Imperial 15 Year Old

Imperial 1998/2015 G&M for Whisky Mercenary

Imperial, the only lost-distillery still suited for a poor man’s pockets (under the €100) ? Not anymore, with this release of the whisky mercenary, I’m paying for the first time more than a hundred for a bottle of Imperial goodness. These are truly sad times, gents and ladies. But who knows, a 17yo whisky with the stamp of approval from Belgium’s...

Score 86/100

Imperial 17yo 1995/2013 Douglas Laing, Director’s Cut, #9527

My third encounter with Imperial was rather unexpected. After a long day of wading through mud, patches of ice, melting snow and rocks in Jotunheimen. I finally arrived at the DNT fjellstue Leirvassbu. As the valley was still a frozen wasteland I decided to spend the night in the lodge, instead of setting up my tent. To my surprise they had a...

Score 87/100

Imperial 15 Year Old 1995 Signatory

It is always exciting to discover a new single malt. Today, I am trying my first ever Imperial. It is a lesser known distillery that was more closed than it was open. This bottle was released last year by The Nectar, a Belgian bottler. The nose is creamy, even waxy, with buttercups and vanilla in the lead, followed by pineapples on syrup. Some...

Score 79/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1998 Gordon & Macphail for The Whisky Mercenary

The Whisky Mercenary - aka Jürgen Vromans – surprises us with his 20th bottling already. This time he selected an Imperial, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in their Exclusive range, meaning it comes at 50% ABV. It is quite pale, having matured on a refill sherry hogshead. The spirit left the stills on 9th September 1998 and was bottled on 28th...

Score 85/100