Cragganmore 1988 Distillers Edition

Cragganmore 12 Year Old

According to the Single Malt Flavor Map, this one should have been just right for my tastes. Instead, it is just way too sweet, which ruins it for me. Another one that I ordered at the bar and it saved me from buying a whole bottle.

Score 69/100

Cragganmore 25 Year Old / Special Releases 2014

The Diageo Special Releases are back! Always a bit of a feast for whisky lovers, I think. I’ll try one of them, but one that was released several years ago. This Cragganmore 1988 was released in 2014 after a quarter century in the cask. The nose is very musty, as if I am sitting in the attic. This is not disturbing in the least. After some...

Score 87/100

Cragganmore 2005 Distillers Edition (bottled 2018)

Nose: smells exactly as I hoped it would. Clean malt and a luscious bouquet of fruit. All kinds of fruit, too: citrus, grape, cherries, red berries. Yet for all that fruit it doesn't smell like port; the casks are in perfect harmony with the malt and the fruitiness comes across as natural to this whisky rather than added on. Like the standard...

Score 93/100

Cragganmore Rare Auld Cragganmore 18 Year Old Cask 374

I’ve tasted only the basic 12 year old Cragganmore before, on a few occasions, and i really liked it, but I never had the pleasure of tasting the older versions, let alone at cask-strength. You can only imagine how happy i was to try those two expressions. Nose: Malt, citrus, and fruit , mixed with some spices. some honey and pollen Palate: Sweet,...

Score 89/100