Arran 15 Year Old 1996 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Arran 14 Year Old

Over the past year I've found a renewed fondness for the orange-nosed younglings of the Southern Hebrides, Jura and Arran. The Arran 14 was launched in 2010 and was their oldest expression until the release of a 17yo,earlier this year.I haven't had the opportunity yet to try this new expression. But at least for now, the older=better saying seems...

Score 85/100

Arran 2007 / James MacTaggart 10th Anniversary

Just over ten years ago James MacTaggart became the Master Distiller at Arran distillery and, in my humble opinion, has produced some very good whisky in that time. This whisky comes from first-fill bourbon barrels laid down not long after he started. They were also hand-selected by the man himself and 12,000 bottles were produced for this...

Score 89/100

Arran 19 Year Old 1997 Douglas Laing Old Particular

When I saw this Arran from 1997 at a whisky festival, Jan Beckers – the ambassador for Douglas Laing – told me I just had to try it, so I allowed him to fill up my sample bottle. Today I took it out of my liquid library to give it a try. Distilled in 1997 and bottled at the age of 19 years old, cut to 51.5% ABV, in their Old Particular series. The...

Score 84/100

Arran 12 Year Old / Cask Strength / Batch 6

This 12 Year Old Cask Strength appeared in 2016 and seems to be the last of its kind. I did not see such a release in 2017 (nor in 2018, but the year is only halfway after all). Looks like this Batch 6 is the final one. Lovely mix of white orchard fruit, sultanas, marzipan and Reine Claude plums, with a truckload of vanilla. Some salted caramel....

Score 84/100