Oban reviews

One of the prettiest bottles/tubes in my cabinet. The drawings of rocks, surf and sea gulls makes one think the contents will be dominated by coastal briny flavours but that doesn’t prove to be the case…

Available in a lot of pubs in the UK as a member of Diageo's 'Classic Malts' range I thought I would try a bottle of Oban. With only two small stills, traditional worm tubs and very little room to expand…

Warm slow steady malty and fruit balanced arrival develops sweet vegetable soft slow finish.

Warm short slow vegetal arrival develops a vegetal herbolic dry fast finish.

Nose: Green Apple, Citrus, Honey, Dried Fruit. Light and very pleasant. FTaste: More light fruit and honey. Slightly nutty.Finish: A Slightly smoky, slightly medicinal taste comes in and in a way reminds…

Oban's standard 14 year offering is quite smooth and velvety. This said, in my estimation at least, it lacks character. In other words, it is a touch bland.Nose: Walnuts, oak, white chocolate, hemp ropes…

A subtle but "classic Oban" nose. A balanced salty caramel malt with the ever present background smoke. On first taste, there is more caramel with the smoke wafting in the background but with some fruit…

It is amazing how much Oban 14 year old is like a crossover of usual Islay and Speyside stuff. This Highlander surely is a crossbreed of fruity smoothness and heavy smoke but something falls short.…

Lots of misconceptions surround this bottle. My understanding is that it was a limited US retail. However, it was only "limited" in its first run. It has since had, at least, one more bottling. The…

Oban distillery is said to have been founded in 1793 by Hugh, John and James Stevenson on premises previously used for brewing. It remained in the hands of the Stevenson family until 1860, after which…