Tag Archives: Orkney

Unnamed Orkney 16, 2006-2022, Refill Butt DRU17/A65#4, 46% – The Ultimate

Posted on 6 March 2023 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been a while since I tried anything by The Ultimate. Generally I don’t really buy into the brand since I often find the whisky a little bit lackluster. Often bottled too young, under ten years old. That’s not necessarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2006, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, The Ultimate, Undisclosed Distillery, Van Wees | Leave a comment

Skara Brae 16, 2005-2021, Bourbon cask 22, 57% – Cooper’s Choice

Posted on 1 November 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Skara Brae automatically involved the islands of Orkney, even if it wasn’t mentioned on the label. It’s the 4000 year old settlement uncovered on the ‘mainland’ of Orkney. And with this being an undisclosed Orkney whisky, we can safely state … Continue reading →

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Secret Orkney 2007-2022, 50.8% – Michiel Wigman ‘They Inspired III’

Posted on 7 October 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

In the 2022 series of They Inspired we find the second Secret Orkney bottling done by Michiel Wigman. Also, it is yet another Secret Orkney after several releases that have been done over the last couple of months by familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2007, Dutch Whisky Connection, Hans Dilesse, HIghland Park, Islands, Michiel Wigman, Orkney, Secret Orkney, Sukhinder Singh, They Inspired | 1 Comment

Secret Orkney 16, 2006-2022, Bourbon Hogshead, 48.2% – Wu Dram Clan

Posted on 9 September 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I am very bad at reading things in time. Or reviewing things in time, but that’s another discussion. I knew this bottle was coming out due to the Wu Dram Clan making some noise about it on Social Media. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Kirkwall, Orkney, Secret Orkney, Undisclosed Distillery, Wu Dram Clan | 2 Comments

Secret Orkney 17, 2004-2022, Butt 13, 49.4% – WhiskyNerds

Posted on 7 August 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been a full month since my last post on here, but more on that later. Holidays happened in the meantime, and when I got back home there was a lovely little sample of this Highland Park whisky waiting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed | Tagged 2004, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, WhiskyNerds | 3 Comments

Eye Land Pork 21, 1998-2019, Refill Hogshead, 48.3% – The Whisky Jury

Posted on 15 March 2022 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Another one of those recent bottlers that keeps being ridiculously popular. So much so that when it becoems available in The Netherlands it’s through those more ‘exclusive’ websites that keep the middle ground between retailers and secondary market. The looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Highland Park | Tagged 1998, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Orkney, The Whisky Jury, Undisclosed Distillery | Leave a comment

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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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

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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Scapa 20, 2000-2021, Refill Sherry Hogshead 1096, 55.3% – Gordon & MacPhail

Posted on 28 July 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

It’s been years since I reviewd or tasted a Scapa. The ‘other’ Orkney distillery that doesn’t have famous official bottlings and is quite a rarity for independents too. All undisclosed Orkney whiskies are supposed to be Highland Park, and after … Continue reading →

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