Isle of Arran 11 Year Old 1996 Murry McDavid

Arran Robert Burns Single Malt

This new version of Arran's entry-level malt has been beefed up to 43% and the extra weight seems to have helped. On the nose it is fresh, green, and malty. Banana skins, fresh-cut wood, touch of gingerbread...very appealing in a light sort of way. After a while, faint woodsmoke way in the background (though not a trace of peat). ...

Score 84/100

Arran Illicit Stills / Smugglers Series Vol. I

The Smugglers' Series of Arran consists – litteraly – of books: The Illicit Stills, The High Seas & The Exciseman. The PR-department did their best to bring homage to the distillers of an era gone by with these releases, from distilling in illegal stills to crossing the ferocious seas to bring their wares ashore to the exciseman they tried to...

Score 84/100

Icons of Arran The 'Westie'

This is the third bottling in the series of “Icons of Arran”. The Previous two bottlings (The Peacock, and the Rowan Tree) were both reviewed by me last year, and were very good. This expression is named after Ruaraidh h (pronounced Roo-ree) the West Highland Terrier belonging to our Distillery Manager James MacTaggart. This limited edition...

Score 84/100

Arran Original

I'm writing a follow-up/revision to my earlier review, because I have such a different experience on later tasting after purchasing my own bottle. It is now clear that the day's warmer temperature had been responsible for bringing out the more savory notes in the earlier tasting. I now understand the difference of just a few degrees-- live and...

Score 80/100