Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Lately I keep hearing more and more positive things about David Stirk‘s Creative Whisky Company. More bottlings that are getting higher scores all over the place and this Glengoyne is a bottle that I heard very much about at club … Continue reading →

Drinks & Gifts, a liquor shop in Krommenie organized a tasting yesterday with seven independent bottlings imported by Whisky Import Nederland (WIN). WIN imports a lot of bottlers and the official releases of Kilchoman and Glenglassaugh and some other spirits … Continue reading →

Last week I participated in an American Whiskey Tasting in Den Bosch at De Whiskykoning. The ‘Whisky King’ is a specialist retailer with heaps of whisk(e)y on display ranging from the very cheapest Red Label to the most expensive 1939 … Continue reading →

Jack Daniel’s is a whiskey and/or distillery that I usually steer clear of, since the early days got me hammered on their no. 7 a few times too many. It was the default option if we could stomach any more … Continue reading →

Danny Boy is an Irish blended whiskey, produced by Cooley, which is one of the few independent disitllers in Ireland. Apparently it has been a hit in the United States and now trying to conquer Europe. There is not too … Continue reading →

Teaninich, again a rather unknown Highland whisky that usually spends its life in a variety of blends. Every now and then its bottled as a Single Malt, usually by an indipendent bottler. Diageo does not often bottle this under their … Continue reading →

Glenesk, another one of the many that closed during the 80s of last century. Its also known as Hillside distillery, which is the name Diageo used on some of their Rare Malts. During its history is has also been known … Continue reading →

Yesterday the third Twitter Tasting of Inver House Distillers was held. This time, anCnoc whiskies were put to the test. The guys from Alambic Communications / Edinburgh Whisky Blog mailed around some samples to all participants and while not all … Continue reading →

Mosstowie is a rather unknown ‘distillery’. I quote-unquoted that, since its not really a distillery, its more a brand. Mosstowie was the spirit distilled in Miltonduff’s Lomond Stills. Nowadays, Miltonduff creates only pot still whisky since the Lomond Still were … Continue reading →

Banff is a Speyside distillery that has been closed since 1983. I never tried one of their whiskies before, and I am trying to taste something from most distilleries that have been operational since World War 2. I know this … Continue reading →