Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

And the fourth in a row of the new Boutique-y batch 1 releases. Again, there is a batch 2 of Ardbeg, Macallan and Caperdonich, but those I have not tried (yet). Aultmore is one of those distilleries that you don’t … Continue reading →

Another Benrinnes from Master of Malt, which made me curious, since the last one was such a tremendous dram and sold out immediately. I still regret missing out on that one by thinking “I’ll go to bed now and order … Continue reading →

The second sample from TBWC. An Aberlour and one of the first from that distillery on the blog. There have been some short notes here and there, but a larger singular tasting note like this hasn’t happened before, I think. … Continue reading →

On Monday I received another surprise package of the new Boutique-y releases. I felt like it was my birthday all over again. Me, being a whisky geek, couldn’t resist and I started to try some of of them right away. … Continue reading →

Br4. Wouldn’t that be Brrrr? A wintry dram you might expect… Br4 is the 4th release in the Br range from Elements of Islay. The only B-distillery not covered in Bn and Bw is Bruichladdich, so the choice if easily … Continue reading →

During our honeymoon in 2008 I walked into the supermarket nearest to our campground on the first morning in/on Corsica. At the check-out there were some bottles of Altore whisky. A Corsican brand of two different varieties with a white … Continue reading →

A few months ago I sold all but a few of my collection of whisky magazines. It was the first step in financing the Usquebaugh Society BenRiach 1976. The only ones I kept were the ones with recipes or travel … Continue reading →

Wait. What? South African Whisky? Apart from the semi-well known Three Ships brand there is another brand? Apparently there is! I got this bottle as a thank you from Gal Granov, of Whisky Israel fame, for pick-up and drop off … Continue reading →

A few months ago I saw a picture by Billy Abbott on Twitter from the Whisky Exchange’s Whisky Show with this Bw1 bottle on it. After a few minutes of consideration I asked him which distillery it could be, since … Continue reading →