Clynelish reviews

If Gardenias are the summer's jewel of flowers, this certainly sits as one of the heavenly crowns of summer whiskies (if not all seasons). Unfortunately, only 270 bottles were released and if there is…

Tonight was time to start my Christmas season of tasting. It's been a while since I had a Clynelish so I decide to open a bottle I bought about 3 or 4 years ago, an Hart Brothers finest collection…

Kirsch Whisky Import – a German independent bottler – selected thsi sherry butt from the Signatory warehouse. No less than 676 bottles were drawn from it. The contents: a Clynelish of 18 years old from…

The Vintage Collection by Signatory is somewhat lesser known, but does not contain any lesser malts. Take this Clynelish 1998, for example, bottled at drinking strength in 2016. Two hogsheads were mar…

Clynelish 1997... that in itself already sounds magical to my ears. I have been fortunate enough to have tried many Clynelish of that vintage and so far it has always been a party. The expectations for…

Seven years…that is how long it has been since I last tried the standard bottling of Clynelish. And since I have three sparring partners – all of them from Signatory by the way – I felt it was a good…

Nose: ah that's a Clynelish alright we got over here.. The waxy apples are here as well as some fresh pears, freshly cut grass, lemon zest, with hints of damp Dunnage warehouses.Palate: quite fruity from…

It's been a while since my last review. Time to break the silence.I've had the Clynelish OB 14 yo. A well made whisky, that I enjoyed. Looking at the new entries I came across this gem, a 20 yo Clynelish…

Clynelish has an apparent reputation as a barley centered dram that consistently ranks in the top dozen or so of Scotland's malt distilleries. And although not a rare malt, it seems to find a selective…

Although today Adelphi is a well-regarded bottler of single malt scotch, it was also a distillery - though that closed down in 1902. Ninety years later, the owner's great-grandson started bottling under…