In the next couple of days I am going to post a few tasting notes of Exclusive bottling for The Whisky Barrel,which had a few […]
Tasting Caol Ila Old Malt Cask 1984 , 27yo ‘The Whisky Barrel’ Exclusive
Category: Caol Ila
Quick Dram : Kintra Whisky Caol Ila 10 yo , 2000 vintage
Kintra whisky is a small IB based in NL, and we’ve had the pleasure of sampling quite a few expressions bottled by it in the […]
Tasting Kintra Glen Scotia 18 Single Cask
Glen Scotia is the lesser known distillery in Campbeltown, and is often shadowed by the more popular and well known Artisan distillery of Springbank. It’s […]
Some smoke – Kintra – Coal Ila 1984 25 yo Single Cask
This is the first Kintra bottling tasting note, with more to follow. This one was distilled in 1984, Aged in an Ex-Bourbon Hogshead , Cask […]
Tasting the new Caol Ila ‘Moch’
It was only a question of time until Diageo’s turn to hop on the NAS bandwagon, and release an expression with a nice Gaelic sound […]
Quick Dram : Master of Malt Caol Ila 30 yo single cask
Master of malt recently bottled two interesting single casks, this 30 year old CI, and another lovely Highland park 13 year old. I was lucky […]
Tasting Coal Ila 1995 bottled by A.D Rattray
Caol Ila is the biggest distillery on the isle of Islay, home of all things good and peaty. It’s one of the less hyped distilleries, […]
Tasting Port Askaig CS (and Caol Ila CS too)
Port Askaig is a town (and a port) on the island of Islay (on the north-west), and is also the name of yet another ‘Mystery […]
Feis Ile 2010 – Personal Notes from a Whisky Vacation (Part II of II)
We woke up to a rainy Thursday morning, the first actual Scottish weathered day, and headed up to Kilchoman for their open day with intentions […]
Tasting SmokeHead 18 ‘Extra Black’
One of my first Islay malts was the “regular” Smokehead. I remember me sitting in a bar (The excellent Tel-Aviv based ‘Norma Jean’ which boasts […]