Caol Ila reviews

While it is not mentioned on the label, it is not really a secret that this is a young Caol Ila – my favorite Islay whisky! It was bottled especially for my favorite football team! In honor of the fact…

The Nectar of the Daily Drams is a well-known Belgian importer and bottler. Last year they launched this Caol Ila 1995 at cask strength. It is quite a pale animal.The classic traits of Caol Ila emerge…

I have to admit that until recently I had not even heard of this bottler: John McCrae & Co from Glasgow. They only have two casks on their resumé so far, both bottled in 2014 and both exclusively for the…

This young Caol Ila is only six years old. It was distilled in the autumn of 2008 and bottled in the summer of 2014. It is a vatting of two bourbon casks. It was labeled ‘Young & Feisty’. I am sure i…

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…

Old Malt Cask is a series from Douglas Laing (at least it used to be, nowadays it belongs to Hunter Laing) in which some exceptionally good, mostly older, malts are bottled at the golden drinking stre…

Hurray! Coal Ila! My favorite Islay whisky. My 58th one at that. And it is bottled by an indie with an quasi perfect reputation, so I can hardly wait to give this one a try. Let’s get to it!The nose…

Caol Ila is the largest distillery on Islay, pumping out 3.6 million litres of spirit a year. It was built by Hector Henderson in 1846, who sold it in 1852 to Norman Buchanan (owner of Jura). Five years…

Another US acquisition, since buying whisky Ontario at the LCBO is a utter waste of time and money. I picked up this malt because a few reviewers describe it as being close to Port Ellen, particularly…

Malts of Scotland and The Whiskyman collaborate intensely. After all, The Whiskyman is the importer/representative of Malts of Scotland in Belgium. It comes as no surprise that an exclusive bottling was…