Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I was planning on buying a full bottle of the Devil’s Cut while in the USA in September, but, since I was way over the limit anyway, I decided to stick with a miniature. In a little plastic bottle… The … Continue reading →

Or, translated, the car polish tasting. Not that it has anything to do with tasting car polish, but that’s just the name and business of the company that allows us to use their lunch room for a massive annual tasting. … Continue reading →

Chichibu is the youngest of the Japanese distilleries. It was opened in 2008 by Ichiro Akuto who previously ran Hanyu distillery until it closed in 2000. Since they could only call their product whisky in 2011 and wanted some return … Continue reading →

Drinks & Gifts in Krommenie is moving. From one very small corner shop just out of the most walked shopping route to a much more prominent shop about a 100 meters down the street, right across from the ‘yet to … Continue reading →

On January 15th I went to Den Bosch to join the Bottoms Up tasting at De Whiskykoning. This is an annual event on which he puts most of his open bottles on a big table and everyone can have a … Continue reading →