Category Archives: Arran

Arran Arranach, bottled from 2022 and 2023, 56.3% – Hand Bottled at the Distillery

Posted on 7 February 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The Arranach is a cask thingy happening at Arran distillery on the island of the same name. Back when I was there in early 2022 I don’t think these wee bottles were available. There were several distillery only bottlings, but … Continue reading →

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Arran 13, 2022, Peated Pinot Noir, 56% – OB for The Netherlands

Posted on 7 November 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The first day of the annual Blind Tasting Competition by Best of Wines is almost a week ago, and so far I’m doing insanely bad. In part because I’m really bad at blind tasting, and in part because I still … Continue reading →

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Arran ‘The Bothy’, Quarter Cask, 56.2%

Posted on 26 June 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last week I reviewed the sherry cask Arran I used in the tasting at work. This time it’s the bourbon cask’s turn in the lime light. Trying to show contrasts in whisky, I figured going for a sherry versus a … Continue reading →

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Arran Sherry Cask, bottled in 2022, 55.8%

Posted on 22 June 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Like the previous BenRiach, this one was used in a whisky tasting. I pitted it against is NAS sibling from bourbon casks, called ‘The Bothy’. I’ll review that one shortly. Apart from being on Arran last year, there’s not much … Continue reading →

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Arran 18, Sherry casks, bottled 2021, 46%

Posted on 30 May 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Even though the distillery isn’t even 30 years old, I think Arran have been on the right track for quite a while. They’re not really doing anything all that different from many of the other distilleries, but they do things … Continue reading →

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Arran 13, Peated Pinot Noir Cask, 56% – OB for The Netherlands

Posted on 2 February 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Look at me reviewing a recent release of which I wasn’t sent a sample! That never happens! Anyway, this one popped up a few weeks ago on the shelves of Dutch whisky shops. It stood out because it being a … Continue reading →

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Arran 15, 2005-2021, Bourbon Barrel 800411, 55.2% – 12 Barrels

Posted on 15 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

12 Barrels, as said in previous posts, is not really a bottler. It’s a group of friends who’ve decided to buy some casks of whisky (12, by my guess…) and bottle that for themselves. Of course, you end up with … Continue reading →

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Whiskykoning’s “Autumn Tasting”

Posted on 16 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

For every season there is a tasting at De Whiskykoning. Of course, in 2020 those couldn’t happen. However, Rob (the owner) decided to sell packs of samples with a description, and make youtube movies for the tasting. Of course, I … Continue reading →

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Arran 22, 1996-2019, Sherry Hogshead 624, 54.5% – OB for Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 11 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A second whisky from the advent calendar from Fiddler’s in Drumnadrochit. So far I’ve reviewed only one, but tried the first nine drams and if there is going to be a calendar this year, I’m getting it. The whisky’s are … Continue reading →

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Arran 19, 1996-2015, 48.8% – Gleann Mór A Rare Find

Posted on 23 October 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Gleann Mór is one of those bottlers that are not available in The Netherlands, as far as I know. What put them on my radar quite a few years ago was that they bottled a Lagavulin. It’s virtually unheard of … Continue reading →

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