Category Archives: – Rum

Foursquare 13yo, 2005-2018, 59% – The Duchess for Whisky & Rum aan Zee

Posted on 19 November 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This Whisky & Rum aan Zee festival is actually pretty close to where I live. If I’m not mistaken my local bottle shop even rents a bus to drive her customers there for a tenner (if that’s still the case). … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum, Foursquare | Tagged 2005, Barbados, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Foursqare, Free Sample, Rum, The Duchess, Whisky & Rum aan Zee | Leave a comment

Caroni 20yo, 1998-2018, 64.6% – The Duchess

Posted on 20 April 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The guys at The Duchess seem to be on the rum train! I talked to Nils about this and he told this was mostly due to availability. The whisky market is booming and therefore caskes are scarce. With rum this … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum, Caroni | Tagged 1998, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Caroni, Free Sample, The Duchess, Trinidad | Leave a comment

Travellers Distillery 10yo, Belize, 66.6% – The Duchess Rum

Posted on 27 February 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

My whisky buddy Nils keeps releasing some nice casks of high end, and in this case high ABV, booze. Well, actually, Best of Wines in Bussum is, but he is more or less in charge of the spirits there. This … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum | Tagged 2007, Belize, Best of Wines, Free Sample, Rum, The Duchess, Travellers Distillery | Leave a comment

Two new releases from The Duchess

Posted on 9 October 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Since Best of Wines in Bussum, The Netherlands, has been bottling whisky, they’ve not released a lot. As far as I know there have been only three bottlings prior to these. Three are in their Shieldmaidens range, and one was … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum, Glenrothes | Tagged 1996, 1998, Bellevue, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bourbon Cask, Glenrothes, Guadeloupe, Rum, Shieldmaidens, Speyside, The Duchess | Leave a comment

A rum bottle share

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A little while ago I decided I wanted to do a rum bottle share. I kept reading about rums on Whiskyfun’s Malternative Sundays and wanted to get some more ‘knowledge’ about these Caribbean spirits too. I rounded up a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum | Tagged Barbados, Barbancourt, Bottle Share, Bristol, Caroni, Compagnie des Indes, Cuba, Diamond, Foursquare, Guyana, Haiti, Kill Devil, Plantation, Rum, Sancti Spiritus, St. Lucia, Ultimatum | 4 Comments

Master of Malt’s Dramcrackers

Posted on 29 November 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last week I received a package from Master of Malt with their dramcrackers inside. Pretty cool, right? I’m not sure what to do with it though. Generally, when shops or bottlers send me booze they want a review of it … Continue reading →

Posted in - American Whiskey, - Other Distilleries, - Other Spirits, - Rum, Arran, Smooth Ambler | Tagged Arran, Bathtub Gin, Bourbon, Brandy, Free Sample, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Old Scout, Professor Cornelius Ampleforth, Rum, Rumbullion, Sloe Gin, Smooth Ambler, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, Whiskey, Whisky | Leave a comment