Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Bowmore 2000-2009, 56.5% – Berry Brothers & Rudd for Whisky Live Leiden 2009
One of the few festival bottlings I’ve bought when I went to Whisky Live Leiden (now The Hague). This young Bowmore is from the period that is generally not associated with FWP (French Whore Perfume) you typically find in Bowmores … Continue reading
Open bottles
No, this is not another lure to get you to buy stuff from me. Yesterday on Twitter we got into a discussion about a sane amount of bottles to have open at any given moment. Generally there are two lines … Continue reading
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Mount Gay, 12 years old, 53.7% – Duncan Taylor
The last in these four rum reviews. I don’t know why I put them in this order, but this one as a last one seems right, since it’s the youngest. Young spirits tend to have a lot of impact, although … Continue reading
Bellevue, 14 year old, 52.3% – Duncan Taylor
Another rum from another country. Bellevue distillery is located on the isle of Mary Galante in Guadeloupe which means not a lot, but it could be (it doesn’t say) that this is a ‘rum agricole’. That means that the rum … Continue reading
Hampden, 22 year old, 52.9% – Duncan Taylor
Hampden you say? There is no such distillery in the known whisk(e)y world! That is correct. Hampden is a rum distillery in/on Jamaica. Duncan Taylor made this blend out of their product with the youngest ingredient being 22 years old. … Continue reading
Caribbean Blend, 1996, 16 years old, 46% – Duncan Taylor
Recently Karen Law from Duncan Taylor asked if I was willing to receive samples for review and after my confirmation and address details she told me a bunch of rum samples were in the mail. That was unexpected! Both the … Continue reading
GlenDronach 1995, PX Puncheon, 56.6%, The Whisky Exchange Exclusive
Yesterday a not so surprise package dropped on the doormat with a sample of this new private bottling of GlenDronach. Billy from The Whisky Exchange mailed me that if it arrived early I had to keep my mouth shut until it … Continue reading
Bushmills Black Bush
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Since the entire planet seems to celebrate this Irish holiday, what better opportunity to have a Bushmills? Or maybe opportunity should be replaced by excuse. Anyway, like I need an excuse for booze. Black Bush is … Continue reading
Bruichladdich Black Art 1, 1989-2009, 19yo, 51.1%
To continue the Bruichladdich series here I decided to delve into my whisky cabinet and get some bottles out. I finished most of my Bruichladdichs last year to get my open bottle count down. They had been sitting there for … Continue reading
Bruichladdich Black Art 3, 1989-2012, 48.7%
The final dram in last week’s Twitter Tasting was one that I was rather skeptical about. The Black Art range was once announced as the replacement of the Blacker Still, but it didn’t really get up to that level. As … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 