Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The time is right for another bottle-share, or at least, that’s my opinion! After some deliberation I chose to do one with ‘Malts of Scotland‘ bottlings. Its an independent bottler mainly active in Belgium and therefore rather hard to get … Continue reading →

Last Friday I went to the Whiskykoning in Den Bosch for a rather special Bunnahabhain tasting. He had been saving for a couple of years for this one. Not money-wise, but bottles. There were 4 (!) Feis Isle bottlings and only … Continue reading →

Last Friday, a week ago already, I spent the evening with my in-laws. Father, and two brothers. Just before our vacation he ordered some new bottles of whisky and he wanted us all together to open them. I never expected … Continue reading →

The Beer Temple is an American Beer Bar in Amsterdam. I had never heard about them until last week when an old friend invited me to join him for a couple of brews. We hadn’t talked in over a year … Continue reading →

We went a little out of our way to visit Chico, California. The fact that the recommended motel in the Lonely Planet had a pool helped, but the main reason was the Sierra Nevada Brewery. I only knew their Pale … Continue reading →

I wasn’t planning on going to the Potstill festival this year, since it would be only two days after returning from our USA travels. But, as I could have expected, just before the vacation started I decided to get myself … Continue reading →

Another beer review, and a special one in anyone’s book. My e-friend Frank Lieck sent me a bottle of this to promote something local from Dusseldorf, Germany. An Altbier (old beer) from a local brewery, and the beer is Thomas … Continue reading →

The Valinch is the steel pipette with which whisky is dram from casks. In this case, they called the newest limited edition Auchentoshan the same, since it is straight from the cask into to the bottle. No tampering, no watering … Continue reading →

This sherried beauty was a gift from my wife to celebrate that she didn’t have to bug me with school stuff anymore. She gave ME a present when she graduated. How cool is that? I still have a little bit … Continue reading →