The Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Limited Edition
Tasting notes: On the nose, we got honey aged in a burgundy cask, then put into a dragonfly wing chalice. The woodiness/resin note is so high register, it’s either from [...]
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The Caol Ila 10 Year 2006 from The Exclusive Malts
Tasting notes: Farrago. That’s the word that comes to mind when I nose this brightly-spangled whisky. There’s a kiln-scorched scone topped with lemon butter and poppy [...]
Single Cask Nation Undisclosed Islay 7 Year 2008, 2nd Release (Refill Bourbon Hogshead)
Tasting notes: The nose here reveals the vegetal part of the peat: the grasses, the soft mosses and heathers. There is no iodine here, and it is exceptionally clean. We [...]
The Golden Cask Caol Ila 12 Year Old 55.9%
Tasting notes: The smokiest mouthwash ever released by Ralph Lauren, splashed on Mo Farah, Lolo Jones, and a cast of dozens, while they cavort around, dancing the dance of [...]
The Caol Ila 30 Year 2014 Limited Edition
Tasting notes: There has been much attention over the discovery of a mummified monk inside a Buddha statue in a Dutch museum. But is that any more wondrous than what [...]
The Caol Ila Stitchell Reserve 2013 Limited Edition
Tasting notes: One of these things is not like the other. Or so I’ve heard it said. And surely here we have the black sheep, the outlier, the red-headed step child. [...]
The Caol Ila 14 Year Old Unpeated Style 2012 Limited Edition (50 ml Energizer Bunny lubricant bottle)
Tasting notes: The Caol Ila 14 Year, cask strength, 2012 Limited Edition, “unpeated style” raises naturally the question of why Caol Ila would [...]
The Caol Ila 12 (750 ml dark green understated sexiness bottle)
Tasting notes: The Caol Ila 12 has a classic nose, but one a house cat pissed off from too much teasing had chomped hard enough to warrant application [...]
The SMWS 53.157
[This is one of many shorter reviews we’re posting on current Scotch Malt Whisky Society offerings (with Lo-Mob photographic effects). Check out the beginning of this [...]
The Caol Ila 27 Year Old 1984 TWB Exclusive (3 cl TWB* mini)
Tasting notes: I must confess, I’m cheating on my brethren Malt Impostors. I’m having a bromance with the Caol Ila 27: everything [...]
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