Rosebank reviews

Gordon & Macphail have some 50 releases of Rosebank so far, but the last time they bottled a cask of this closed Lowlander is a few years ago already. This release appeared over 10 years ago in their…

It had been way too long since I last tried a Rosebank. The news that Ian MacLeod’s plans to reopen Rosebank have been approved, has put this legendary Lowlander back on my radar. Happy dance. This is…

From a sample - This Rosebank was distilled in June 1990, matured in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled in April 2006 by Gordon & MacPhail in their “Connoisseurs Choice” series.The nose is light and…

As we all know, Rosebank will never return. The distillery was mothballed in 1993 and all buildings and contents were sold to British Waterways in 2002. In the same year the maltings were demolished, and…

Between 1998 and 2004, Diageo released four different Rosebank bottlings in their 'Rare Malts' range. This review refers to the third release from 2002, bottle no. 5,637 of a 20-year old version. Sadly…

Rosebank, the sleeping beauty of the lowlands. Although I must admit, at the rate that her buildings are crumbling away, no prince on a white horse will kiss her back to life. Luckily she left us a rich…

Rosebank 17 Hart Brothers 1990/2008My first Rosebank!Nose: Sweet herbal notes, starfruit, unripe apple/pear, apple danish, slightly floral. Light toffee emerges with time. A little minerally.Taste: Tart…

This review is for the SMWS 25.59 Boxing gloves and rapier thrusts from the silent Rosebank distillery. Distilled back in 1991, this 20yo expression was matured in a refill bourbon cask.Nose: first…

Rosebank closed already in 1993, but the whisky still appears on the market regularly (although less and less for obvious reasons). This bottling already dates back to 2001, from the Max Righi stables…

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers. For this bottling, they vatted two casks and cut it to a drinking strength. It is 13 years old. The nose starts off closed and needs quite a bit of…