Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The GlenDronach was one of the first whisky brands to completely restyle their image and renew their core range a few years ago. It has been a hype to do that over the last couple of years, with mixed success … Continue reading →

A while ago a friend of mine gave me a sample of Johnnie Walker Gold Label. Although I am usually not a fan of those humongously big brands like Johnnie Walker, I am of course willing to give it a … Continue reading →

The guys from the excellent Edinburgh Whisky Blog have just announced a new Twitter tasting. This will be a tasting of some anCnoc samples, the third Inver House distillery in row to host a Twitter Tasting. I expected something like … Continue reading →

The Nikka All Malt is not a whisky that ever grabbed my attention. I ordered a sample from Master of Malt because the whisky is noted in Ian Buxton’s ‘101 whiskies to try before you die’. The funny thing of … Continue reading →

The Macallan 10 Cask Strength is a whisky that usually is released with almost no publicity and press coverage. This year was no different, and I would never have thought about it until a bottle of it was samples by … Continue reading →

This is an old Port Ellen, mostly because it was Bottled in 2000. The year of distilling was 1981, which made me interested since its one from my year of birth! I bought it of a friend of mine, Bram … Continue reading →

I have decided to switch (back) to blogging in English. I realized after polling on Twitter, Facebook and some other sources of hits that many of my blog’s visitors can’t read Dutch or that the Dutch are not put off by … Continue reading →

A while ago on John Hansell‘s site (www.whatdoesjohnknow.com), an extremely good review of the new Buffalo Trace Antique Collection was published. In Europe, these bottles are very hard to come by, especially if you want them all from the same annual release. If you … Continue reading →

Een enorm sterke Amrut op 63% gebotteld voor het 10 jarig jubileum van The Whisky Exchange. Niet voor de poes, maar gezien ik tot nu toe wel enthousiast ben over bijna alle Amruts (behalve de Amrut 100). Deze was dus … Continue reading →

Tijdens een bezoekje aan Dick de Jong kwam Fettercairn ter sprake en maakte ik het moedige statement dat Fettercairn gemiddeld flink tegenvalt. Uiteraard wilde Dick het tegendeel bewijzen en kreeg ik een sampletje van een 34 jaar oude Fettercairn van … Continue reading →