Caol Ila 1982 30 Year Old Cask #6493 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Caol Ila 13 Year Old 2008 Hielander Whisky Festival

Wullie McMorland, the sympathetic Netherscot who has been running the well-known whisky restaurant The Hielander in Alkmaar since 1989 and was appointed Keeper of the Quaich in 2016, also organizes the so-called Hielander Whisky Festival every year and that is invariably accompanied by a festival bottling. Wullie always makes sure that this...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila 30 Year Old 1980 Bladnoch Forum

Some 10 years ago, you could buy this 30 years old Coal Ila from the Bladnoch Forum for less than 250 EUR. A decade later, that has become quite unthinkable. So I’m happy to have been able to score a sample of this one, although I cannot remember who from… apologies (to the person who sold me the sample, obviously). It’s a single cask at cask...

Score 91/100

Caol Ila 30 Year Old 1981 Thosop Handwritten Label by TWM

Under the motto ‘one more for the road’, we’ll conclude our Peaty Party with an old Caol Ila. Not just any old Caol Ila, no, this is a 30 Year Old, bottled by Thosop, the Belgian indie led by Dominiek Bouckaert – aka The Whiskyman. I’ve tasted some nice old Caol Ila before (like the 25 Year Old from First Cask or the 27 Year Old for QV.ID, to name...

Score 91/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

One of the best I've ever had. It has the smoke of islay that I love but it's balanced out with fruit and lushness. The peat is present but it's not the main player.

Score 87/100