Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Ardlair 9, St. Emilion Finish, 50% – Glaschu Spirits Co.
Ardlair seems to be more of a thing, the last couple of years. It’s a second brand from Ardmore distillery in which they do not peat their barley before distilling. So unpeated Ardmore, instead of the regular stuff. This version … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardlair, Ardmore, Glaschu, Glaschu Spirits Co., Highlands, Wine cask
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BenRiach 26, 1997-2023, PX Finish Cask 7355, 57.1% – The Duchess
This one isn’t even out yet! Supposedly, if things to right, it will be in three weeks though! A 26 year old BenRiach is always something interesting, but the PX finish makes it a bit of an oddball. Generally, whiskies … Continue reading
Posted in BenRiach
Tagged 1997, BenRiach, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Pedro Ximénez, PX finish, Sherry Cask, Speyside, The Duchess
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Cadenhead’s 42 year old Spirit, 38.4% – Campbeltown Malts Festival
So, a spirit. At 42 years old. Because it slipped below 40% and therefore cannot be called whisky. And yet, we’re reviewing it, since it’s not that often that we get things this old anymore. There is no information on … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Other Drinks, - Other Spirits
Tagged 1980, Blended, Cadenhead, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Spirit Drink
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Bruichladdich 15, 2007-2023, Château Climens Hogshead, 53.2% – Campbeltown Malts Festival
Since this bottle was added to Whiskybase by my whisky buddy Erik, I presume the sample also came from him. Memory gets foggy with all these samples, and all this alcohol (making that joke before anyone else does). Generally I … Continue reading
Posted in Bruichladdich
Tagged 2007, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Islay, Wine cask
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Long Pond rums, a 3 and a 22 year old
The 22 year old one is a bottling by Wu Dram Clan, which makes my expectations go way up to begin with. The age doesn’t bring it down either. Then the other one is a three year old from Habitation … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Long Pond
Tagged 2001, 2019, Jamaica, Long Pond, Rum, Velier, Wu Dram Clan
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Marquis de la Pomme 1957-2014, 42%
Over the last couple of years I’ve not been buying much non-whisky spirits. Of course there has been the occasional rum and a bottle of Mezcal, but other than that, things are few and far between. That doesn’t mean there … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Calvados, Marquis de la Pomme
Tagged 1957, Calvados, Marquis de la Pomme, Normandy
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Cadenhead’s 10th Anniversary Sherry Pack: Ord, Ben Nevis and Caol Ila
Apparently the Cadenhead’s Club exists for 10 years. In that time there have been a couple of bottlings, although the last few were unable to be shipped to the Netherlands, or prohibitively expensive to have shipped and allowed into the … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Nevis, Caol Ila, Glen Ord
Tagged Ben Nevis, Cadenhead, Cadenhead's Club, Campbeltown, Caol Ila, Fort William, Glen Ord, Highlands, Islay, Oloroso, Ord, Palo Cortado, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask
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Digging into Dornoch Distillery
It’s time for some catching up to do. I still have this, and one other guest post by Tom waiting to be published, so let’s do one today and try to not wait too long with the other one (which … Continue reading
Posted in Dornoch
Tagged 2017, Bourbon Cask, Dominiek Bouckaert, Dornoch, Guest Post, Highlands, Sutherland, Tom van Engelen
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Tomatin Meets Sherry, Oloroso and PX Editions, 57.9% and 53.4%
I’ve reviewed this set before, almost a decade ago. Back then I wrote short notes on both the sherry and the whisky, but this time I’m only looking at the whisky side of things. I rebought these last year because … Continue reading
Posted in - Sherry, Tomatin
Tagged 2000, Highlands, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask, Tomatin, Tomatin meets Sherry
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Malt Fascination 