Tag Archives: 2004

BTC #4 and #5: Ballechin and Glenfiddich

Posted on 11 December 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Yesterday I didn’t get around to a write up of the Blind Tasting Competition’s fourth sample, so today you’re in for a double whammy. As always with this kind of thing, there’s not much to talk about since we’re going … Continue reading →

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BTC 2016, sample 1: Tomatin 11, 60%, OB for the Usquebaugh Society

Posted on 7 December 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

During previous BTCs we (me and other participants) have discussed the difference between a whisky from a bottle and whisky that’s been sampled before. We don’t have a clue what causes it, and there might be several, but there is … Continue reading →

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Tomatin 2004-2016, 11yo, 60% – OB for the Usquebaugh Society

Posted on 5 November 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

As always our club bottled a cask of whisky earlier this year. 40 members gathered in Abcoude, near Amsterdam, to participate in a tasting hosted by Scott Adamson of Tomatin Distillery. He guided us through the tasting of four different … Continue reading →

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The sixth annual Blog Birthday Bash

Posted on 8 August 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This here blog has been around for six years already. The actual date was August third, but that passed rather eventless. However, last Saturday was the annual barbecue-and-booze celebration. I made the fairly predictable huge hunks of pork again, although … Continue reading →

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Port Charlotte 2004-2015 , 10yo, 50% – Caskplan

Posted on 2 February 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Caskplan is a Dutch collective of whisky fanatics that own some casks in Scotland. Obviously they plan to bottle those casks under their own label and have some awesome drinks available that they owned from the distillation date till the … Continue reading →

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Millstone Rye, 10yo, 58.6% – OB for The Whisky Exchange

Posted on 8 October 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A little while ago I organized a bottle share of this baby, after tasting some great samples of Zuidam Rye. I got enthused by this one from the moment they announced it at The Whisky Exchange, but I found the … Continue reading →

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Talisker 25 years old, 2004 bottling, 57.8%

Posted on 5 June 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Another rather awesome sample from a recent sample swap. It’s been at least a couple of years since I tried any 25 year old Talisker, and even longer since it was one of the older cask strength versions. A couple … Continue reading →

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Ledaig 2004-2014, 51.6% – Liquid Art (Pink Salmon label)

Posted on 10 April 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Right. A pink salmon, with insects for fins or so. Weird. Anyway, to get this out of the way: I don’t like Ledaig. It displays flavors that I don’t find interesting. It has a weird smokiness that is strangely clean, … Continue reading →

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