Tamdhu 8 Year Old The MacPhail's Collection

Tamdhu 13 Year Old 1990 Dun Bheagan Sherry Finish

Dun Bheagan is a series of malts marketed by Ian MacLeod. Today I will try a Tamdhu, incidentally a distillery currently owned by this bottler. This 13 Year Old got a finish on sherry casks, was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2003. I am putting it head to head with a 15 Year Old, also from 1990, but finished on port casks. The nose is sweet on...

Score 78/100

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

Tamdhu Batch Strength / Batch No 2

Tamdhu is another distillery that until now has evaded my rapier pen. This Speyside distillery was founded in 1896 and lies between Cardhu and Knockando. It's quite large with nine pine washbacks and three pairs of stills. After closing it in 2010, Edrington sold it to Ian Macleod Distillers (who just bought Rosebank) who revived the lagging brand...

Score 90/100

Tamdhu 23 Year Old 1988 Malts of Scotland

This is the second Tamdhu released by the German Malts of Scotland, after the 20 Year Old that was released last year. The name of the distillery, which was taken over from Edrington by Ian McLeod Distillers in July 2011 after it had been mothballed for six months, is Gaelic for Black Hill. As far as I know, she is not yet back in operation. The...

Score 85/100