Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last Saturday I may have been swearing a bit on Facebook and Twitter. I’ll explain why below. Yoichi is one of my favourite Japanese distilleries and since I was planning to do a lot of SMWS reviews over the coming … Continue reading →

Whisky and how you collect it has always been and will always be a topic of much debate. Since I’ve been shouting about Bottoms Up tastings and downsizing, I thought to give my two cents. My collection started with a … Continue reading →

Last week I was planning to bottle my London Porter (a kit from Brupak), but since we had been away for a bit, the central heating hadn’t been on and the fermentation took a bit longer. I bottled the stuff … Continue reading →

Last Friday was the date that I finally hosted a home tasting again. It had been ages and I wanted to do a Bottoms Up or left over tasting for quite a while to get through some almost empty bottles … Continue reading →

I don’t give up easy. Another Douglas of Drumlanrig bottling from a distillery that was still on my list, so for that, thanks Elise! After yesterday’s deception I decided to taste another one that was sitting around, and before it … Continue reading →

Another left over I got from helping out at the Whisky Festival The Hague. This time a Macduff, and I’ve been looking forward to this one, since Macduff is putting out some terrific casks lately, most of them around the … Continue reading →

On my journey I get to meet quite a few people who are making their way in the whisky world as well. I think it will be nice to introduce them every now and then. Some of these people I … Continue reading →

You’d almost expect Glen Garioch to be up for sale in the near future, with all these bottlings coming out last year. The same happened with Tamdhu just before Edrington sold it to Ian MacLeod. Not that I mind since … Continue reading →

An Ardbeg by Chieftain’s. Chieftain’s is one of my least favourite bottlers out there because of the weird finishes I’ve tried from them. Usually those finishes almost destroy a whisky to a point that it just doesn’t taste anything like … Continue reading →

Since I more or less stopped reviewing beers on a regular basis, I though it would be nice to do a monthly overview of the most interesting beers I drank during the previous couple of weeks. My last post was … Continue reading →