Clynelish reviews

BYOB-C (say ‘biopsy’) is the acronym for Bring Your Own Bottle Club, a Belgian club of which the principle of their tastings is in their name. They have just released their very own bottling and aimed…

I had my expectations set a little bit too high before testing this whisky. It is not bad. Not bad at all.. But not stellar nor enchanting. NoseWax! First thing that strikes me is that it is a very waxy…

Nose: sea air, sour cream, distant smoke, very faint echoes of the later sweeter Brora bloodline, overripe raspberry, laundry smell blowing out the drier vent, Colorado Rockies mountain air before a…

To be honest, until recently I had not even heard of the Riverstown Whisky Company, but according to Whiskybase they already have bottled quite a few casks. I was told that Robin Tucek, the man behind…

Cask Six is a Belgian club from Mol that celebrated their 10th Anniversary in 2014 with a bottling by The Whisky Mercenary. This is not Jürgen Vromans’ first Clynelish. He already selected two Clynelish…

This Clynelish was bottled by Blackadder and matured for 22 long years on a bourbon hogshead. I have put a bit of water ready, since this is bottled at no less than 62,1% ABV. That begs the question if…

The bottlings from the German Limburg Dramclub come from The Whisky Agency. This Clynelish 1997 (here we go again… this is already my 15th Clynelish 1997) was bottled for the members of their club. As…

This is already the 40th Clynelish that I have the fortune to try. Taste Still, a Belgian bottler, launhed this Clynelish for the Whisky Live Festival in Spa in 2010 – in a beautiful decanter. There is…

This is a single cask Clynelish 1982 from the stocks of Douglas Laing. Clynelish aficionados claim that 1982 is one of the best years for the distillery. It was bottled in the Old Malt Cask series,…

The Nectar selected this cask and had it bottled by Andrew Symington's Signatory. It was presented at the Spirits in the Sky festival last November. This adolescent Clynelish is very, very pale.The nose…