Arran Unchillfiltered

Arran 20 Year Old 1996 North Star Spirits

A new bottler was born in Glasgow. North Star Spirits is run by my good friend Iain Croucher, who previously worked for A.D. Rattray. He was also one of the supporters our the Save Lars Whisky and provided us with the first bottling, the by now infamous Bruichladdich 1992. He started his new company in May 2016 and immediately started his hunt for...

Score 85/100

Arran Private Cask 13 YO Cask Strength

The reviewed sample was provided through the generosity of @Robert99. You are a prince, Robert. This bottle originated through the SAQ in Quebec Province, Canada Nose: right away I notise what appears to be moderate wine influence...otherwise the whisky presents with the strong Isle of Arran grassiness typical of the standard Isle of Arran 10 yo...

Score 90/100

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 10 Year Old

There is a slight initial hit (for me this hit lasts less than a half second) of seaweed, smoke and salt before the nose settles and becomes fruity (pear-like), with a vanilla sweetness, and the only part of the initial moment that remains is the salt. I keep sniffing again and again just to make sure that I'm not just imagining that first seaside...

Score 83/100