Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Springbank 17, 2002-2020, Rum/Bourbon finished in Madeira, 47.8%
Let’s make recipes more complicated than necessary, shall we? This whisky matured for 14 years in Bourbon and Rum barrels, to be finished for three years in a fresh Madeira cask. All 9200 bottles were released last year and it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Madeira cask, Rum Cask, Springbank
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Blended Scotch Whisky 40yo, 1980-2020, 44.7% – Cadenhead’s Club
Last year’s Cadenhead’s Club release was this venerable blended Scotch from a single sherry butt. Released before Brexit came into effect it was rather easy to get a bottle over from Campbeltown and when I saw the age, the style … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, Blended Whisky, Cadenhead, Cadenhead's Club, Sherry Cask
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Dingle Single Malt, 46.3%
Yesterday a new Irish Single Malt whiskey was released by Dingle. It’s their first core whiskey, and therefore they released it with the hashtag #heretostay. There have been Dingle Single Malts before (Dingle Malt?) but those were batched released instead … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Dingle
Tagged Dingle, Free Sample, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whisky Center
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Clynelish 24, 1996-2020, Bourbon Hogshead WN001, 54.9% – WhiskyNerds
There’s a couple of these newish bottlers out there that are going for quality instead of quantity. Of course, officially they all go for quality, but I think y’all know what I mean when I say this. Most of them … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Free Sample, Highlands, WhiskyNerds
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Secret Islay 2007-2021, 14yo, Monbazillac Cask, 51.7% – Michiel Wigman, They Inspired II
Just to clear some things up, Monbazillac is a French dessert wine, a sweet wine not unlike Sauternes or Muscat. As proven by Caol Ila’s Distiller’s Edition, this works quite well, generally. This Secret Islay is truly secret, Michiel Wigman … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Dutch Whisky Connection, Islay, Michiel Wigman, They Inspired, Undisclosed Distillery, Wine cask
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Ardmore 1988-2021, 32yo, 48.6% – Michiel Wigman, They Inspired II
One of the brightest stars among the firmament of new bottlers that have popped up the last couple of years must be Michiel Wigman. He’s world famous in The Netherlands and some countries around it for having one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Ardmore, Dutch Whisky Connection, Free Sample, Highlands, Michiel Wigman, They Inspired
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Back to basics with Glenfiddich
Sometimes you have to recalibrate your palate. All these bloggers tasting all kinds of exclusive whiskies, you can lose track of what the current standard is. We call stuff ‘good’, but what do we compare things to? Some tasters do … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Rum Cask, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Whisky Center
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Ardmore 21, 1997-2019, Bourbon Hogshead 901456, 49.4% – Whisky-Doris
Lately I’ve been becoming a bigger and bigger Ardmore fan, I realize. I’ve always liked peated whisky but I often find, after years of trying shitloads of drams, that the more gently smoked whiskies offer greater depth and complexity and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Ardmore, Art Nouveau, Bourbon Cask, Speyside, Whisky-Doris
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Guest post: Strathean 3, 2016-2019, Single Malt Batch 1, 46.6%
If I had known Ruben was going to publish his tasting notes to the first batch of Strathearn, I would not have sat on Tom’s notes on the same whisky one day too long. In short, it would have been … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Guest Post, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Strathearn, Tom van Engelen
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Ben Nevis 9, 2011-2020, Bourbon Barrels, 46% – Signatory Vintage
When a new Ben Nevis pops up, I am automatically enthusiastic, since most of them are very good nowadays. When that one is young I get a little bit less thrilled, but when it’s only about € 40, that kind … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Ben Nevis, Bourbon Cask, Fort William, Highlands, Signatory Vintage
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Malt Fascination 