Bell's Deluxe 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Bells Bell's Royal Reserve 20 Year Old / Bot.1970s

This one is really special, the 20 Year Old Bell's Royal Reserve, bottled in the 1970s. I purchased this one at the LCBO online auction. It's been open for almost a year. The colour is a dark amber. Rich and fruity on the nose with dates, rum-raisin, plums, dark spiced chocolate, bovril and a hint of chili. Not much peat but there's a small amount...

Score 95/100

Bells 2001 Christmas Decanter

I bought this 2001 Bell's Christmas Decanter through an online auction a couple of years ago (it's been open for a year or so). It is part of a series celebrating great Scottish inventors, so this one appropriately celebrates Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) who not only invented the telephone but also worked in aeronautics, phonographs, and...

Score 88/100

Bells 5 Year Old Extra Special

Arthur Bell is one of the prominent figures in whisky history. He started blending his own whisky in Perth back in 1851, to make sure his whisky was of consisted quality. No less than 40 malts and grain whisky’s went into the famous blend, that became the absolute bestselling brand in the U.K. in the 1970 and is still doing very well. An important...

Score 83/100

Bells Bell's Extra Special / Bot.1980s

Bell’s Original is nowadays a very popular and cheap blend. A bottle will set you back around 20 EUR. A long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away, mind you) the Extra Special was their flagship release. During a spring clean I came across a miniature from 1983 in the shape of a bell (just like their Porcelain decanters). The nose is very docile...

Score 71/100