Port Ellen reviews

Port Ellen is always a bit of a feast. Hence I am very happy to be able to taste five in a row. Let me start with this 18 Year Old that was bottled in 2000 by McGibbon’s (part of Douglas Laing) under…

from a purchased sampleNose: Easy and fairly pleasant enough. Some coastal creamy quality, with a touch of ashy peat. It's so quiet! There's a heap of lemon and some other apply, acidic fruit. Linseed…

Nose: Oh, beautiful peat. It's briney with waxy lemon, and a very limited amount of tire and diesel fuel. Fruity, mangoes, apricots, quince jam. It just turns very lush tropical fruit. Slightly salty…

Nose: Lemon pie, with whiffs of leather (you are right there Ben!), with gentle smoke, salt and dust, quite briny.Palate: Very similar to the nose with the smoke, and lemon drops, then on to brine and…

Since 2010, Malts of Scotland has released a beautiful Port Ellen every year. First we had the 27 Year Old on sherry butt, which was simply marvellous, last year the 28 Year Old on bourbon that I rece…

Nose: Pine, dark chocolate - with water: coriander Taste: Blue Mountain coffee, phenolic, vintage leather, quite salty, chestnuts Finish: Incredibly long, cloves, peat, pepper and anchovies

I recently read, on that blue social networking site, the following comment: ‘There are other malts out there than just Port Ellen, you know!?. True, but that does not detract from the feast every time…

This Port Ellen ‘spring’ bottling by McGibbon’s, under their Provenance label, has a full golden color. Sherry cask, maybe?The nose starts off creamy and lush. Typical oysters with salt and seaweeds are…

I prevously praised the Coal Ila and Bowmore that were released by Belgian bottler QV.ID, but this was the first release by Koen: a 28 Year Old Port Ellen.Initially, the nose is very sweet with a lot of…

Douglas Laing, the independent bottler founded in 1949, has already released quite a few Port Ellen in their Old Malt Cask range. Each time, they bottle at the – according to them – ideal drinking str…