Tag Archives: Whisky Center

Athrú Whiskey, three of them

Posted on 24 August 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

What Whiskey? Athrú, pronounced Ah-roo. From Ireland. I never heard from them, and after looking things up it still is quite mysterious. It’s an Irish whiskey brand, currently bottling whiskey they bought from other distilleries, but also creating their own … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Athrú, Lough Gill | Tagged Athrú, Billy Walker, Bourbon casks, Free Samples, Irish Whiskey, Lough Gill, Sherry casks, Tokaji casks, Whisky Center, Wine casks | Leave a comment

Dingle Single Malt, 46.3%

Posted on 14 May 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Yesterday a new Irish Single Malt whiskey was released by Dingle. It’s their first core whiskey, and therefore they released it with the hashtag #heretostay. There have been Dingle Single Malts before (Dingle Malt?) but those were batched released instead … Continue reading →

Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Dingle | Tagged Dingle, Free Sample, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whisky Center | 1 Comment

Back to basics with Glenfiddich

Posted on 10 May 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Sometimes you have to recalibrate your palate. All these bloggers tasting all kinds of exclusive whiskies, you can lose track of what the current standard is. We call stuff ‘good’, but what do we compare things to? Some tasters do … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenfiddich | Tagged Bourbon Cask, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Rum Cask, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Whisky Center | 1 Comment

The Brexiteer 27yo, 1991-2019, American Oak Barrel 7389, 46% – Whisky Center

Posted on 6 April 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The other sample I got sent from Whisky Center is The Brexiteer. A burnside blended malt, which we all know to be teaspooned Balvenie. Officially not a single malt but the amount of Glenfiddich in it is negligable, so it … Continue reading →

Posted in Balvenie, Burnside, Glenfiddich | Tagged 1991, Balvenie, Blended Malt, Bourbon Cask, Burnside, Dufftown, Free Sample, Glenfiddich, Teaspooned, Whisky Center | 1 Comment

Craigellachie 2006-2021, Barrel 900942, 60.4% – Whisky Center (Ignatius I)

Posted on 30 March 2021 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A couple of weeks ago Dirk Jan Keijser of Whisky Center kindly sent me some samples from a tasting pack he’s selling with Versaille Dranken in Nijmegen, if I’m not mistaken. It contained some Glenfiddichs which I still have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Craigellachie | Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, Craigellachie, Free Sample, Ignatius I, Speyside, Whisky Center | 1 Comment