Tag Archives: Islands

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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Breath of the Isles 14, 1993-2007, Refill Hogshead 3746, 57% – Adelphi

Posted on 13 December 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Of course, this is an undisclosed single malt whisky. Adelphi has (or used to have) a slew of them in the ‘Breath of…’ series. Islay, Speyside, the Highlands. The only two regions not covered are the Lowlands and Campbeltown, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Talisker, Undisclosed | Tagged 1993, Adelphi, Breath of the Isles, Islands, Skye, Talisker | Leave a comment

Best of Wines’ Blind Tasting Competition #4

Posted on 2 December 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The last leg of the Blind Tasting Competition, or maybe the last tripod, since there’s another three reviews below. In this batch there are two bottlings I had before, but only one of them I recognized. That made up for … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Kilchoman, Loch Lomond, Old Rhosdhu | Tagged 1990, 2007, 2008, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Kilchoman, Loch Lomond, Max & Julia, Old Rhosdhu, Orkney, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds, Wu Dram Clan | Leave a comment

A Fine Christmas Malt 2021, 16, 53.2% – The Whisky Exchange

Posted on 17 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s become an annual thing for The Whisky Exchange to release special bottlings for some holidays, or things that are seen as holidays. There’s the Christmas malt, and for Black Friday there’s been a release too, for the last couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park | Tagged A Fine Christmas Malt, Christmas Malt, HIghland Park, Highlands, Islands, The Whisky Exchange | 3 Comments

Arran 15, 2005-2021, Bourbon Barrel 800411, 55.2% – 12 Barrels

Posted on 15 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

12 Barrels, as said in previous posts, is not really a bottler. It’s a group of friends who’ve decided to buy some casks of whisky (12, by my guess…) and bottle that for themselves. Of course, you end up with … Continue reading →

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Isle of Raasay 3, 2017+2018-2021, Batch R-01, 46.4%

Posted on 28 October 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I didn’t put the cask type in the title, since there has to be something left for the post itself too. This, apparently, is a mix of rye whisky and bordeaux casks, but there are also chinkapin oak casks in … Continue reading →

Posted in Raasay | Tagged 2017, 2018, Chinkapin cask, Islands, Isle of Raasay, Raasay, Rye whisky cask, Wine cask | Leave a comment

Torabhaig Allt Gleann, 2017+2018, Bourbon casks, 46%

Posted on 26 October 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Torabhaig is the second distillery on Skye, after Talisker. As in, it’s not the second distillery ever, but it is currently. It’s been operational for a few years now and early this year the initial release came out, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Torabhaig | Tagged 2017, 2018, Allt Gleann, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Skye, Skye, The Legacy Series, Torabhaig | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Highland Park | Tagged Advent Calendar, Fiddler's, HIghland Park, Independent Whisky Bars of Scotland, Islands, Jon Beach, Orkney, Sherry Cask | 1 Comment

An Orkney Distillery 21, 1998-2020, Hogshead 10, 52.6% – Archives

Posted on 13 July 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This secret Highland Park at a very decent age was bottled last year by the guys at Whiskybase. I even drove there to pick it up, if I recall correctly, which also happened to be the first time I ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 1998, Archives, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Undisclosed Distillery, Whiskybase | Leave a comment

Orkney Island 2005-2020, 14yo, 59.7% – Berry Bros & Rudd for Whiskybase

Posted on 23 February 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Of course this is Highland Park. All of the ‘undisclosed’ Orkney whiskies are Highland Park. This one was released sometime during the end of last year and I scored a bottle for bottle-sharing. I ended up with some 10cl for … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2005, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Undisclosed Distillery, Whiskybase | Leave a comment