Cragganmore reviews

A 15 year old Cragganmore from the SMWS matured in an ex-bourbon refill cask for a dozen years or so years then finished for a few years in a second fill Red-Wine Barrique.I quite like the Cragganmore…

Pandemic review time. Been sitting on this sample from a good friend of mine. Tried a bit of it and greatly enjoyed it, but only am now taking the time to finish the sample and write up some tasting…

halfway between Aberlour and Grantown-on-Spey. While very popular with the blenders (it is an important ingredient of the Johnnie Walker Green Label for example), it only become well-known with a larger…

Nose: smells exactly as I hoped it would. Clean malt and a luscious bouquet of fruit. All kinds of fruit, too: citrus, grape, cherries, red berries. Yet for all that fruit it doesn't smell like port; the…

I was gifted a 20cl bottle of Cragganmore 12 by my brother. He doesn't share my enthusiasm for whisky so I was surprised he went for a 12yo scotch that isn't a household name around here. Cragganmore is…

The Diageo Special Releases are back! Always a bit of a feast for whisky lovers, I think. I’ll try one of them, but one that was released several years ago. This Cragganmore 1988 was released in 2014…

Usually I don't wait 8 days to finish a series of tastings, but I had a slight interruption: a trip to Kentucky! It was absolutely epic, and one day I'll write up some of the bourbons I brought back, but…

While the rest of the whisky world is flocking towards the Speyside for the annual festival, I am stuck at home… with a so-called metric shit ton of whisky samples from the region. Today’s pick is the…

Cragganmore distillery is located in the village of Ballindalloch in Banffshire and is named after the nearby Craggan More (gaelic for 'big rock') hill. It was founded in 1869 by John Smith on land…

sample from a friend-Nose: Fairly rich and buttery at first. Bitter-sweet caramel soaked in rum. Sweet and candied on Bailey's with a dash of orange oils. Hint of raisin jam. Perhaps even lightly burned…