Author Archives: Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
Love and hate for Lagavulin
That’s some title, isn’t it? Hate is quite overstated, but I have to lure unsuspecting readers in some way, don’t I? Anyway, the third and last distillery we toured while on Islay a few weeks ago was Lagavulin. I did … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Lagavulin
Tagged 1982, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2012, Bourbon Cask, Distillery tour, Iain McArthur, Islay, Lagavulin, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Warehouse tasting
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Bunnahabhain, 2018
Exactly two weeks ago was the day we visited Bunnahabhain Distillery. I did visit it before in 2010, but I didn’t do a tour back then. There wasn’t enough time during our stay on Islay to also take in the … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Bunnahabhain
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Distillery tour, Islay, Manzanilla cask, Marsala cask, Scotland 2018, Sherry Cask, Warehouse tasting
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Caroni 20yo, 1998-2018, 64.6% – The Duchess
The guys at The Duchess seem to be on the rum train! I talked to Nils about this and he told this was mostly due to availability. The whisky market is booming and therefore caskes are scarce. With rum this … Continue reading
Posted in - Rum, Caroni
Tagged 1998, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Caroni, Free Sample, The Duchess, Trinidad
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Clynelish 10yo, 2003-2014, 60.5% – SMWS (26.98, Lively as an Electric Acrobat)
I have absolutely no idea what they mean with a name like “Lively as an Electric Acrobat” or how the SMWS thinks that works for marketing purposes. Then again, they are a members-only club which means they don’t have to … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish
Tagged 2003, Bourbon Cask, Clynelish, Highlands, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS
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Bowmore, 2018
It’s been a bit more than a week since I wrote a post on this here blog. The reason for this was announced in some posts on a Bunnahabhain and a Lagavulin, I was on Islay last week. A long … Continue reading
Posted in - Distillery, Bowmore
Tagged 1999, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Distillery tour, Islay, Scotland 2018
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Lagavulin Feis Ile 2017, 16yo, Moscatel Cask, 56.1%
In exactly seven days I’ll be at Lagavulin Distillery swith TT, FV and JE. We’ll be doing the tour and follow that up with the Warehouse Demonstration (if you look to your left, the thing you see there is a … Continue reading
Bunnahabhain 1987-2014, 26yo, Sherry butt, 49.8% – Berry Brothers and Rudd
In seven days I’ll be at Bunnahabhain Distillery, or maybe I’ve just left to go have lunch somewhere. We’ve planned the tour and warehouse tasting and I’m looking forward a lot. I’ve only ever been at the distillery without doing … Continue reading
Posted in Bunnahabhain
Tagged 1987, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blog Birthday Bash, Bunnahabhain, Islay, Sherry Cask
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FEW 3yo, 2013-2016, 63.4% – SMWS (B4.3 – Full Flavour Behaviour)
It struck me as kind of funny that one of the few (pun intended) American whiskeys the SMWS bottles has a name with two words that are spelled in a distinctly English way. So, I got a big share of … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Bourbon, FEW
Tagged 2013, American Whiskey, Bourbon, FEW, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS
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Two sherried Bowmores: Elements of Islay Bw7, The Four Isle Solera
When Ruben posted his review to The Four: Isle Solera by Woodwinters I knew I wanted some of that. And with Elements of Islay’s Bw7 for sale as well, a bottle share was quickly taking shape. I even shared two … Continue reading
Posted in Bowmore
Tagged 2001, Bowmore, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Islay, Sherry Cask, The Four, The Whisky Exchange, Woodwinters
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Hazelburn 18, 1997-2015, Leaky Sherry Butt, 54.4% – Duty Paid Sample for The Sprinbank Society
This is a bit of a weird one. Initially, this cask was selected by attendees of the Springbank Whisky Festival in 2015, to be bottled as a Springbank Society bottling. However, the cask was almost empty when they wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Hazelburn, Springbank
Tagged 1997, Campbeltown, Hazelburn, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society
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Malt Fascination 