Caol Ila 1974 28 Year Old Prestonfield

Caol Ila 38 Year Old 1976 Malts of Scotland 'Angel's Choice'

The Angel's Choice is a series of half bottles by Malts of Scotland. Only 125 were released with this Caol Ila uit 1976 – that’s right! This one is no less than 38 years old, distilled while I was still in kindergarten. It is the oldest Caol Ila I have tried to date. Boy, forget everything you think you know about Caol Ila. There is hardly...

Score 90/100

Caol Ila Islay Single Cask Exclusive LNB013

David Stirk recently sold his Creative Whisky Company, but he continues to work there and select the casks. This single cask from Islay is actually from Caol Ila. After all, LNB stands for Loch Nam Burn, the water source for this distillery. No age statement and no info about the cask apart from the fact that it is cask 13. Hopefully not unlucky....

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old 1999 G&M Reserve

Whiskywarehouse Belgium is run by Eric Vermeire, whisky ambassador of the year 2012. This 12 Year Old Caol Ila, from a sherry cask, was bottled for them. Lovely greasy nose with typical ashes and soot, but also quite a bit of sweet fruit. Sultanas, apple and oranges. Olive oil. Almost rotting wood (which is a plus!). Sturdy attack with quite some...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 9 Year Old 2011 for MMM

This year is already the sixth for Mark & Manny’s malt and this time they will collaborate with none other and Monique Tromp, which many of you will know from Whisky Arts. Well, for our Canvas Series Monique will create four unique paintings on canvas based on the malts we select. The first one is a beautiful, young, cheeky brat from Islay,...

Score 87/100