Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Since I bottled my first batch of beer last week, I couldn’t wait to get underway with the second! The bucket was empty and the beer was happily maturing away. Nothing to do until the beginning of April, if I … Continue reading →

A while ago I wrote that I had drank all of a sample from a Whisky Agency bottle-share before taking notes. Apparently, I was talking out of my ass, since it was just there, on the shelf hiding for later … Continue reading →

I just had a taste of my first home brew. Of course, it’s all very basic and from a kit. That will probably be very unsettling to more experienced home brewers, but I have to start somewhere, right? And since … Continue reading →

Macduff is turning out to be quite the high profile distillery. The independent bottlings are everywhere, and in all age categories. In quality the really old ones (from the ’70s) and the young ones (distilled around 2000) are generally received … Continue reading →

The second edition of the Highlander Whisky Festival took place this weekend in Alkmaar. While last year I went there with Anneke, this year I took some friends with whom I hadn’t been to a whisky festival in ages. The … Continue reading →

And now for something rather special. Kinclaith was a distillery inside a distillery, since it was part of the Strathclyde grain whisky complex. Mainly used in blended whiskies it is now something of a rarity to find at all these … Continue reading →

I’ve always wondered what they meant by the name of this whisky. In my opinion it implies that some Nikka is not from the barrel, but that would make it something else than whisky. Strange stuff. Nikka whisky from the … Continue reading →

Apart from some Blended Malts (Speyside and Islay), Clan Denny also bottled a bunch of single cask Single Grain whiskies. Single Grains are getting a bit more marketable these days since you can buy really old stuff for acceptable prices. … Continue reading →