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Tormore 24 Year Old 1992 WhiskyBroker for Van Zuylen

At the end of 2019 I hosted a tasting and my buddy Manny turned up as well. Manny never turns up without something to taste of his own. After the tasting opened up this Tormore 1992 that was bottled for the Dutch shop Van Zuylen by WhiskyBroker. A few weeks later, he even gave me the bottle with a few drams left. Powerful and floral nose on green...

Score 85/100

Tormore 10 Year Old bottled 1980s

My first Tormore! This is an older bottling from the days in which Long John Distillers still put Tormore-Glenlivet on the label, as well as the term Pure Highland Malt (which was later replaced with Pure Speyside Malt). I got the sample from a whisky buddy in Palermo, Sicily (thanks, Luca). The nose is very light and malty. I am reminded of...

Score 78/100

Tormore 26 Year Old 1988 The Ultimate

Tormore is one of those distilleries that you have heard of but barely see any bottles from. It’s a beautiful distillery, designed by the famous architect Sir Albert Richardson. I’ll be trying an independent release from the Dutch bottler Van Wees in their well-known The Ultimate series. The sherry butt yielded no less than 557 bottles. The nose...

Score 85/100

Tormore 12 Year Old

I personally love exploring the not so mainstream expressions out there and so it was quite exciting when I spotted this 12 year old Speyside in a friend's bar the other night. It has a typical Speyside nose with butterscotch, honey and almond. Citrusy overtones come next followed by something a touch floral wrapped in a haze of morning dew....

Score 86/100