Caol Ila reviews

This 14 Year Old Caol Ila Hermitage Wine Casks Finish from 2001 was released in Gordon & Macphail’s Private Collection series, in which only exclusive casks that were chosen by the G&M management are…

Since the brothers Fred and Stuart Laing each went their own way – in which Fred kept the company Douglas Laing and brought his daughter Cara and son-in-low Chris Leggat on board and Stuart Laing started…

This Caol Ila hit the Belgian market last year. The single cask was bottled for my little country, 233 bottles strong.At first whiff, the nose does not really remind me of Caol Ila. The maritime elements…

Fiery hot aggressive arrival, rich warm oily thick middle, herbal vegetable long slow white fruit loaded thick finish.

I've generally liked Caol Ila and found this bottle at the LCBO (Caol Ila doesn't get here very often). As I have an older 1997 DE, thought we could do a little compare and contrast. These releases are…

First review of anything but since I did not see a review of this one so I thought,why not?Nose-Caramel/toffee,alcohol,cola,honey. When I first opened this I did nose peat but after being opened for…

Where it came from no one knows, but suddenly it was there. John McCrae’s co. single malt whiskies. Named in honour of the famous Canadian wartime poet, who wrote the famous ‘In Flanders Fields’ a cen…

From Islay’s least picturesque seaside distillery with Scotland’s greatest still room panorama comes a 25yo whisky that might actually be right for your wallet. Though the initial prices have gone up…

Gordon & Macphail "Private reserve series", this is standard peated Caol Ila distilled in 2001 matured in bourbon casks and finished in Hermitage wine casks (Syrah). It seems that there are a few herm…

The Un-Chillfiltered Collection from Signatory is always bottled without chill filtration (doh!) and at a drinking strength of 46%. Signatory married three casks for this release of 729 bottles. This…