Tag Archives: Dutch whisky
2x Wagging Finger 2019, both for KCWS
KCWS stands for King’s Court Whisky Society, although based on the label of these bottles, they abbreviate it to KWCS instead. It’s a whisky club located in Haarlem, The Netherlands and it has been around for quite a while. I … Continue reading
Millstone 7, 2016-2023, First Fill Oloroso Hogshead 2636, 53% – Dràm Mòr
As I found out a couple of days ago, a sample of this was underway to me from Dràm Mòr. Apparently either Dutch or British Royal Mail decided that somewhere between 5 to 6 weeks was the right amount of … Continue reading
Millstone 6, Batch 1, 48.9% – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
My local bottle-shop found a bunch of these in the store room and I picked one up. There’s no more story to it than this. Luckily, this one is from the period after TBWC cleaned up their bottling line so … Continue reading
Millstone 8, 49.5% – OB for Liquid Gold
Talking about random samples from the shelf! This one, of an eight year old Millstone had been on my shelf for years, and it was released years before that. On Whiskybase it was added in 2010, but there’s no telling … Continue reading
Wagging Finger ‘Gileanne’ 3, 2019-2022, 60.1% – BYOB-C
The very first ever release of Wagging Finger Whisky! The Dutch distillery, run in Deventer by Erik Molenaar has been around for a few years and started out by making gin. A couple of years ago whisky was added to … Continue reading
The Winter Queen, 9yo, 52.7% – Fusion Whisky
The blending of whiskies from different countries is nothing new. Ages ago this was done with American and Irish whiskeys, and in more recent years Bruichladdich mixed their product with some Irish whiskey as well. Now, under the flag of … Continue reading
Millstone 2013-2016, Peated PX Cask, 56.6% – OB for Whisky in Leiden
Whisky in Leiden is the annual whisky festival hosted by Whiskysite.nl, or De Druiventuin, or whatever their exact name is. They’re an awesome and vast whisky shop in, you guessed it, Leiden. Ever since Whisky Live NL moved back to … Continue reading
Zuidam Millstone 2009, 7yo, Rye, 52.7% – OB for The Whisky Exchange
The Whisky Exchange have a knack for finding some good casks in distilleries that aren’t that common to find in shops like The Whisky Exchange. They seem to have a preference for Zuidam’s Millstone too, since this is already the … Continue reading