Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Port Askaig 12, 45.8% – Speciality Drinks Ltd.
I recently got a small parcel of samples from The Whisky Exchange, including yesterday’s Midleton 1991 and this new Caol Ila Port Askaig 12. A not too new addition to their Port Askaig series which included a 17, 19 and … Continue reading
Posted in Caol Ila, Undisclosed
Tagged Caol Ila, Port Askaig, Speciality Drinks Ltd., The Whisky Exchange
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Midleton 1991, 20yo, bottled for The Whisky Exchange
Last week I received a surprise package from The Whisky Exchange with 4 samples of their newest releases. Three of those samples were new Port Askaig releases and there was this one. A single cask Irish Pot Still whiskey from … Continue reading
Teaninich 21, 1973-1994 – James MacArthur’s
In 1994 there was some celebration that whisky had been in existence for 500 years. It was of course nothing like the stuff we know and love today, but back in that day Friar John Cor was ordered to make … Continue reading
Posted in Teaninich
Tagged 500 Years of Whisky, James MacArthur's, Old Master's, Teaninich
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Mackmyra Twitter Tasting 2013
The Mackmyra Twitter events seem to become an annual thing with a Twitter Tasting happening in 2011, 2012 and most recently in January. It’s already been a month since all this happened, but for some reason I have not gotten … Continue reading
Clynelish 1971-2009, 47.9% – Old Malt Cask
A Clynelish from the early years of the distillery! After it was opened in 1968 it was only in production for three years before this barrel was laid to rest. It waited a glorious 38 years before it was bottled … Continue reading
Clynelish 12, 57% – Samaroli Coilltean
Samaroli is, of course, the famous bottler from Italy that bottled (according to many) the best whiskies ever some decades ago. I believe this was the early eighties. Since then they have only released a couple bottlings until a large … Continue reading
Clynelish 12 – Friends of the Classic Malts
I haven’t seen any new bottlings recently, but until 2010 or so Diageo bottled a new ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ bottling every year, more or less. There have been a Talisker, Lagavulin, Cragganmore and this Clynelish in the period … Continue reading
Hielander Whisky Festival 2013
The whisky festival in Alkmaar, hosted by Wullie MacMorland of The Hielander Scottish Restaurant is usually the first official whisky event of the year. This year it is no different. Funnily enough I go there every year with different people. … Continue reading
Posted in Balvenie, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Clynelish, Glen Keith, GlenDronach, Hazelburn, Littlemill, Mortlach, Port Ellen, Undisclosed
Tagged Balvenie, BenRiach, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bert Vuik, Clynelish, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Douglas Laing, Drinks & Gifts, Dutch Connection, Dutch Whisky Connection, Fred Laing, Glen Keith, GlenDronach, Hanyu, Hazelburn, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, Littlemill, Michiel Wigman, Mortlach, Old Guns, Old Malt Cask, Port Ellen, Prichard's, Somewhere in Speyside, Springbank, The Maltman
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Brora 26yo, 46% – Dun Bheagan
OOOH! Brora! That’s what I thought when I opened a package from the German-Dutch booze exchange that has been going on between me and Frank Lieck. Enough has been said about Brora, but this is a fairly young one. At … Continue reading
Inchgower 1982, 57.2 – Malts of Scotland
After trying an Inchgower from 1982 by Duncan Taylor at last year’s Hielander Whisky Festival and being really enthousiastic about it, I got a few messages from people who had samples for me if I wanted them. Well, who am … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 