Tullibardine 1973

Tullibardine 20 Year Old

It was way back in 2013 that I last tasted the Tullibardine 20. One of the exhibitors at the MEUG Rooftop Festival had a recent bottling with him and I thought it would be a good idea to revisit this malt, which matured for two decades in only first fill ex-bourbon barrels. Deliciously fruity, sweet nose on banana, pineapple, oatmeal, vanilla and...

Score 85/100

Tullibardine 16 Year Old Daily Dram 'Dainteer Bull'

Daily Dram is a label by Bresser & Timmer, a Dutch bottler, that works together with The Nectar, a Belgian bottler. Nowadays, their joint bottlings sport the label 'Nectar of the Daily Drams'. What's in a name? Until recently they gave their whiskies funny names, mostly anagrams of the distilleries. Some examples: 'Glaring Echo' (Glen...

Score 84/100

Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Finish

Next to the 225 there is now also the 228 from Tullibardine. It is their Sovereign, the bourbon matured entry level malt, but finished on Burgundy red wine casks. It was a cask of 228 litres, from which this release takes its name. Notice that these new releases have no age statement. The nose starts off very spicy. Think nutmeg and cloves....

Score 83/100

Tullibardine 1976 SIngle Cask Edition #3160

For my twentieth encounter with Tullibardine I chose an official bottling from the Single Cask Edition. Hogshead #3160 yielded 227 bottles at cask strength. It was released in 2010 and is nowhere to be found anymore. While the label simply states ‘hogshead’, a second with your nose in the glass will tell you that this was most likely a sherry...

Score 87/100