Craigellachie 14 Year Old

Craigellachie 17 Year Old

After the rather disappointing Craigellachie 13 Year Old, I now have a bottle of their 17 Year Old in front of me. This also matured on American, albeit 4 more years. Hopefully this has resulted in a more interesting whisky. The ABV is the same. Aha! That’s more like it. Fresh notes of gooseberries, green grapes, pineapple and juicy pears. Hint of...

Score 84/100

Craigellachie 9 Year Old 2004 Hepburn's Choice

Craigellachie is a working horse that spits around 4 million liters of spirit out of its stills every year. Yet it is not a very well-known malt. This has everything to do with the fact that the lion’s share of production disappears into Dewar’s blend, with their White Horse label as the most important client. So we have to look at independent...

Score 68/100

Craigellachie 9 Year Old CWC Exclusive Casks

For this Craigellachie (which means Rocky Hill in Gaelic, by the way) I turn to David Stirk and his Creative Whisky Company. This was finished on a Pedro Ximenze cask and is bottled at the exact same ABV as the A.D. Rattray bottle. So let us keep water handy. The PX dominates the rather delicate and florale Craigellachie character clearly. Candied...

Score 86/100

Craigellachie 1994 15 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland

I've got a list of my untried Scottish distilleries which I'm gradually ticking off, (of those affordable anyway). This is my first ever taste of Craigellachie..... Floral nose, quite light and then noticeably spicy. Traditional Speyside notes. On the palate it is a little richer than the nose would suggest. It's quite buttery with a touch of...

Score 73/100