Tamdhu 1991 Cask 35096 Celebration of the Cask Carn Mor

Tamdhu 14 Year Old 1998 Douglas of Drumlanrig

Douglas of Drumlanrig is an independent bottler of which the owner is said to be a descendant of the family Douglas who lived in the Drumlanrig Castle. It’s actually more a mansion than a castle, but I digress. The bottler is part of Langside Distillers. Only 12 bottles of this Tamdhu appeared… that’s quite odd. The nose is spring clean and sweet...

Score 84/100

Tamdhu 7 Year Old 2008 for MMM

Several weeks ago, MMM launched its inaugural release in the Animals Series. It was The Ape, a powerful Craigellachie 2008. For this second release, we chose The Tiger, a young but very accessible Tamdhu, matured on a bourbon cask. It was distilled in January 2008 and bottled in May of last year at drinking strength. The nose is candy-like with...

Score 82/100

Tamdhu 15 Year Old 1989 James MacArthur

James MacArthur is a lesser known bottler, but still more than 25 years in operation. I tasted an Auchentoshan from their Old Master series before. This one is a Tamdhu. The nose is very fresh and sweet, but also a bit prickly because of the high ABV. The nose is rife with citrus and agrum. I get both lime as lemon and grapefruit. Apart from that...

Score 81/100

Tamdhu 2004/2011 The Ultimate

This review features a 6yo Tamdhu 2004/2011 from Dutch Independent bottler Van Wees (the Ultimate). With an appealing old-school label and a more than generous pricetag: what's not to like? Maybe the whisky is a bit youngish, but with the NAS whiskies flooding the market these days a bottle that's a bit on the young side should no longer scare...

Score 88/100