Imperial 1995 16 Year Old Old Malt Cask #7018 Douglas Laing

Imperial 12 Year Old 1991 Gordon & Macphail

The most famous and probably oldest independent bottler, from Elgin, Gordon & Macphail, have released quite a few Imperial. This one was bottled almost ten years ago and bottled under their RESERVE label. Have you seen the ABV? Wow. The nose of this Imperial is quite different from the other two I have just tried. A lot less fruity. I get a...

Score 79/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1995 Lord of the Drams

The first Lord of the Drams bottling, a 14 Year Old Macduff from 1997, I found to be somewhat lacking, truth be told. Only with a good dollop of water did it become palatable. While I know that Stijn, the man behind LOTD, is very knowledgable about whisky. So it must have been me. His second baby is this Imperial from 1995, named Idunn after the...

Score 84/100

Imperial 17yo 1995/2013 Douglas Laing, Director’s Cut, #9527

My third encounter with Imperial was rather unexpected. After a long day of wading through mud, patches of ice, melting snow and rocks in Jotunheimen. I finally arrived at the DNT fjellstue Leirvassbu. As the valley was still a frozen wasteland I decided to spend the night in the lodge, instead of setting up my tent. To my surprise they had a...

Score 87/100

Imperial 1995 17 Year Old Signatory

from a purchased sample Nose: Painfully light and faint. I'm really working on this, and I'm struggling to get much of anything at first. Malty, cereal, and grainy. A little lemon zest and honey. Finally faint oil/wax. A touch of smoke and more bitter wax. Downright Clynelish-y at points. It's not the most lively or full, and the wood is loud...

Score 80/100