Tag Archives: Kentucky Bourbon Distillers

Vintage Bourbon 25, 1976-2001, 43%

Posted on 12 May 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Old Bourbon is not a common thing anymore. At least, not until you start shelling out thousands of bucks on a bottle. The same goes for Scotch, but to a slightly lesser degree. So when Nils sent me a sample … Continue reading →

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Pure Kentucky 17, 1983-2000, Batch 00-70, 53.5%

Posted on 26 April 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A very old bourbon indeed, both in the way that it is 17 years old, which is very old for an American whisky, and that it was distilled 40 years ago. Bottled before we even had Euros. I got a … Continue reading →

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Vintage Bourbon 17, 1983-2000, 43%

Posted on 7 April 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Vintage Bourbon is both a description and a brand name. It also is something I’ve been eyeballing in auctions for years but prices are fairly insane. Of course, any old whisky and especially older bottlings of old whisky are insanely … Continue reading →

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Willett XCF 1.0, Curacao Casks, 51.7%

Posted on 18 April 2020 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Whisk(e)y is a rather static product. At the moment the marketing departments of every distillery keep blabbering on about innovation, but in the end, there is none. They do the same thing they did a hundred years ago, but by … Continue reading →

Posted in - American Whiskey, - Rye Whiskey, Willett | Tagged 2006, Curacao cask, Exploratory Cask Finish, Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Rye Whiskey, Willett, XCF | 1 Comment

Willett 8yo, Cask 1408, 58.8%

Posted on 23 March 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Willett is one of those American whiskey projects that blends products from elsewhere while they build their distillery. The big difference is that Willett has been around for ages and gathered lots of fame with their very old rye whiskeys … Continue reading →

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Two new bottle shares!

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’ve been doing bottle shares since forever, and recently I started a group on Facebook (hidden and such) for the usual suspects of them. Those guys get first crack since they’re participating a lot and also because they’re in The … Continue reading →

Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Blended Whisky, - Bottle share | Tagged Blended Malt, Blended Whisky, Bottle Share, Compass Box, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Rye Whiskey, USA, Willett | 4 Comments

Black Maple Hill, 47.5% – Kentucky Bourbon Distillers

Posted on 27 December 2013 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Black Maple Hill is one of those bourbon out there that don’t have much info about them to be found. No age, no distillery to be named and only stating an ABV and the fact that it is Kentucky Straight … Continue reading →

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