Arran 12 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 3

Arran Robert Burns Single Malt

This single malt was named after Scotland’s most famous poet. That they are allowed to use both his image and autograph on the label has everything to do with the fact that the Arran distillery is the patron of the World Burns Federation, since 2000. Arran has released both a blend and a single malt under this name. We try the single malt. That...

Score 79/100

Arran 15 Year Old 1995 Single Sherry Cask

Already quite a few casks of Arran 1996 have been released. This cask, number 1978, was filled on 11 December 1996 and bottled on 7 May 2012, especially for the Belgian market. It shows a syrupy sweet nose with pear drops, almond paste, beeswax, plum marmelade and pineapple on the grill. Slightly mineraly and very creamy. Not a sherry bomb, but...

Score 88/100

Arran 21 Year Old Explorer Series 3 Kildonan & Pladda Island

In 2018, Arran launched the so-called Explorer Series, bottling malts aged 20 to 23 years old and offering them in a fun metal box depicting an interesting spot on Arran. It started with the Brodick Bay in 2018, followed by the Lochranza Castle in 2018, the Kildonan & Pladda Island in 2020 and the Drumadoon Point in 2021. I expect that another...

Score 87/100

Arran 17 Year Old

In 2014 a limited edition of the Arran 17 Year Old was released. I find it surprisingly dark, actually. Great nose on candied fruit and brown sugar, green apples, blood oranges, a hint of pear drops, banana peel and honey. Soft on the spices with both pepper and aniseed and a hint of oak. It’s a bit old school, which I quite fancy. The arrival is...

Score 85/100