Tag Archives: Highland

A Highland Distillery 21, 2000-2022, Sherry Hogshead, 55.2% – Watt Whisky

Posted on 24 January 2024 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When traveling to Scotland in 2022, and staying on Arran we also made the obligatory trip to Campbeltown. While there we didn’t visit Springbank or Glen Scotia, but we did visit Watt Whisky. Back then we were the first to … Continue reading →

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Ruadh Maor 12, Bottled in 2023, 1st Bourbon Hogshead Finish, 56.4% – Dràm Mòr

Posted on 20 December 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Another name that is not a distillery. This time it’s Glenturret’s brand of peated single malts that are not released under their own name. It’s not something that Kenny and Viktorija came up with, some 30 other bottlers use the … Continue reading →

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Ardnamurchan 8, 2014-2022, Ex Bourbon Barrel CK.154, 59.5% – OB for The Netherlands

Posted on 16 November 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I really like that there are more and more bottlings done for The Netherlands. It seems we finally have gotten our space on the global whisky map! This Ardnamurchan is one of them that came out last year. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Arran 19, 1996-2015, 48.8% – Gleann Mór A Rare Find

Posted on 23 October 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Gleann Mór is one of those bottlers that are not available in The Netherlands, as far as I know. What put them on my radar quite a few years ago was that they bottled a Lagavulin. It’s virtually unheard of … Continue reading →

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Blair Ahtol 1991-2014, 46%, ‘Foraged Fruit Fool’ – Wemyss

Posted on 27 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The second Wemyss review this week, and the third will follow soon (of the new Bowmore called ‘The Rock Pool’). This Blair Athol comes in a period of about a year or so in which quite some independent Blair Athols … Continue reading →

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