Category Archives: – Other Spirits
Cadenhead’s 42 year old Spirit, 38.4% – Campbeltown Malts Festival
So, a spirit. At 42 years old. Because it slipped below 40% and therefore cannot be called whisky. And yet, we’re reviewing it, since it’s not that often that we get things this old anymore. There is no information on … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Other Drinks, - Other Spirits
Tagged 1980, Blended, Cadenhead, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Spirit Drink
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Marquis de la Pomme 1957-2014, 42%
Over the last couple of years I’ve not been buying much non-whisky spirits. Of course there has been the occasional rum and a bottle of Mezcal, but other than that, things are few and far between. That doesn’t mean there … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Calvados, Marquis de la Pomme
Tagged 1957, Calvados, Marquis de la Pomme, Normandy
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Vallein Tercinier L’Attente Lot 52, 70yo, 1952-2022, Cognac Grande Champagne, 43.9% – Jack Tar & Lux Coin
With collectors being collectors, and some collector diversifying into different collections, it’s not too surprising that a bottler of collectable and rare spirits pairs with a creator of rare and collectable coins. The difference is mainly that the rare spirits … Continue reading
Posted in - Cognac, - Other Spirits, Vallein Tercinier
Tagged 1952, Chermignac Series, Cognac, Grande Champagne, Jack Tar, Lux Coin, Vallein Tercinier
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2x Boomsma Single Cask Genevers, by King Cask
Normally, Boomsma keeps all their spirit to themselves for bottling. However, Joris Dam, the man behind Dam Dranken and King Cask managed to get hold of several casks and has been bottling them recently. The first ever independent bottlings from … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Boomsma
Tagged Boomsma, Bourbon Cask, Dam Dranken, Genever, Jenever, King cask, Wine cask
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3x Hooghoudt Genevers
I think it was last year that Hooghoudt revamped their entire line of products. An entire series was made available with all kinds of cask maturations and a widely varying age range. Of this range, I got to try three … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, Hooghoudt
Tagged Drinks & Gifts, Genever, Groningen, Hooghoudt, Jenever, Sherry Cask
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Rutte Cask Strength Genever, made for Michiel Wigman
A little while ago Michiel Wigman sent over a couple of samples of his latest bottlings, and in that package were these two samples of Dutch Genever. Myriam Hendrickx, the distillery manager at Rutte Distillery created these two different Genevers … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Drinks, - Other Spirits, Rutte
Tagged Dordrecht, Dutch Whisky Connection, Genever, Michiel Wigman, Myriam Hendrickx, Rutte
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French Brandy 28, 1993-2022, 47% – Michiel Wiman, Precious Moments
The Precious Moments series is one of many series that Michiel Wigman has running at the moment. At least, if some things turn out to be series. Anyway, ‘Precious Moments’ is and after last year’s (yet to be reviewed) Caroni, … Continue reading
Posted in - Cognac, - Other Spirits
Tagged 1993, Brandy, Cognac, Dutch Whisky Connection, France, Hans Dillesse, Michiel Wigman, Precious Moments
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2 Brand New Cognacs: KIRSCH
Last week there was an unexpected delivery of some Cognacs. A personalized letter came with it, but no sender was stated. I had to do a tiny bit of digging in my ‘network’ to find out it came from Kirsch … Continue reading
Posted in - Cognac, - Other Spirits
Tagged 1941, 1943, 2006, Bon Bois, Cognac, Domaine Jean-Luc Pasquet, Grande Champagne, Kirsch Import, Organic, Vallein Tercinier
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Three Gins from Saint George Spirits
I should post this tomorrow, since it would be ten years to the day since I got myself these three little gins. But I won’t. So, ALMOST a decade ago I was vacationing in the USA and we decided to … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, St. George (USA)
Tagged Alameda, Botanivore, California, Dry Rye, Gin, St. George Spirits, Terroir, USA
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Malt Fascination 