Tag Archives: Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

The best of 2021

Posted on 7 January 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Apart from looking back, using hindsight to evaluate what happened on a more generic level, there was of course a lot of booze last year. In The Netherlands bottle-shops are in the same legal category as supermarkets and other foodstuff … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 15, 2003-2018, 1st Fill European Oak Puncheon 1306, 58.1% – OB for the Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 8 September 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Longest. Title. Ever. Anyway, this sherry’d Highland Park sits in my collection, waiting for a moment to be opened. When at Maltstock in 2018, it was used in a tasting by Jon Beach and Tatsuya Minagawa in their ‘Japan vs … Continue reading →

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Ballechin 15, 2004-2019, Bourbon casks 74+76, 52% – The Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 9 March 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I tried this whisky on two different occasions. Once at Fiddler’s in 2019, and recently when it also popped out of the Advent Calendar I’ve been going on about for a while now. Ballechin, as some of you might know, … Continue reading →

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Arran 22, 1996-2019, Sherry Hogshead 624, 54.5% – OB for Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 11 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A second whisky from the advent calendar from Fiddler’s in Drumnadrochit. So far I’ve reviewed only one, but tried the first nine drams and if there is going to be a calendar this year, I’m getting it. The whisky’s are … Continue reading →

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Glenfarclas 21, 47.9% – OB for the Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland

Posted on 24 October 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

… And as far as my experience with those bars goes, that means Fiddlers’ in Drumnadrochit. I bought this last June when I was there with one of my best friends, JPH. We spent the night there, while drinking too … Continue reading →

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