Caol Ila reviews

Nose Plums, lemon and liquorice; also almonds; with water the nose becomes 'thicker', butterish and fruityer.Especially the plums!Taste (neat): plums, lemon, liquorice, almonds. Gooseberries? with water…

The German independent bottler Malts of Scotland has released quite a few jewels already. Of all the MoS-bottles I've tasted so far, I've only had two that didn't take me to cloud nine. Quite a track…

Every self-respecting whisky festival, just like the one in Milan, Italy, has its own festival bottle. In 2008, the Milano Whisky Festival presented a young Caol Ila of 12 years, distilled in August 1996…

A.D. Rattray (previously Dewar Rattray, but they had to change their name to avoid confusion with that other Dewar) is an independent bottler that recently launched a whole new range in Belgium. One of…

It was only a question of time until Diageo’s turn to hop on the NAS bandwagon, and release an expression with a nice Gaelic sound to it, wasn’t it? So, it’s here, the new Caol Ila ‘Moch’ (meaning: dawn…

This stuff is sneaky; when it first hits your palette you think someone switched your whisky with water, but after a second or so, the whisky arrives and unfolds into a sweeter, smoother version of the…

One of the best I've ever had. It has the smoke of islay that I love but it's balanced out with fruit and lushness. The peat is present but it's not the main player.

Nose : a very delicate nose peat wise. Fruit , light peat with some candy and hints of Turkish delight. This needs some breathing in the glass. With time it gets fruitier with more tropical fruit and…

Caol Ila is the biggest distillery on the isle of Islay, home of all things good and peaty. It’s one of the less hyped distilleries, although it is quite capable of creating great malts. I’ve tried their…

This is another sample I received from the Master of Malt Drinks by the Dram program. (I really love DBTD!) I enjoyed the Cask Strength from Caola Ila, and I expect to enjoy this 18yr. ABV: 43%Nose:…