Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last week when some people on Twitter started discussing tasting blind versus not blind when trying new whiskies. It got me thinking on this subject and I thought it good material for a new post. Of course, both ways of … Continue reading →

Yesterday a Tweeter (of which I can find little info) and Angela D’Orazio (Mackmyra’s Master Blender) hosted a Twitter Tasting of four (!) of Mackmyra‘s newest releases. As with previous Twitter Tastings the tsunami of whisky tweets started a little while before … Continue reading →

Things are getting stranger and stranger in the world of whisky. Last week I read that Bruichladdich will be releasing “Single Farm” whiskies, distilled from malted barley from one farm on Islay. On Friday, I found out that Buffalo Trace … Continue reading →

The day before yesterday, when I wasn’t paying attention, a huge discussion started on Twitter about my rating of the Glenfarclas 175th. Everybody disagrees with me and is a lot more positive about it. All nice and dandy of course, … Continue reading →

This Highland Park sample was sent to me by the chaps at the Master of Malt to get some publicity for their own  bottlings. A very good way of doing that, and I really love the idea that I got … Continue reading →

This Glenfarclas was released to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the distillery a while ago in the Netherlands. It sold out pretty quickly here, but when it was released in other countries more recently it didn’t cause the same hype. … Continue reading →

This bottle was quite the hassle to get home. Together with Marco I bought a bottle and to get my share I sent him an empty 35cl bottle, which he would fill and send back. However, the parcel service thought … Continue reading →

Recently in a nice package from Ewald (of the Usquebaugh Society) I got a sample of Willett Singel Barrel Rye 25 year old, from 1983. There were very nice samples in that package, also the other two George T. Staggs … Continue reading →

I traded a sample of this GlenDronach 16 with Marlie, of whisky club The Whisky Club (what’s in a name) in the south of the country. I’ve had it sitting around for a while and thought it time to taste … Continue reading →

This single cask Lagavulin from 1993 is part of the Manager’s Choice series, which was released during 2009 and 2010. The entire series consisted of a single cask bottling of each of Diageo’s (malt) distilleries in Scotland. 27 single casks … Continue reading →