Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Unnamed Orkney 16, 2006-2022, Refill Butt DRU17/A65#4, 46% – The Ultimate
It’s been a while since I tried anything by The Ultimate. Generally I don’t really buy into the brand since I often find the whisky a little bit lackluster. Often bottled too young, under ten years old. That’s not necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2006, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, The Ultimate, Undisclosed Distillery, Van Wees
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Taking Flight with the Springbank Stallions
Steady contributor Tom went to Campbeltown in January, and of course, he did a nice write-up for us/you/me! Let’s see what this tasting is about, in which they tasted the first sixteen (!) Society bottlings! Bram van Glabbeek of WhiskyNerds … Continue reading
Posted in Hazelburn, Longrow, Springbank
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Guest Post, Hazelburn, Longrow, Madeira cask, Port Cask, Rum Cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society, Tom van Engelen
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Caperdonich 25, 1997-2022, Hogshead 30900, 56.2% – The Duchess
With a couple of rum releases that are coming up on this here blog soon, and now this Caperdonich, it seems that The Duchess is back at it in regard to bottling quality booze! I’m not sure if it was … Continue reading
Posted in Caperdonich
Tagged 1997, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bourbon Cask, Caperdonich, Glen Grant 2, Hans Dillesse, Speyside, The Duchess
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Balblair 8, 2012-2021, Refill Sherry Hogshead 3237, 57.3% – Kintra Whisky
Kintra used to be a rather well known Dutch bottler. Well known amongst whisky geeks that is, but still. But, and it’s anything but illogical, Erik Molenaar has been focusing on his Wagging Finger distillery in Deventer ever since that … Continue reading
Posted in Balblair
Tagged 2012, Balblair, Edderton, Erik Molenaar, Highlands, Kintra Whisky, Sherry Cask, Wagging Finger
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Ledaig 13, 2008-2021, PX Sherry Quarter Cask, 50% – Claxton’s Exploration Series
This Ledaig, the peated version of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, was bottled for the Netherlands, just under two years ago. Immediately upon release it started scoring really high marks, which isn’t too surprising for an affordable whisky that … Continue reading
Posted in Ledaig, Tobermory
Tagged 2008, Claxton's, High Spirits, Islands, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Mull, Netherlands, Sherry Cask, Tobermory
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Talisker 8 and 11, the Special Releases from 2021 and 2022
I kind of like Talisker. Always have, probably always will. However, I don’t like ‘everything’ Talisker. As in, their NAS releases, Storm, Dark Storm, Port Ruighe, Skye and probably some others that I can’t remember from the top of my … Continue reading
Posted in Talisker
Tagged Diageo, Heavily Peated Stocks, Islands, Isle of Skye, Lightly Peated Stocks, Skye, Special Releases, Talisker
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Glen Moray 11, 2008-2020, Refill Oloroso Puncheon, 64.9% – SMWS (‘Stirs your soul’)
Whether it stirs your soul or puts a blowtorch to it is to be seen. A whisky at 65% alcohol is not something to take lightly, and especially not as a first dram of the day. Of course, I didn’t, … Continue reading
Posted in Glen Moray
Tagged 2008, Elgin, Glen Moray, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Speyside
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Ardmore 24, 1997-2022, Hogshead 901451, 49.6% – WhiskyNerds
There’s a few bottlers out there that get me all excited when a new release is announced. I guess the main two of those are WhiskyNerds and Wu Dram Clan. And yes, they are both doing more or less the … Continue reading
Mannochmore 12, 2010-2022, Black Isle Imperial Stout Cask, 50% – Thompson Brothers
When this was released last year, I felt I had to do a bottle-share with a couple of its compatriots. Especially since this has all the statistics of a very interesting whisky All these things sound good to me! Also, … Continue reading
Posted in Mannochmore
Tagged 2010, Beer cask, Black Isle Brewery, Mannochmore, Phil and Simon Thompson, Speyside, Stout cask, Thompson Bros
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Clynelish 17, 1997-2014, Hogshead, 46% – Wemyss
This whisky is called ‘Sweet and Sour Chutney’. I like Clynelish, and I like Indian food. Sounds good to me! What also helps is that this line of whiskies from Wemyss is generally pretty good, and 1997 was an exceptional … Continue reading
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