Tag Archives: Ireland

Connemara 1992-2006, K92/33 4109, 46%

Posted on 2 January 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A few years ago when I was having dinner at Scottish Restaurant Hielander we got an Irish single cask Connemara whiskey with our main course. If I remember correctly it was a grilled duckbreast, but I don’t know anything about … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Connemara, Cooley | Tagged 1992, Connemara, Cooley, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Single Cask | Leave a comment

Irish Single Malt, 1988-2015, 26yo, 50.7% – The Perfect Dram

Posted on 25 November 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The Perfect Dram is a quite presumptiously named brand from The Whisky Agency. The experience is that it’s not necessarily untrue since they use some of their best casks, and The Whisky Agency itself is already a cracking bottler. This … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Undisclosed | Tagged 1988, Cask Strength, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, The Perfect Dram, The Whisky Agency, Undisclosed Distillery | Leave a comment

Irish Single Malt Whiskey, 2002-2015, 13yo, 51.8% – Creative Whisky Company

Posted on 22 February 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This Irish whiskey came out last year in spring and it was released on the back of a lot of ridiculously popular bottlings from other independent parties. Those whiskeys were more expensive and often twice as old as this one, … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Undisclosed | Tagged 2002, Cask Strength, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Ireland, Irish Whiskey | Leave a comment

Wrapping up the Advent Calendar from Drinks by the Dram

Posted on 8 January 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

So, I stared well with that Advent Calendar blogging. Then the Blind Tasting Competition started and that took over. I tried blogging twice per day but that was just too time consuming. Catching up with a massive blog post and … Continue reading →

Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Grain Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, Dalwhinnie, Glenfiddich, Invergordon, Jura, Teeling | Tagged 1964, Advent Calendar, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Drinks by the Dram, Elixir, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Grain Whisky, Highlands, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islands, Isle of Jura, Jura, Master of Malt, Speyside, Teeling, William Grant & Sons, Winter's Gold, Xtra Old Particular | Leave a comment

Advent Calendar Day 9: Tullamore D.E.W. 12, 40%

Posted on 9 December 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

On the ninth day of Christmas Master of Malt brought us to Ireland. Tullmore D.E.W. (D.E.W stands for Daniel E. Williams, the original creator of the brand) is currently produced by William Grant & Sons, and while they wait for … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Tullamore DEW | Tagged Advent Calendar, Drinks by the Dram, Free Sample, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Master of Malt, Tullamore DEW, William Grant & Sons | Leave a comment

Ireland 1991-2015, 23yo, 54.9% – The Nectar of the Daily Dram

Posted on 9 October 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

For little over a year now Irish whiskey’s have become vastly more popular than they were for years. At least, to malt whisky fanatics that is. Irish whiskey has always had its fair share of fans for Jameson, Redbreast and … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey | Tagged 1991, Bushmills, Cooley, Daily Dram, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Northern Ireland, The Nectar of the Daily Drams | Leave a comment

Hyde 10 years old Single Malt, President’s Cask, 46%

Posted on 29 July 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Hyde Irish Whiskey is a new brand of Irish Single Malt. As you might guess from the fact that they start their company with a 10 year old single malt, they’ve not distilled this product but bought it. The whiskey … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Hyde Whiskey | Tagged Free Sample, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde Whiskey, Ireland, Sherry Cask, Undisclosed Distillery, West Cork | 1 Comment

Photo bombing: The Usquebaugh Society’s 25th Anniversary party

Posted on 15 June 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I generally only take pictures of the drams I’m having, and yesterday afternoon was no exception. The pictures and impressions of the event itself are on Facebook in a lot of different posts by a lot of different people. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Blended Whisky, - Irish Whiskey, - Japanese Whisky, Ben Nevis, Bladnoch, Bowmore, Cooley, Four Roses, Glen Grant, Highland Park, Iwai, Mars Komagatake, Mortlach, Tomatin | Tagged Archives, Ben Nevis, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Blended Japanese Whisky, Blended Malt, Blended Whisky, Bourbon, Bowmore, Connemara, Cooley, Cutty Sark, Distillery Only, Fettercairn, Four Roses, Glen Grant, Glencoe, Glenfarclas, Glenrothes, HIghland Park, Highlands, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islands, Islay, Iwai, Kentucky, Long John, Lowlands, Mars, Mars Komagatake, Michel Kappen, Moor, Mortlach, Orkney, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Signatory, Single Barrel, Single Cask, SMWS, Speyside, Tamdhu, Tomatin, Whiskybase | 1 Comment

The Usquebaugh Society’s 24th birthday – part 2

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The rest of the birthday party for the Usquebaugh Society continued in much the same way. Epic whiskies were tasted, dumb jokes were being made (something about booze, and 30 good guys in one room), and tasting notes were scribbled … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Brora, Port Ellen, Tomatin, Undisclosed | Tagged Adelphi, Brora, Clynelish, Douglas Laing, Getränke Weiser, Highlands, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Limerick, Northern Ireland, Port Ellen, Rare Malts, Speyside, The Whisky Shop, Tomatin, Usquebaugh Society, Whisky tasting | Leave a comment

Redbreast 12, 40%

Posted on 29 July 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Another standard bottling from my own collection. I’m not entirely sure when I bought this, but I think the excuse was that we just moved in to our new house. New is a relative term in this, because it was … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Redbreast | Tagged Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Midleton, Redbreast | Leave a comment