Caol Ila reviews

The second club bottling of the Belgian club McShelfie is a young Islay. I heard through the grapevine that it is Caol Ila, my favourite Islay whisky! This is my 99th encounter. And young Caol Ila can…

This review is from a “mystery sample” a friend gave me. I don’t know when he opened the bottle or when he bottled the sample.* Nose (undiluted): lemon, honey, brine, floral, a hint of peat?, something…

When I tried the Caol Ila 30 Year Old earlier this year – which was released in Diageo’s Special Release in 2014 – I described it as ‘perfect’ and plundered my savings account to get me a bottle. Now…

The Diageo Special Releases is a yearly party for whiskylovers in which Diageo launches some gems – albeit with a hefty pricetag – often malts that we rarely get to tasted and often – but not always –…

The sample for this review was graciously provided by @NozinanCaol Ila Cask Strength 10 Year Old 60.5% ABVDistilled 2004/Bottled 2015Opened May 21/2017, sample bottled Nov 15/2017, bottle 2/3 full when…

Douglas of Drumlanrig is an independent bottler. I thank @Maddie for samples from the reviewed bottle. The reviewed bottle was distilled in September 1996 and bottled in February 2011. I attended a…

I’ve had this bottle for a couple years, and had not had any for quite some time, so I decided to go back and give it another try. I had it neat, and it pours a light golden straw color. The pour is thin…

The bottle has been open 3 months and has about 1/3 left. The nose has light peat, though not the 'smokey' variety but more that of a distant cousin to Lagavulin. It is however very faint. Come to think…

This sample was graciously provided by @Nozinan and was opened Sept 20/2016, gassed after each use, decanted Apr 25/2017, gassed, sample poured Nov 5/2017, with the decanted bottle being 2/3 full.Up…

Bottled 2015, one of G&M’s private editions where they decided to try finishing Caol Ila in a Hermitage Cask. Having never tried hermitage wine, I thought it would be a fun adventure. Batch size of…