Tag Archives: Guest Post

Guest post: Strathean 3, 2016-2019, Single Malt Batch 1, 46.6%

Posted on 29 April 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

If I had known Ruben was going to publish his tasting notes to the first batch of Strathearn, I would not have sat on Tom’s notes on the same whisky one day too long. In short, it would have been … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Taking a swing at the Laggan Mill (with Offerman)

Posted on 22 April 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When cleaning out some ‘flagged’ emails from my mailbox I realized I still have some unpublished stuff from Tom van Engelen, waiting for release on this wee blog. So, this time (or actually, last summer) Tom wrote some stuff about … Continue reading →

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Guest post: 1980s Springbank, a rare treat

Posted on 23 March 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Once more, Tom van Engelen shares his take on things going on in his world of whisky. This time around he reviews a sample he got his hands on, of a Springbank bottling from yonder year. The 1980s were hard times … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Dalmunach Fun by Cooper’s Choice

Posted on 20 January 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Once more, Tom writes a guest post on some recent discoveries he did. In this case, something truly new: Dalmunach whisky! Dalmunach was erected on the site of the much beloved yet quite unknown Imperial Distillery. As a whiskynerd interested … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Lagavulin with Port Ellen influences

Posted on 20 October 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Tom climbs his pen once again to write down his thoughts on the new Lagavulin 12 years old. An annual highlight in the world of special releases. A highlight in the year is always the Special Releases announcement of Diageo. … Continue reading →

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Lagavulin: King of Islay… and Feis Ile 2020

Posted on 1 July 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

And for the second day in a row, Tom reviews a Feis Ile 2020 whisky. This time it’s the Lagavulin. A 20 year whisky at a significantly lower price than the 21 year old single casks that were released through … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Caol Ila Feis Ile 2020 edition brings the festival on your doorstep

Posted on 30 June 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Tom picked up his pen once more to supply us with a review to a rather interesting whisky. Reviewed within a day of arriving at his doorstep, and one of the first reviews of this whisky online, if our Google … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Battling Feis Ile love-sickness with Kilchoman

Posted on 2 June 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A guestpost:

Reminiscing about Feis Ile not happening. by Tom van Engelen! Continue reading →

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Guest post: The Battle of the Benrinnes (1979 vs 2000)

Posted on 18 May 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been some time, but I’ve got another guest-post lined up for you! My friend Tom van Engelen wrote about his experience comparing two Benrinnes to each other. Their distillation date is more than two decades apart so there should … Continue reading →

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Berry Brothers and Rudd’s Sherry Cask

Posted on 27 October 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Yet again, Tom van Engelen climbs his pen, as we say in The Netherlands. This time he tries a sherry cask from Berry’s and a 1968 Glen Garioch. Talk about old whisky… A sherry cask matured whisky can be a … Continue reading →

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