Tag Archives: Australia

2 Starwards from ‘private’ casks

Posted on 15 June 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Private between quotation marks because even though one of them is a real private cask, the other one is a bottling done for ‘The Netherlands’. While that is fairly limited in availability, it’s not really private. Anyway, Starward Distillery, from … Continue reading →

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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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Beenleigh 13, 2007-2021, Cask 38, 63.4% – The Duchess

Posted on 12 July 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Once upon a time in the east, about 150 years ago there were a couple of farmers who bought some land in Queensland, Australia. These two Englishmen wanted to build a cotton plantation, but they didn’t. It turned out creating … Continue reading →

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