Category Archives: Willett

Willett XCF 1.0, Curacao Casks, 51.7%

Posted on 18 April 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Whisk(e)y is a rather static product. At the moment the marketing departments of every distillery keep blabbering on about innovation, but in the end, there is none. They do the same thing they did a hundred years ago, but by … Continue reading →

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Willett 2yo, Small Batch, 55.9%

Posted on 3 April 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

There’s two main distinctions with the Willett whiskeys: The stuff they distilled, and the stuff the bought and blended. The older ones are all bought casks from other distilleries, and these ‘Family Estate Small Batch Rye’ are from casks they … Continue reading →

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Willett 8yo, Cask 1408, 58.8%

Posted on 23 March 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Willett is one of those American whiskey projects that blends products from elsewhere while they build their distillery. The big difference is that Willett has been around for ages and gathered lots of fame with their very old rye whiskeys … Continue reading →

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The samples

Posted on 7 January 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, I tallied the samples I’ve got lying and I got to 110 samples of whisky. That’s specific because there’s eight more samples of new make and thirty samples of assorted booze. I already finished three of them over the … Continue reading →

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Willett, Family Estate Bottled Single Barrel Rye, cask 124, 58.7%

Posted on 10 February 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I have no idea why exactly, but I really love Willett. They used to release heaps of old rye whiskies, but those stocks seem to have depleted. Since a couple of years they’ve been distilling their own whiskey. Before that … Continue reading →

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