Category Archives: – News and Announcements

A lot of new bottle shares, and some old ones

Posted on 12 April 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A few months ago I wrote a short overview of bottle-shares that were still available then. Most of those have sold now except the Willett one. Can’t really blame people for not knowing this rather awesome distillery. What also doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Glen Grant 1954-2012, 40%

Posted on 14 January 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A couple of months ago when I was planning on visiting Gordon & MacPhail in Elgin I got an email whether or not I was interested in them sending me samples. By now, a lot of other bloggers have already … Continue reading →

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Too many open bottles, part 2

Posted on 31 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Exactly one year after last year’s post on having too many open bottles, I am planning to do exactly that once more. I still have too many open bottles. Last year at December 30th I set myself a target to … Continue reading →

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Blind Tasting Competition day 16: Inchmurrin 1974, 47% – Cadenhead’s Cask Ends

Posted on 22 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

At the moment of writing I’ve just finished today’s dram (by now, yesterday’s) and have no idea what it is yet. I just want to get the boring bit of the blogpost (the tasting notes) out of the way so … Continue reading →

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A couple of days in the promised land

Posted on 22 November 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I just returned from a couple of days in Scotland with some of my best friends. And by ‘just’ I mean that our plane landed not three hours ago. The misses and the kids are still on their way home … Continue reading →

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The season is upon us!

Posted on 14 November 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

With the holiday season getting some traction, you can’t really avoid the new releases and special products anymore. While the rest of the planet is gearing up for Christmas, we (the Dutch and Flemish) still have Sinterklaas coming first. While … Continue reading →

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Beer up!

Posted on 9 November 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’ve not blogged on Friday and today is going to be a weird one too. My internet at home is down for some reason and I’ve been away for the weekend. Writing reviews on my phone is not something I … Continue reading →

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A bit of a quiet spell…

Posted on 14 July 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, the last two weeks I was on holiday. I spent a fortnight in France mostly drinking cider. The blog posts that popped up then were pre-written before I left. Now I’ve been back for a couple of days and … Continue reading →

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Age vs. NAS round 3: Glenlivet 12 vs Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve

Posted on 1 July 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

We’re already halfway through the Big Blind Tasting as Oliver Klimek has dubbed this experiment. At first I was very enthusiastic about joining it, but when the samples arrived I couldn’t really get myself to try them. Mostly because I … Continue reading →

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Usquebaugh Society 25th Anniversary bottling

Posted on 2 June 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This is an announcement for a big-ass bottle share. The club I’m in, the Usquebaugh Society, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. To commemorate such a joyous occasion we have bottled a single cask Glen Garioch 25 years old, … Continue reading →

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