Tag Archives: The Duchess

Caroni 21yo, Trinidad, 64.1% – The Duchess

Posted on 9 July 2019 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Caroni is more or less the Port Ellen of the rum world. It’s been closed for a decade or two, and prices are soaring since most people are only now (the last couple of years) discovering the quality of the … Continue reading →

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Foursquare 13yo, 2005-2018, 59% – The Duchess for Whisky & Rum aan Zee

Posted on 19 November 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This Whisky & Rum aan Zee festival is actually pretty close to where I live. If I’m not mistaken my local bottle shop even rents a bus to drive her customers there for a tenner (if that’s still the case). … Continue reading →

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Caroni 20yo, 1998-2018, 64.6% – The Duchess

Posted on 20 April 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The guys at The Duchess seem to be on the rum train! I talked to Nils about this and he told this was mostly due to availability. The whisky market is booming and therefore caskes are scarce. With rum this … Continue reading →

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Travellers Distillery 10yo, Belize, 66.6% – The Duchess Rum

Posted on 27 February 2018 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

My whisky buddy Nils keeps releasing some nice casks of high end, and in this case high ABV, booze. Well, actually, Best of Wines in Bussum is, but he is more or less in charge of the spirits there. This … Continue reading →

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Whiskies of the year: Runners up

Posted on 29 December 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I published the post with my whisky of the year last Monday. Generally I do the runners up first, or all in one post or so, but in this case it was a brand new whisky that I had not … Continue reading →

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Two new releases from The Duchess

Posted on 9 October 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Since Best of Wines in Bussum, The Netherlands, has been bottling whisky, they’ve not released a lot. As far as I know there have been only three bottlings prior to these. Three are in their Shieldmaidens range, and one was … Continue reading →

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GlenDronach 2003-2016, 13yo, 53.9% – OB for The Duchess

Posted on 16 January 2017 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

For who? The Duchess? Well, yes. It’s a fairly new Dutch brand from a shop called Best of Whiskies and/or Best of Wines. A friend and fellow club member runs the whisky division and has been making a way for … Continue reading →

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