Arran Machrie Moor Third Edition

Arran Robert Burns Single Malt

Well, Robbie Burns Day was two days ago (on Fri Jan 25) so I'm late writing about this one. Last night, our West Side Whisky Society cracked open a bottle to start our evening and it made for a great dram to prep the palate, and to celebrate this time of year (nestled exactly in between two Burns dinners I'm attending, one last week and one this...

Score 83/100

Arran The Devil's Punch Bowl Chapter 1

When this Arran hit the shelft some 9 months ago, it was with a lot of pooha. Great packaging, devilishly clever name (which refers, by the way, to Coire na Cinche, an ice age era cave close to the distillery) and an unprecendented vatting of 24 different casks from 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2006. No less than 6.660 bottles were produced, referring,...

Score 88/100

Arran James MacTaggart Master of Distilling II - The Man with the Golden Glass - 12 Year 2006

So many things to put in the title, it didn't fit when I tried to put this down. Sheesh Arran, thought you guys were supposed to be simpler? Maybe not, I don't know where I get my misconceptions. So it's the end of the world, and a bloody cold March night, perfect time for expecting my opinions to matter. This is social distancing at its...

Score 85/100

Arran 5 Year Old 2005 Single Bourbon Cask

When The Nectar, one of the leading bottlers in Belgium, celebrated their 5th birthday, they bottled a couple of malts, including this 5 Year Old Arran. It was distilled on 12 December 2005 and bottled on 17 August 2011. The bourbon cask yielded 254 bottles. The nose is massively herbal and a touch farmy. Freshly cut grass, hay, heather, lavender...

Score 85/100