Category Archives: Mortlach

Hielander Whisky Festival 2024

Posted on 12 February 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Today’s post is going to be a quick photo dump of last Saturday’s afternoon session at the Hielander Whisky Festival. Last year we skipped it due to a family weekend in the Ardennes, but this year we went back to … Continue reading →

Posted in - Festival, - Grain Whisky, Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Ballechin, Ballindalloch, BenRiach, Benrinnes, Bladnoch, Blair Athol, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Craigellachie, Dailuaine, Edradour, Glenrothes, Invergordon, Linkwood, Longmorn, Longrow, Macallan, Macduff, Mannochmore, Mortlach, Old Pulteney, Royal Brackla, Strathmill | Tagged Alkmaar, Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Ballindalloch, BenRiach, Benrinnes, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead, Campbeltown, Cask Noir, Craigellachie, Dailuaine, Dram Mor, Dramfool, Finn Thomson, Grain Whisky, Hielander, Hielander Whisky Festival, Highlands, Ichiro's Malt, Invergordon, Islay, Islay House, Le Gus't, Linkwood, Longmorn, Longrow, Lowlands, Maltbarn, Mannochmore, Michiel Wigman, Mortlach, Old Pulteney, Scott's Selection, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Strathmill, The Maltman, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, The Single Cask, The Warehouse Collection, TnT Casks, Ultimate, Wine cask | Leave a comment

Mortlach 7, 2016-2023, PX Matured, 54.7% – The Duchess

Posted on 23 January 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Why is this one not available anywhere, you say? That is mostly because this is not out yet, much like last week’s BenRiach. It’s going to be out 9 February, but even then you’ll be hard pressed to find this … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged 2016, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Dufftown, Hans Dillesse, Mortlach, Pedro Ximénez, Sherry Cask, Speyside, The Duchess | 1 Comment

Compass Box Menagerie, 46%

Posted on 20 December 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been ages since I last tried a Compass Box whisky. Or at least, since I last reviewed one. There was the Transistor, which I did with Punk IPA next to it in February, but before that it was 2018. … Continue reading →

Posted in - Blended Malt, Compass Box, Deanston, Glen Elgin, Laphroaig, Mortlach | Tagged Blended Malt, Compass Box, Deanston, Glen Elgin, Highlands, Islay, Laphroaig, Menagerie, Mortlach, Speyside | Leave a comment

Mortlach 1978-1998, 20yo, 62.2% – Rare Malts Selection

Posted on 31 March 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

By now the Rare Malts Selection is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. It’s not even that all of them are stellar whiskies, but enough of them are to lift up the entire series. And when they are stellar, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged 1978, Advent Calendar, Diageo, Dufftown, Fiddler's, Jon Beach, Mortlach, Rare Malts, Speyside | 2 Comments

Mortlach ‘Sherry Beast’, Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, 61.5% – Cooper’s Choice

Posted on 2 January 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When things are announced as a ‘sherry beast’ you can generally tell they’re going to sell well. When they are also a Mortlach, you can bet they’re going to sell even faster. But honestly, when something is a sherry beast, … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged Cooper's Choice, Dufftown, Mortlach, Sherry Cask, Speyside | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Craigellachie, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Glenburgie, Inchgower, Mortlach | Tagged 1997, 2010, Bourbon Cask, Carn Mor, Craigellachie, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Glenburgie, Gordon & MacPhail, Inchgower, Mortlach, Port Cask, Sherry Cask, Signatory, Whiskykoning, Wine cask | 1 Comment

Mortlach 26yo, 1988-2015, 56.1% – Cadenhead

Posted on 28 December 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Since I’ve been going through heaps of samples over the last year to diminish that collection at home, I’ve encountered lots of stuff I forgot I had. There even was a sample of Brora and a Port Ellen in there. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged 1988, Authentic Collection, Cadenhead, Mortlach, Sherry Cask, Speyside | Leave a comment

Mortlach 1993-2018, 56.1% – Adelphi

Posted on 16 March 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been both a slow and a busy week here. Not many posts in the last week or so, mostly because I’ve been quite busy, or so tired from being busy that blogging was far from the first time on … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged 1993, Adelphi, Dufftown, Mortlach, Speyside, Whisky Shop Dufftown | Leave a comment

Whiskies of the year: Runners up

Posted on 29 December 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I published the post with my whisky of the year last Monday. Generally I do the runners up first, or all in one post or so, but in this case it was a brand new whisky that I had not … Continue reading →

Posted in Ardbeg, Benrinnes, Glenglassaugh, Glenlochy, Highland Park, Inchmurrin, Mortlach, Springbank, Undisclosed | Tagged 1954, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2003, Adelphi, Archives, Benrinnes, Bourbon Cask, Cadenhead, Campbeltown, Cask Ends, Feis Ile, Glenlochy, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Lagavulin, Mortlach, Orkney, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Springbank, The Bottlers, The Duchess, Trias Usquebaugh, WhiskyNerds | Leave a comment

Mortlach 1954-2012, 58yo,43% – Gordon & MacPhail’s Rare Old

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Well, rare and old this one surely is! A 58 year old Mortlach! I still can’t really wrap my head around me getting this from Gordon & MacPhail. This one was also delayed quite a bit in reviewing, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Mortlach | Tagged 1958, Diageo, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, Mortlach, Rare Old, Sherry Cask, Speyside | 3 Comments