Tag Archives: Madeira cask

Peatside 10, 2011-2021, ex-Madeira Cask 5541, 53.2% – Kintra Whisky

Posted on 8 March 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Instead of ‘Tomorrow’ this review shows up 6 days after the previous Kintra Whisky. This one is an undisclosed whisky from a peated distillate. If memory serves even the bottler, Erik Molenaar, doesn’t know the distillery this whisky was made … Continue reading →

Posted in Undisclosed | Tagged 2011, Erik Molenaar, Kintra Whisky, Madeira cask, Peatside, Undisclosed Distillery | Leave a comment

Taking Flight with the Springbank Stallions

Posted on 4 March 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Steady contributor Tom went to Campbeltown in January, and of course, he did a nice write-up for us/you/me! Let’s see what this tasting is about, in which they tasted the first sixteen (!) Society bottlings! Bram van Glabbeek of WhiskyNerds … Continue reading →

Posted in Hazelburn, Longrow, Springbank | Tagged Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Guest Post, Hazelburn, Longrow, Madeira cask, Port Cask, Rum Cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, Springbank Society, Tom van Engelen | 1 Comment

The best of 2021, part deux

Posted on 11 January 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Apart from last week’s post on what whiskies were strictly the best according to my rating, there are two lists that I still want to get out there. The first is the ‘not best but very impressive otherwise’ whiskies, and … Continue reading →

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Best of Wines’ Blind Tasting Competition #2

Posted on 30 November 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Part two of the four part series in which I quickly go over the whiskies we had in the Blind Tasting Competition by Best of Wines. As said before, and in previous years when I participated in The Usquebaugh Society’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Ardnamurchan, Springbank, Strathmill | Tagged 2002, 2009, 2014, 2015, Ardnamurchan, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Carn Mor, Madeira cask, Sherry Cask, Springbank, STR, Strathmill, Wine cask | Leave a comment

Foursquare Sagacity, 12yo, Madeira cask, 48%

Posted on 21 May 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I’m not following the rum industry in any way, shape or form, but it turns out they’re finishing their drinks in different casks too! This Foursquare bottling was matured in bourbon barrels first (no surprise there) before it was finished … Continue reading →

Posted in - Rum, Foursquare | Tagged Barbados, Foursquare, Madeira cask, Rum, Sagacity | 1 Comment

Springbank 17, 2002-2020, Rum/Bourbon finished in Madeira, 47.8%

Posted on 18 May 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Let’s make recipes more complicated than necessary, shall we? This whisky matured for 14 years in Bourbon and Rum barrels, to be finished for three years in a fresh Madeira cask. All 9200 bottles were released last year and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Springbank | Tagged 2002, Bourbon Cask, Campbeltown, Madeira cask, Rum Cask, Springbank | 1 Comment

Guest Post: Dalmunach Fun by Cooper’s Choice

Posted on 20 January 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Once more, Tom writes a guest post on some recent discoveries he did. In this case, something truly new: Dalmunach whisky! Dalmunach was erected on the site of the much beloved yet quite unknown Imperial Distillery. As a whiskynerd interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Dalmunach | Tagged Cooper's Choice, Dalmunach, Guest Post, Imperial, Madeira cask, Marsala cask, Speyside, Tom van Engelen | 1 Comment