Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I have been brewing my own beer for about half a year now. The idea behind it was to create something. To make something out of materials and be happy about it. So far I’ve come to a varying set … Continue reading →

Blackadder is one of my earliest ‘favorites’. Nowadays it has declined in personal popularity for a number of reasons. One of them is that the bottlings are very good, or heavily alcoholic with loads of heat and ethanol. I’m not … Continue reading →

That’s a mouth full! A miniature of a blended Scotch bottled in my year of birth. That’s the only reason I picked it up. Usually I’m not a big fan of blended Scotch and while that sounds very arrogant, it’s … Continue reading →

That’s one of the strangest titles ever to start a whisky review with. It says absolutely nothing, apart from the smoke thing. Anyway, Whisky Castle is a Swiss distiller from Elfingen and they’ve been producing whisky for a couple of … Continue reading →

Last Friday this wee blog turned two years old. I find it very surprising that I kept it up this long and that so many of you are reading my ramblings, but so far there is a slight growth every … Continue reading →

I almost forgot about this monthly post! I will get around to posting about the Blog’s Birthday Bash next time, but I don’t have the pictures in yet, and this one had to happen anyway! Sharp Pants – Struise Brouwers/Three … Continue reading →

Today, this wee blog is up and running for 2 years. Of course, this has to be celebrated and that will happen tomorrow with just short of a dozen people, pulled pork and booze. Time for some statistics: Total hits: … Continue reading →

Some random SMWS sample I still had lying around without having a clue what the distillery is. I like such surprises but for some reason my mind saves all the data after it’s had one dram of a certain distillery … Continue reading →

This week on Twitter I made the rather bold statement that I think standard Bourbons are generally better than standard Single Malts. To back this up, I feel I have to write a little bit about it. I should start by … Continue reading →