A.D. Rattray was able to secure three sisters casks from Port Ellen from 1982, sherry casks #2463, #2464 (of which a part was bottled for the Belgian bottler The Nectar) and #2466. I wonder if they still…

Signatory bottled this North Port whisky in their so-called Vintage Collection, meaning cask strength, in this case a whopping 61,1% ABV. It is very pale, despite the fact that it matured on a sherry…

Port Ellen is always a bit of a feast. Hence I am very happy to be able to taste five in a row. Let me start with this 18 Year Old that was bottled in 2000 by McGibbon’s (part of Douglas Laing) under…

North Port distillery is no more. It closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1990. At the site, there is currently a supermarket. The distillery started out as Brechin distillery, a name that can also be…

The Platinum Selection from Douglas Laing is also known as Old & Rare. This Port Ellen has been bottled about six years ago, before that it had matured for a quarter century. Smoke and citrus, those are…

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod distillers. Another one, for example, is Chieftain’s Choice. This bourbon hogshead #1521 was filled in 1982 and bottled in 2007 as a 25 Year Old. I will be putting…

So far I have only tried the standard Oban 14 Year Old, way back at the start of my whisky adventure. Looking back, it would seem I did not quite appreciate it at the time. Need to revisit that one soon…

I just tried the Oban Distiller’s Edition from 1992 (bottled 2006). It was double matured (which means finished) on Montilla Fino sherrywood, from the wine region around Cordoba in Spain. In the meantime…

A little over a year ago, I discovered this Caperdonich at a tasting. Thanks to my whiskybuddy Chris, I was able to secure a big sample, which I gladly will try again today. After all, this is Caperdo…

This is an oldie Aberlour. A 750ml bottle, released in the ‘70s of last century and hence more than 40 years in the bottle! A distillate from before I was born, that is certain. The fact that the label…