Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This Glenfarclas 8 year old is a regular bottling by Glenfarclas, done in 2007. It doesn’t use their standard dumpy shaped bottles, but a long regular bottle instead. Also, the label is slightly different with vertical lines in the back … Continue reading →

Since the revamp of the Fettercairn brand, I’d still not tasted any of the dandy looking new bottles. I recently changed that by buying a sample of the Fettercairn Fior. The other new releases with similar bottles are a 24 … Continue reading →

Another one of the Bruichladdich brands. I am wondering when the first SMWS Octomore’s will be released! Port Charlotte is a whisky brand by Bruichladdich based on classic Islay style and the fact that there once was a Port Charlotte … Continue reading →

This SMWS bottling is a 20 year old Mortlach from 1989, matured in a First Fill Sherry Butt. Mortlach usually works rather well with Sherry casks, so I expected quite something from this little sample I got. This one is … Continue reading →

Another dram I had at my dad-in-law’s place. Another one I wasn’t too impressed with ages ago, but I just had to try it again, before it was all gone. This Cragganmore is part of Murray McDavid’s Range, from the … Continue reading →

Alc-Hem-Ist, or Alchemist, is a bottler with probably the most hideous bottles available. Its a rather small company that doesn’t limit itself to bottling whisky, but I’ve seen some Calvados and Cognac from the same label as well. My father … Continue reading →

It had been a while since I hosted a tasting for people I didn’t know. Before this blog there was a different site at http://www.maltfascination.nl through which a friend and I hosted whisky tastings. We hadn’t received any requests for … Continue reading →

Yesterday a big but almost weightless box arrived in the mail. I couldn’t remember ordering any bottles, but I have been known to overlook things. Those usually make for nice surprises… These were a couple of samples from the Whisky … Continue reading →

Glen Mhor is no longer existing Highland Distillery. It was closed in the big downturn in 1983, when loads of Diageo plants were shut down. Since its closure it has unfortunately been demolished and a supermarket now sits in the … Continue reading →

This is a bottle of terrific Springbank I’ve had sitting around almost emptied for a while. After last Friday’s bottoms up tasting I only had about a dram left, so I thought it time to finish it tonight. I had … Continue reading →