Tag Archives: 2004

Bowmore 17, 2004-2021, 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 56.7% – SMWS (3.333 ‘Slowly Forgetting the 1980s)

Posted on 20 March 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Going back to a Bowmore I had quite a while ago during a wee online tasting that I’ve been doing regularly with JPH. We dubbed it our ‘quarterly advent’ since we found out we like doing those semi-blind things, but … Continue reading →

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Bowmore 17, 2004-2021, Refill Ex-Guyanese Rum Barrel, 56% – SMWS 3.326 (En Garde!)

Posted on 8 February 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Right. A French name on a Scottish whisky with a Guyanese rum finish, with that name coming from a sport that is said to originate from Egypt. Is SMWS trying to be more inclusive, because if that’s the case they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowmore | Tagged 2004, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, Islay, Rum Cask, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS | 1 Comment

Highland Park 14, 2005-2019, 1st Fill American Oak Sherry Puncheon 2390, 57.8% – OB for the Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 6 December 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

That is not the shortest title I’ve ever typed. But, keeping in mind that the SMWS is also a thing, it probably isn’t the longest either. Anyway, back in the day when whisky was allowed to be shipping conveniently from … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park | Tagged 2004, Fiddler's, HIghland Park, Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland, Islands, IWBOS, Jon Beach, Kirkwall, Orkney, Sherry Cask | Leave a comment

Dailuaine 14, 2004, 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead, 57.9% – SMWS (41.124, Weighty but Welcoming)

Posted on 20 October 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Yup, another one of those weirdly named SMWS bottlings. I got this one in auction little over a year ago, in the last throes of lockdown after lockdown. Based on the ratings on Whiskybase I think I used this one … Continue reading →

Posted in Dailuaine | Tagged 2004, Dailuaine, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Sherry Cask, SMWS, Speyside | Leave a comment

Secret Orkney 17, 2004-2022, Butt 13, 49.4% – WhiskyNerds

Posted on 7 August 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been a full month since my last post on here, but more on that later. Holidays happened in the meantime, and when I got back home there was a lovely little sample of this Highland Park whisky waiting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2004, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds | 3 Comments

The best of 2021

Posted on 7 January 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Apart from looking back, using hindsight to evaluate what happened on a more generic level, there was of course a lot of booze last year. In The Netherlands bottle-shops are in the same legal category as supermarkets and other foodstuff … Continue reading →

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Westport 12, 2004-2016, Sherry Butt 900053, 54.3% – Wilson & Morgan

Posted on 5 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This one has to start with a bit of clarity. Westport is a randomly chosen name used for certain blended malts. These blended malts are always (with a grain of salt, since there’s no definite certainty on it, due to … Continue reading →

Posted in - Blended Malt, Glenmorangie, Westport | Tagged 2004, Blended Malt, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Sherry Cask, Teaspooned, Westport, Wilson & Morgan | Leave a comment

Port Charlotte 14, 2004-2019, 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead, 53.4% – Dramfool for Feis Ile 2019

Posted on 30 August 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Peat and sherry always works. Almost always at least. And when a dram get vetted for use in Fiddler’s Advent Calendar, you know you’re in for a treat. A sample bottle this dark with a lovely whiff of briny smoke … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte | Tagged 2004, Advent Calendar, Bruichladdich, Dramfool, Feis Ile, Fiddler's, Islay, Jon Beach, Port Charlotte, Sherry Cask | 1 Comment

Ballechin 15, 2004-2019, Bourbon casks 74+76, 52% – The Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 9 March 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I tried this whisky on two different occasions. Once at Fiddler’s in 2019, and recently when it also popped out of the Advent Calendar I’ve been going on about for a while now. Ballechin, as some of you might know, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballechin, Edradour | Tagged 2004, Advent Calendar, Ballechin, Bourbon Cask, Edradour, Fiddler's, Highlands, Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland, Jon Beach, Pitlochry | Leave a comment

James Eadie bottlings, guided by Trademark X

Posted on 2 July 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Ages ago, a while before this entire Corona period started, a representative of the Dutch importer for James Eadie whiskies came by and gave me some samples for reviewing. We talked whisky a little bit, and got to the brand … Continue reading →

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