Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Bunnahabhain 1973 – Malts of Scotland
After a few months of posts I still haven’t gotten around to writing about the last Bottle-Share with 10 Malts of Scotland bottles. At first I waited for everybody to get their samples (to Israel can take a while) and … Continue reading
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2012 in preview
Happy new year! Last year I had a few new years resolutions and this year will not be any different. Looking back I checked most of them off the list during the year apart from tasting all 101 whiskies from … Continue reading
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 26,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading
Other booze in 2011
Of course, sometimes you have to diverge from your favorite booze to reappriciate its qualities. This year that happened on several occasions and some of those were quite memorable as well. As you have seen on this here blog I’ve … Continue reading
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Top drams of 2011
I like to do a review of things gone by at the end of the year. Not just to sum up stuff that happened but more to think of things that impressed me. Of course, a review of the year … Continue reading
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Music in 2011
Just as my post last year, I try to avoid non-booze topics, apart from this one. Last year I posted my top 25 records of the year but looking back, I find that I barely listen to half of them … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 18 (Brora 22, 50%)
Since the average ABV and age were a given before the competition started, I calculated these for this dram. The distillery was still a bit of a guess, and since yesterday was a Lowlands distillery, there were only about 5 … Continue reading
BTC: Sample 17 (Glenkinchie 33, Dewar Rattray)
Not that I guessed this one exactly right, but I tasted it after seeing on the forum what it was. That did make me look forward to tasting it. Glenkinchie is a distillery that isn’t regularly available from indies, but … Continue reading
Some beer reviews in between
Yesterday I went to the movies with Anneke and some of her colleagues. That meant I got home about 11.15 PM, 15 minutes too late to take part in yesterday’s dram and no real time to enjoy it. Bummer, and … Continue reading
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BTC: Sample 16 (No guess)
Yesterday I was trying to post my vote at the last minute when my network connection died on me. So, in the end I didn’t fill in my sample for that night. This was a bummer since I was on … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 