Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Secret Orkney 17, 2004-2022, Butt 13, 49.4% – WhiskyNerds
It’s been a full month since my last post on here, but more on that later. Holidays happened in the meantime, and when I got back home there was a lovely little sample of this Highland Park whisky waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2004, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds
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A Campbeltown Vertical of Classics
With anything made by Springbank selling out instantly, Tom thought it right to go through the three classics that they put out. Most of them are reasonably available, with especially the Springbank 10 being in some shops for € 50 … Continue reading
Posted in Hazelburn, Longrow, Springbank
Tagged Campbeltown, Guest Post, Hazelburn, Longrow, Springbank, Tom van Engelen
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Glen Grant 26, 1995-2021, Bourbon Barrel, 50.6% – Whisky Sponge
We all know Whisky Sponge for the fairly hilarious blog posts from a while ago. Hilarious if you are a bit embedded in the whisky world and know who and what all references refer to. It seems to have gone … Continue reading
Family Silver 19yo, 2001-2021, Oloroso Sherry Cask #4630, 44% – Cooper’s Choice
The label states this is a Blended Malt, but somewhere in my mind I registered this as Glenfarclas. I have no idea where I read or heard that, but there it is. I guess ‘The Most Famous Distillery in Speyside’ … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, Undisclosed
Tagged 2001, Blended Malt, Cooper's Choice, Family Silver, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Longmorn 22, 1969-1991, 43% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
It might come as no surprise that a sample of such a Longmorn comes from one of the Longmorn brothers. I’ve had it for a while and never really felt like the time was right for drinking it. When something … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Longmorn, Sherry Cask, Speyside
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Royal Lochnagar 28, 1973-2001, 50% – Old Malt Cask
When you have friends who try to celebrate decadence by pruning their whisky collection from anything that they wouldn’t rate at 90 points or higher, some old bottles tend to show up. I bought a set of bottles of the … Continue reading
Posted in Royal Lochnagar
Tagged 1973, Douglas Laing, Highlands, Old Malt Cask, Royal Lochnagar
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Isle of Jura 14, 1995-2010, Refill Bourbon Barrel 3199, 57.8% – Gordon & MacPhail
Ah, the infamous Isle of Jura distillery. On the island of ‘one’. One road, one town, one way there, one hotel, one distillery, one million deer. I was there in 2018. We were on the street across from the distillery … Continue reading
Posted in Jura
Tagged 1995, Bourbon Cask, Gordon & MacPhail, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura
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Caol Ila 15, Feis Ile 2022, Refill and Virgin American Oak, 55.2%
Even though I have a sample of this lined up somewhere, Tom van Engelen beat me to it by writing this tasting notes, and sending them to me for publication. Freak out with Caol Ila Sawdust The Festival of Malt … Continue reading
Posted in - Guest Post, Caol Ila
Tagged Caol Ila, Feis Ile, Guest Post, Islay, Tom van Engelen, Virgin Oak
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Enmore Alpha & Omega 1988/1990, casks 40, 42 and 55, 51.6% – Jack Tar
Enmore Distillery in Guyana is an interesting one. With a quite well known brand in El Dorado, they also produce some different distillates, from the range of their setups. With that I mean that they don’t have a single distilling … Continue reading
Teeling 15, 2006-2022, Amburana Hardwood Cask 6210, 57.8% – OB for The Duchess
When this came out the thing I first did was look up what the rulings and regulations for Irish Whiskey are. Amburana is, as you might have guessed, not oak. It’s a Brazilian kind of hardwood not often used for … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Teeling
Tagged 2006, Amburana cask, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Dublin, Irish Whiskey, Teeling, The Duchess
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Malt Fascination 