Mortlach 1990 20 Year Old Cask #6069 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Mortlach 22 Year Old 1989 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

This is an older bottling from The Nectar of the Daily Drams. It was released in 2012 and is as good as untraceable nowadays. Let us find out if that is something to be sad about. Surprising nose. The first thing that reaches my nostrils is varnish, followed by wood glue. Then the fruit is released. Think oranges and… nope, that is all the fruit I...

Score 86/100

Mortlach SMWS 76.83 "Cocktails after Rugby"

Another one of the SMWS bottle share by the good old Sjoerd from NL. Time to go through that bunch, methinks. And today : A Mortlach! Ah, I do love those meaty Mortlachs, and was hoping this one will be one of them. But, not this time.This was a very different story altogether. Nose: A lot of malty goodness. Vanilla and honey liquor. If you look...

Score 85/100

Mortlach 20 Year Old 1978 Rare Malts Selection

Ah… a golden oldie from the Rare Malts Selection, longer in the bottle by now than it ever spent in the cask. Distilled in 1978 and bottled after 20 years at a whopping 62.2% ABV. You’ll have a very hard time getting hold of this bottle now – or need very deep pockets – but I got my hands on it via a raffle and poured it as the finale in my online...

Score 89/100

Mortlach 76.82

I've been working my way through my Society sample bottles that I received when I joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. I'd started with the Campbeltown, then the Islay. That left me with two Speysides. A fifteen year old and a twenty-one year old. The Speyside I decided to crack open was the fifteen year old. I pulled up the Society's handy...

Score 88/100