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Smith’s Glenlivet 1974, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail’s Rare Vintage

Posted on 31 March 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Glenlivet doesn’t pop up all that often in independent bottlings. Also is it not quite on the radar of the usual suspects I taste whisky with. The result of that is, of course, that I don’t try many Glenlivets. This … Continue reading →

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Ardmore 1996-2013, 43% – Gordon & MacPhail

Posted on 30 March 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Another one from the ‘The Wood makes the Whisky’ campaign. It’s bottled under G&M’s retro label series, in which they bottle whiskies with labels used by the distilleries decades ago. A 16 year old Ardmore (or maybe 17, that’s not … Continue reading →

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Speyburn 1991, 46% – Gordon & MacPhail

Posted on 29 March 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Upon launching their ‘The Wood makes the Whisky‘ campaign, Gordon & MacPhail have sent out quite a few samples to bloggers around, well, Europe I guess. In the past I’ve reviewed a couple of them, but it was about damn … Continue reading →

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Benromach 2006-2015, 61.8% – Handfilled at the Distillery

Posted on 24 March 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When I was at the distillery in November last year, there was a bourbon cask available for hand filling. This is not that cask. This is the (comparable) cask available at the distillery at the beginning of 2015. The handfilled … Continue reading →

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Benromach 35, 43%

Posted on 15 February 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Little over a week ago I got a nice, but empty envelope from G&M in Elgin. The only thing in there was a description of how nice it would be to taste the new 35 year old Benromach. I expected a … Continue reading →

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Two new youngsters from Gordon & MacPhail: Glenrothes 8yo (MacPhail’s Collection) and Macallan 2006 Speymalt

Posted on 28 January 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Last week a sort-of surprise package arrived from Elgin containing two wee samples of Glenrothes and Macallan. Both quite young at eight and nine years old. I was quite lucky there was anything in the package at all, since the … Continue reading →

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The Best Whiskies of 2015

Posted on 30 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, I had written a lengthy post about selecting the best whiskies of 2015, and how that process works for me. There was a table with my favorite two whiskies per month, and how I narrowed that list down to … Continue reading →

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Glen Grant 1950-2015, 65yo, 59.3% – Gordon & MacPhail for Wealth Solutions

Posted on 26 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’m not sure if you realized it while skimming the title of this post, but we’re talking about a 65 year old whisky that’s been bottled at 59.3%. That means, according to general practice in Scotland and the press release, … Continue reading →

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Benromach Distillery

Posted on 27 November 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Right on the heels of a far longer tasting at Balvenie than we expected we had to go back north to Benromach. It was an hours drive, and we had an hour. And we still needed to grab lunch. Right … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 1997-2008, 10yo, Cask 5820, 57.6% – Gordon & MacPhail Reserve

Posted on 14 September 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When this bottling came out in 2008, it happened to be around early autumn when the Whisky by the Sea festival was held in Vlissingen. I was there with my friend TT and we ended up talking to Michiel Wigman … Continue reading →

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