Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Since a couple of years there is an annual cask of whisky bottled for the City of Zwolle. This all started when they were named ‘Capital of flavour’ (Hoofdstad van de smaak) a few years ago. For that event Hans … Continue reading →

Last Friday I had a couple of friends over with whom I celebrated my blog’s first anniversary. The idea was to have a blind tasting for which everyone present brought a bottle. Of course, I had to spread a bit … Continue reading →

Another dram from a distillery closed in the 1980’s. Glenury Royal was another distillery that fell victim to the recession of the early eighties, after being refurbished in 1965. At first it was only mothballed, but the decision to demolish … Continue reading →

The Elements of Islay series is a bottling range of Specialty Drinks Ltd., which is closely affiliated with The Whisky Exchange. They started this series about 3 to 4 years ago and have been rather successful with it, albeit that … Continue reading →

Today, this little blog turns one year old. Its officially a toddler now. To celebrate, I’m having a few friends over on Friday to drink a few BrewDogs and some more whiskies. A little blind tasting in which everybody brings … Continue reading →

Also picked these beers up at Drinks & Gifts, where I chose them mainly on how cool the bottles look. They come in really old fashioned bottles, one round and one oval. At first I wanted the oval one because … Continue reading →

A while ago, after our trip to Scotland in May, I posted tasting notes to a few of BrewDog’s terrific beers. Shortly after that I bought the IPA is Dead beer pack at Drinks & Gifts and recently I was … Continue reading →

I recently finished my bottle of Clynelish Distillers Edition, the 2008 version. Since I didn’t review it yet I remembered to take notes as the last drop fell out of the bottle into my Glencairn glass. Diageo’s distillers editions are … Continue reading →

Jim Beam is the biggest bourbon in the world. Luckily, that has not made the people in Clermont, Kentucky lazy. Not at all. Apart from the huge range of Jim Beam products there are also several other brands available from … Continue reading →

Next week, on August 3rd, this here blog will turn one year old! Still a baby blog compared to the whisky-blogging mastodonts like http://www.whiskyfun.com and http://www.whatdoesjohnknow.com and nowhere near the same level of ‘professionalism’. Still, I am going to celebrate with … Continue reading →