Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Royal Lochnagar 30, 1974-2004, 56.2% – Rare Malts
And once again, I managed to find a bridge between one week and the next. This week we’re switching to the Highlands instead of Speyside. We do so through last week’s review of a Benromach from the Rare Malts series, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, Diageo, Highlands, Rare Malts, Royal Lochnagar
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Benromach 19, 1978-1998, 63.8% – Rare Malts
This is one of these whiskies that I’ve seen on shelves at shops like The Old Pipe, ages ago. Back then Benromach wasn’t a popular distillery so I didn’t really have it on my radar, but either palates have changed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Benromach, Diageo, Gordon & MacPhail, Rare Malts, Speyside
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Glen Elgin 12, 1985-1997, 56.4% – SMWS (85.9)
I double checked the label to see whether or not I missed something. There’s no weird nonsensical name on it, which, I thought, was the SMWS’s schtick from the start. Apparently that’s something from later iterations of rebranding. Anyway, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, Glen Elgin, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Speyside
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Mannochmore 10, 1998-2009, Bodega Sherry European Oak Cask, 59.1% – The Manager’s Choice
These Manager’s Choice whiskies are as hilarious as they are expensive. Back when this series of 27 different bottlings was released by Diageo, they just sat on shelves. At least, most of them. The ones that did sell were the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, Diageo, Manager's Choice, Mannochmore, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Glenburgie 27, 1995-2022, Hogshead 6668, 57.7% – Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan
The last of the three bottlings for Wu Dram Clan’s third anniversary. I wonder whether they picked three because there’s three of them, or because they’re three years old. If it’s the latter, we’re in for some interesting follow up … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements
Tagged 1995, Anniversary, Bourbon Cask, Glenburgie, Signatory Vintage, Speyside, Wu Dram Clan
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Caperdonich 22, 2000-2022, Hogshead 29490, 55.2% – Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan
I looked through my tasting notes but I doubt I can do a ‘Closed Distilleries’ theme week now. I guess it will be Speyside then! That’s an easy one with half the Scottish distilleries being there. This bottling was recently … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000, Anniversary, Caperdonich, Closed Distillery, Kirsch Import, Signatory Vintage, Speyside, Wu Dram Clan
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Balcones 4, 2017-2021, American Oak Barrel 16993, 63.6% – Archives
It’s not often that a four year old whisky scores richly above 88 points on Whiskybase, but this one does. It’s 28 votes, so not the most in the world, but not insignificant either. This Texas single malt whisky was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, American Whiskey, Archives, Balcones, Texas, Virgin oak cask, Waco, Whiskybase
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Glen Moray 13, 2007-2021, Barrel 5952, 58.8% – Archives
Glen Moray, to me, is pretty much a blank canvas. As in, the spirit is very gentle and sweet and gives a lot of play room for the cask to interact with the spirit. Unfortunately, that also means there are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Archives, Bourbon Cask, Elgin, Glen Moray, Speyside, Whiskybase
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Highland Malt Whisky 11, 2010-2022, Barrel 2534, 58.1% – Whiskybase Gathering 2022
It is a public secret that this whisky is an 11 year old Clynelish. Not always do you get to know which distillery a ‘secret <enter region here>’ whisky is from, but in this case, Whiskybase didn’t really hide it. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Highlands, Undisclosed Distillery, Whiskybase, Whiskybase Gathering
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Cooley 20, 2002-2022, Barrel 2215, 57.1% – Whiskybase
For every 10,000 bottles added to Whiskybase, they try to release a single cask whisky. Most of them are very interesting and rather decently priced. This one, bottled for the 200,000th addition, was a bit on the expensive side of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Cooley, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whiskybase
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Malt Fascination 