Imperial 16 Year Old 1995 The Octave Duncan Taylor

Imperial 12 Year Old 1991 Gordon & Macphail

The most famous and probably oldest independent bottler, from Elgin, Gordon & Macphail, have released quite a few Imperial. This one was bottled almost ten years ago and bottled under their RESERVE label. Have you seen the ABV? Wow. The nose of this Imperial is quite different from the other two I have just tried. A lot less fruity. I get a...

Score 79/100

Imperial 18 Year Old 1995 Signatory Vintage for Asta Morris

I can hardly believe that I missed this one at the time of release, but it is true. A bottling of a closed distillery – Imperial – bottled in 2014 for none other than Crazy Bert and his company Asta Morris. Fortunately, my friend Benny VDB had bought a bottle at the time and it was still not empty 7 years later and was therefore able to provide me...

Score 89/100

Imperial 1990/2013 22 Year Old Mackillop’s Choice

Imperial distillery was founded in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie, an entrepreneur who already owned two other malt whisky distilleries, Dailuaine and Talisker. Its construction coincided with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the year that the British Prime Minister, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, hosted the first Imperial conference – hence the name...

Score 85/100

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