Tag Archives: 2017

The best of 2021, part deux

Posted on 11 January 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Apart from last week’s post on what whiskies were strictly the best according to my rating, there are two lists that I still want to get out there. The first is the ‘not best but very impressive otherwise’ whiskies, and … Continue reading →

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The Nordic Casks #1, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Posted on 19 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A little while ago, ‘The Nordic Casks’ were released by London bottler Berry Bros. & Rudd. The Nordic Casks is a set of four different whiskies from, you’d never guess, the Nordics. Single cask bottlings from a distillery in Norway, … Continue reading →

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Isle of Raasay 3, 2017+2018-2021, Batch R-01, 46.4%

Posted on 28 October 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I didn’t put the cask type in the title, since there has to be something left for the post itself too. This, apparently, is a mix of rye whisky and bordeaux casks, but there are also chinkapin oak casks in … Continue reading →

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Torabhaig Allt Gleann, 2017+2018, Bourbon casks, 46%

Posted on 26 October 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Torabhaig is the second distillery on Skye, after Talisker. As in, it’s not the second distillery ever, but it is currently. It’s been operational for a few years now and early this year the initial release came out, which I … Continue reading →

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Waterford Hook Head 1.1, 3yo, 50%

Posted on 14 July 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’ve not done the tally, but it feels like Waterford has released whisky from about 300 different farms in Ireland in the last year or so. I understand they’re going for terroir, and you need to be able to compare … Continue reading →

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Torabhaig 2017, The Legacy Series – The Inaugural Release, 46%

Posted on 9 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This has been a long awaited thing to happen. A new distillery on Skye! A few years ago when they started building the Torabhaig Distillery, they more or less instantly killed Talisker’s marketing engine of being the only distillery on … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone Limited Edition 2017 vs 2019, 50.5% (101 proof)

Posted on 29 September 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

In the first tasting by Whisky4All I participated in we tasted the 2019 bottling of Yellowstone’s Limited Editon. I instantly bought a bottle because of the enormous complexity and goodness it showed. Even before I wrote notes, or told the … Continue reading →

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