Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I kept this one for last, as I did in my tasting originally. Mostly because I thought it would overpower the Caol Ila and I had a couple of indie 1998 Laphroaigs during the year, which were all very good. … Continue reading →

Ah, Caol Ila! One of my all time favorites, ever since I bought that Caol Ila 18 about 6 or 7 years ago. I guess for me that’s a bit like it is for Graeme at the Edinburgh Whisky Blog. … Continue reading →

There have been many Tamdhus over the last year, probably because the stocks were a bit downsized around the time the distillery was sold from the Edrington Group to Ian Macleod Distillers. Fortunately for them, fruity whiskies have become quite … Continue reading →

To my knowledge it had been ages since I tasted a Macallan and really enjoyed it. Its one of the great and iconic brands, although I have the feeling they are becoming more ‘average’ the last couple of years. Luckily, … Continue reading →

Glen Keith is one of those distilleries from which you barely hear anything, and then all of a sudden every other bottler has (in this case) a 1970 bottling out. It happened with Ardmore 18, Tamdhu 19 and 20, Lochside … Continue reading →

The fifth dram from the Malts of Scotland Bottle-Share. Port Charlotte has mostly been hits, with some minor misses every now and then. From what I’ve tasted, I’m not such a big fan of the cask finishes and in my … Continue reading →

To be honest, I more or less chose this bottle because I had never tasted anything from Glenallachie before. I always try to taste new stuff and since this distillery is not regularly available to my knowledge and, I think, … Continue reading →

For some reason this was one of the samples I was looking forward to the most. I haven’t tasted many Glenglassaughs, but the ones I tried were terrific! The colour of this dram was very dark, almost coffee like. Usually … Continue reading →

Littlemill is a distillery with a mixed reputation. Some bottles that have come out of late received pretty good reviews, but the general consensus is that it was not one of the greats from the Lowlands like Rosebank and St. … Continue reading →