Caledonian was a grain distillery west of the capital, founded in 1855 and closed in 1988, at the time property of Diageo who had just taken over Guinness. Coincidentally (or not), there is still a…

Some independent bottlers choose to release casks from Saint Magdalene under the name of the city in which is was founded: Linlithgow. This one is 18 years old and bottled by Scott’s Selection. Oddly…

There is currently a new distillery being built near Falkirk, which might be considered to be the resurrection of sorts of Rosebank (they did not succeed in getting the name from Diageo, though). But…

Murray McDavid is an independent bottler that often experiments with wine casks (their former link to Bruichladdich undoubtedly has something to do with that). Today I am trying a Rosebank from their…

The best known bottler from Scotland, with HQ in Eglin, already released more than 30 Rosebank, including quite a few under their Connoisseurs Choice label. This one was distilled in February 1990 and…

This is another bottling by Gordon & Macphail, but under their RESERVE label, bottled at cask strength, in this case a whopping 54,4% ABV from this as-of-1993-mothballed distillery. Reopening is a pipe…

The Rare Malts Selection from Diageo already boasts 4 Rosebank. A 19yo from 1979, a 20yo from 1979, a 20yo from 1981 and a 22yo from 1981. We are tasting the final one.The nose, once you get past the…

In 2011 Diageo released seven whiskies in their so-called Special Releases. A 32 Year Old Brora, a 12 Year Old Lagavulin, a 12 Year Old Caol Ila Unpeated, the Port Ellen 11th Release, a 25 year Old…

Tobermory produces a non-peaty whisky as well as the peaty Ledaig. This NAS-release from That Boutique-y Whisky Company contains the non-peated version from Tobermory. I have only had one myself so far…