Category Archives: Inchgower

Fable, a second batch

Posted on 18 August 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Some time ago, a new bottler showed up in shops without much fanfare. At least, it went quite unnoticed until the Mannochmore was rated with 90 points on Whiskyfun. Suddenly, things looked up and I went looking for a bottle. … Continue reading →

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Inchgower 20, 2000-2020, Sherry Cask, 50.7% – Maltbarn

Posted on 25 October 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Maltbarn is a bit of a blind-spot for me, in regards to bottlers. I know they are often well received, and are at the top end of what money buys in regards to value for money, if I’m not mistaken. … Continue reading →

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Watt Whisky, the second wave

Posted on 13 January 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’ve not really kept track of it, but as far as I am aware, the following five whiskies were the second batch of bottlings that were made available recently. An easy check of their website says the following whiskies are … Continue reading →

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De Whiskykoning’s Summer Whisky Tasting, 2020 edition

Posted on 24 July 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Rob Stevens, proprietor of Whiskyslijterij De Koning hosts four seasonally themed tastings each year. As in, there are four themes, but there are way more tastings. He can only fit 11 people in his tasting room, so there’s three tastings … Continue reading →

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Inchgower 1985-2005, 20yo, 60.8% – Usquebaugh Society

Posted on 22 February 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A few years ago when I was still a member of the Usquebaugh Society, a few of the older club bottlings popped up at some whisky shops in The Netherlands. There was a Clynelish, I believe a Caol Ila (which … Continue reading →

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Inchgower 1982-2011, 29yo, 54.6% – Duncan Taylor

Posted on 15 August 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Ah, Inchgower 1982. A whisky that got popular because a lot of it tastes like Clynelish from the same era. At least, in my circles that’s what it’s famous for. It is also why I bought this bottle a year … Continue reading →

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Cadenhead’s bottle-share

Posted on 21 January 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Towards the end of last October I did yet another ‘last’ bottle share of the year. The last one because I had been stressing my wallet, and everyone else’s in my sharing group. Of course, that wasn’t true and I … Continue reading →

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The samples

Posted on 7 January 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, I tallied the samples I’ve got lying and I got to 110 samples of whisky. That’s specific because there’s eight more samples of new make and thirty samples of assorted booze. I already finished three of them over the … Continue reading →

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Inchgower 1982, 29yo, 53.9% – Whiskybroker.co.uk

Posted on 1 September 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Sometimes I find a whisky with a certain profile that I find very hard to define, but oh so delicious. It happened with an Inchgower 1982 from Duncan Taylor. It also happened with a 1982 Clynelish I had during the BTC … Continue reading →

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Inchgower 1994-2007, 13yo, 58.9%, The Manager’s Dram

Posted on 27 August 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

During my last Blog Birthday Bash buddy TT left me a sample of this. Contrary to what usually happens (I’m trying to improve this, it’s going better) it didn’t disappear in my nigh-infinite sample stash but I drank it soon. … Continue reading →

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