Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
“Ord Over 16”, Glen Ord, 16, 1998-2014, 42.5% – Dornoch Castle
Based on the label I was going for ‘That Boutique-u Whisky Company’, and based on the Dornoch / Thompson brothers I was going for that. Neither seems to hold any water and this is categorized as a random bottler on … Continue reading
Posted in Glen Ord, Singleton
Tagged 1996, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Glen Ord, Highlands, Ord, Phil and Simon Thompson, Singleton, Singleton of Glen Ord, Thompson Bros
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Finest Jamaican Rum, Over 25 Years Old, 50.1% – Wu Dram Clan
I guess the ‘expensive rum bug’ has bitten me too. After Michiel Wigman’s Precious Moments, which I still need to review, there’s this oldie. From an undisclosed distillery on/in Jamaica, to the Wu Dram Clan. On their Facebook page there’s … Continue reading
Isle of Raasay 3, 2017+2018-2021, Batch R-01, 46.4%
I didn’t put the cask type in the title, since there has to be something left for the post itself too. This, apparently, is a mix of rye whisky and bordeaux casks, but there are also chinkapin oak casks in … Continue reading
Posted in Raasay
Tagged 2017, 2018, Chinkapin cask, Islands, Isle of Raasay, Raasay, Rye whisky cask, Wine cask
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Torabhaig Allt Gleann, 2017+2018, Bourbon casks, 46%
Torabhaig is the second distillery on Skye, after Talisker. As in, it’s not the second distillery ever, but it is currently. It’s been operational for a few years now and early this year the initial release came out, which I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 2018, Allt Gleann, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Skye, Skye, The Legacy Series, Torabhaig
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Balblair 8, 2012-2021, Sherry Cask 3232, 57.8% – Blackadder Raw Cask
This is a bottle I recently used in a tasting. I got it based on the fact that it scores ridiculously high on Whiskybase, if you know where to look. As it turns out, this is a split cask between … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Anniversary, Balblair, Blackadder, Highlands, Raw Cask, Sherry Cask, Southern Drammers Club
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Kentucky Owl Confiscated and Wise Man’s Bourbon
When lightly following The Bourbon Junkies on Youtube, you hear Kentucky Owl mentioned occasionally. Of course, that normally means that there’s something rather available in the USA that will never reach retail markets in Europe, unless you’re willing to shell … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Bourbon, Kentucky Owl
Tagged American Whiskey, Bourbon, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl, USA
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Five Grain Whiskies and a Blended Malt
Last February I reviewed a Girvan, of which I had gotten a sample in Fiddlers’ Advent Calendar. Contrary to what I expected, I really loved it and even got myself a bottle. Teun van Wel, of Maltstock fame, saw my … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Malt, - Grain Whisky, Cambus, Carsebridge, Girvan, Invergordon
Tagged 1973, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2001, Boogieman Import, Bourbon Cask, Brandy cask, Cambus, Campbeltown Whisky Company, Carsebridge, Closed Distillery, Electric Coo Series, Girvan, Invergordon, James Eadie, Maltstock, Sherry Cask, Teun van Wel, The Relaxed Malt, Thompson Bros, Watt Whisky
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Caol Ila 10, 1989-2000, Bourbon Barrel, 46% – Cadenhead
These Cadenhead bottlings are always interesting. Most of what I tried from this era was at cask strength, and they all shared a sort of ‘razor sharp’ profile, whether it was a Rosebank, a Bladnoch, or a Laphroaig. When I … Continue reading
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