Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last Saturday was the annual Whisky & Rum festival in IJmuiden, organized by a local but very well stocked liquor shop home to the same town (Zeewijck). Since IJmuiden is only 20 minutes or so from my home I have … Continue reading →

My first ever Japanese whisky! It was prominently displayed at De Whiskykoning somewhere in 2006 and after softly calling my name for several months every time I walked by, I decided to pick it up even when it set me … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mark Dermul, of Whisky Rambling fame, was nice enough to sell me a sample of the Ardbeg Day bottling. Since I don’t like spending money on shipping and such things, I decided it was a very smart thing … Continue reading →

A nice 15 year old Macallan. Who’d say no, right? Well, I didn’t after a ‘New in Stock’ tasting in Den Bosch about 5 years ago. At 63.1 % ABV this one was packed full of flavour and one of … Continue reading →

A few years ago, in 2009, us whisky fanatics were thrilled by the opportunity to buy bottles of whisky from the first new distillery in quite a while. Not ages, since there was Arran about a decade before, Glengyle, Ardbeg, … Continue reading →

Lagavulin is a rare distillery to find anything off, except for their standard bottlings. I was lucky enough to find half a bottle of a Murray McDavid one at a whisky friend, who was selling samples of it (I bought … Continue reading →

Another month has gone by and another load of beer was had. I’ve turned down my spending on beer so there will be less BrewDog, Flying Dog, Struise and other beers like that. Of course, I couldn’t stop all together … Continue reading →

According to my logs I write about how I rate booze every 6 months or so. I’ve been blogging here for two years and this is the fourth post. On the other hand, I haven’t revised my way of ranking … Continue reading →