Littlemill was described as the underdog of the Lowlands during the tasting, a distillery that was always a bit sad. … Continue reading
Linlithgow 28yo, 1982-2010, 46% – The Ultimate
The third whisky was a Linlithgow, or St. Magdalene. The current appartment building was known by both names as was not uncommon in bygone eras. This one was bottled by Dutch bottler The Ultimate. In a previous Lowlands tasting we … Continue reading
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Bladnoch 10, 1992-2002, 58.5% – James MacArthur’s
The second whisky in the Spring Tasting at De Whiskykoning was another Bladnoch, distilled in more or less the same period, but bottled ten years ago, at cask strength. When this came out it received a silver medal from the … Continue reading
Bladnoch 20, 46%
This first whisky in yesterday’s “Spring Whisky Tasting” at De Whiskykoning was the Bladnoch 20. A rather good start to just about any tasting to start with some 20 year old stuff. Bladnoch is a bit of a strange distillery … Continue reading
Upcoming events
Since this autumn I was mostly preoccupied with becoming a daddy, I didn’t visit too many festivals and events. Now spring is supposed to be in the air, I am trying to rectify that and there is quite a bit … Continue reading
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Hakushu 18, 43.5%
I have had this bottle in my collection for about 4 years, I think. Therefore, and since it was dwindling not too fast at the end I thought it time to empty it. Part three of this week’s empty-bottle-project. Not … Continue reading
Clynelish 15, 1997-2012, 53.5% – The Whiskyman
The Whiskyman is a Belgian bottler of supposedly fine malts. He is very popular there, but in The Netherlands I have not seen his bottles yet, apart from this one which I ordered in Belgium… He has a few different … Continue reading
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