Arran 1999 15th Anniversary Amontillado Finish

Arran SMWS 121.76 Close Shave From a Tipsy Barber

I thank @Nozinan for the reviewed sample. The bottle was opened one year ago, and the sample was tightly packaged 4 1/2 months after the bottle was opened. SMWS 121.76 is 12 years old and bottled at Cask Strength from refill bourbon barrels Nose: this is a surprisingly woody nose, showing some used oak barrel flavours of much above average...

Score 86/100

Arran 16 Year Old

My 7th Arran review, of the oldest official bottling available, at the moment. This is a temporary expression as the 18th year approaches, and so is limited to 9000 bottles. I wonder whether I will actually prefer the older ones yet to come, because this 16yo was delightful. First vapor: Light nectar and peach nut. Nose: Perfumy. Blossoms, of...

Score 90/100

Arran 10 Year Old

Arran is a somewhat lesser known Island distillery, in the Firth of Clyde just west of Campbeltown. Their 10 year old is their entry level malt, craft presented * Nose: creamy, floral honey and melon, grassy notes, almond lots of vanilla with a hint of brine and sea air with time sour green apple. With water really noses like a grain whisky, very...

Score 82/100

Arran The Devil's Punch Bowl Chapter 1

When this Arran hit the shelft some 9 months ago, it was with a lot of pooha. Great packaging, devilishly clever name (which refers, by the way, to Coire na Cinche, an ice age era cave close to the distillery) and an unprecendented vatting of 24 different casks from 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2006. No less than 6.660 bottles were produced, referring,...

Score 88/100