Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When I was at the Hielander Whisky Festival in Alkmaar last February, I got a small sample of the Tomatin 30 from Mr. Jock Shaw (of Scotch & Folk fame). He told me it was better to give a sample … Continue reading →

Occasionally Kintra does a Confidential Cask. This one is from Speyside, and usually unnamed Speysiders turn out to be Glenfarclas, but recently there have been quite a few Balvenies popping up. Not much to say about it, so here it … Continue reading →

Number two in the four day Kintra run. I hope I can find the time to post all four in a row, else there might be a short hick-up with a no-post day. Quite busy, the coming days. Glen Garioch … Continue reading →

A little while ago I got a set of tasting samples from Erik Molenaar, the guy behind Kintra Single Cask. He sent me four different ones and I’m planning to review them this week. The first one I tried was … Continue reading →

This month I didn’t taste many new beers, but mostly focussed on old classics. Some were new to Untappd though, and the list of what was the best stuff I tasted is here. Mug Bitter – De Halve Maan A … Continue reading →

Glenfarclas 1953. The oldest Glenfarclas ever bottled at 58 years old. The oldest whisky I ever tasted (in age, not in the year it was distilled, that was this one). I got this sample as a total surprise a week … Continue reading →

About a year ago I posted about BrewDog’s ‘IPA is dead’ pack with four single hop IPAs. This year, I think in April, a second batch was released with four new and different ones. While last year focused on hops … Continue reading →

The AnCnoc 35 is finally out! There was a twitter tasting with a very select group of people last year, in which I was allowed to join! The tasting notes I wrote down can be found here. The Press release: … Continue reading →

I had to dig real deep to find some tasting notes that I hadn’t published yet. For some reason I keep not getting around to really sitting down and trying some new drams, unfortunately. I have some tasting notes here … Continue reading →