Category Archives: Teaninich

Teaninich 20, 1999-2019, 49.7% – Michiel Wigman

Posted on 28 July 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This was the first bottling I got that was done by Michiel Wigman. Mr. Springbank, the embodiment of Dutch Whisky Connection, to me at least. To see a Teaninich bottled was something of a surprise, since it’s not a distillery … Continue reading →

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Teaninich 17yo, 58.3% – The Manager’s Dram

Posted on 31 January 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

In the past, Diageo sometimes let their distillery managers select a cask from the warehouse for a line of bottlings. The most recent exercise in this was the Manager’s Choice, which was a huge flop by any measure. Some of … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name? Double casking…

Posted on 23 December 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

My friend Tom van Engelen has written another one of his posts comparing whiskies that should never be compared. Does a name really influence your experience of a whisky? I am not well acquainted with all those Viking expressions from Highland … Continue reading →

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Blind Tasting Competition 14 – Teaninich 29yo, 1982-2012, 52.2% – Dewar Rattray

Posted on 20 December 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I should make some rectifications to what I said yesterday about the competition not being fun anymore. I discussed it with Ewald, who organizes most of it and came to the conclusion that it’s just the competing part that I … Continue reading →

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Teaninich 21, 1973-1994 – James MacArthur’s

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

In 1994 there was some celebration that whisky had been in existence for 500 years. It was of course nothing like the stuff we know and love today, but back in that day Friar John Cor was ordered to make … Continue reading →

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€ 1000 of whisky – Take 2

Posted on 10 February 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

On April 9th of last year I blogged about a tasting I went to in which we tasted 6 whiskies, mounting up to a little over a grand of booze. The idea by the organization/hosts was to have one last … Continue reading →

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