Category Archives: Glen Ord

“Ord Over 16”, Glen Ord, 16, 1998-2014, 42.5% – Dornoch Castle

Posted on 1 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

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 →

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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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The Singleton of Glen Ord 11yo, 2008-2019, 54.8% – Distillery Only / Highland Whisky Festival

Posted on 6 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I got this sample in Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar, which I only started drinking this week, and only got in between Christmas and New Year’s. As usual, late to the party… Anyway, my good friend JPH (aka Shrek) and I … Continue reading →

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Glen Ord 16, 48.4% – Douglas Laing’s Old Particular

Posted on 2 October 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Or, Old Perpendicular according to The Whisky Sponge. I tried to do some research into old and new perpendicularity, but I couldn’t find much differences. I had to give up at some point so there’s no actual result there. What … Continue reading →

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Glen Ord distillery

Posted on 4 July 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

In a way, we also visited Glen Ord distillery during our recent travels in Scotland. It was the closest to our cottage near Abriachan. I said ‘in a way’ since we didn’t really go inside as our wee daughter wasn’t … Continue reading →

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