Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Yesterday, the first Dutch blind twitter tasting took place with 11 other tweeters. It was hosted by Stefan from Gall & Gall Van der Boog, which is a MASSIVE whisky shop in The Netherlands. We got into a discussion on … Continue reading →

About a million years ago I went to a tasting of six Japanese whiskies at De Whiskykoning in Den Bosch. For some reason I completely forgot to blog about it, and that is not doing justice to some of the … Continue reading →

I’ve recently contacted the supplier of the bottles I ordered for the teeny-tiny Bottle-Share, and the order is still in progress. The importer in the Netherlands has had a slight delay in getting the bottles from the UK. I will … Continue reading →

This is not a lowest common deniminator beer. This is an assertive beer. We don’t care if you don’t like it. We do not merely aspire to the proclaimed heady heights of conformity through neutrality and blandness. It is quite … Continue reading →

A while ago I have decided that my whisky collection needs some pruning. I am finishing off a lot of samples lately, as well as emptying some bottles that have been gathering dust for a while. Apart from those things, … Continue reading →

The last untasted whisky from the Bladnoch Bottle-Share. The sixth tasting note in a row for these drams, two of them (the Cambus 24 and the Bladnoch 18) were tasted before and I’m sticking with those reviews and scores! Nose: … Continue reading →

Teaninich is another low profile distillery from the Highlands, that produces quite a lot of whisky for blending. There are quite some bottlings available of this distillery, but most of them are from independend bottlers. Of course, there is a … Continue reading →

The fourth in a row of the Bladnoch Forum Bottle-Share! Balmenach is a rather unknown Speyside distillery of which only a Flora & Fauna release is available. Even independent bottles are hard to find. As far as I know they … Continue reading →

Benrinnes, another rather unknown distillery. There have been some tremendous Benrinnes, which I really liked, from sherry casks. This one could be something very nice! Lets hope it lives up to my expectations! Nose: It smells young, and its 25 … Continue reading →