Caol Ila 1991 13 Year Old The Whisky Fair

Caol Ila 10 Year Old Douglas Laing Advance Cask Sample

Douglas Laing used to work (do they still?) with these so-called Advance Cask Samples, whisky in 200ml bottles that would (but not always) later appear in full bottles. This 10 year old Caol Ila pre-dates the split of Fred and Stuart, when Old Malt Cask was still part of Dougals Laing. Nowadays, this series belongs to Hunter Laing. Surprisingly...

Score 83/100

Caol Ila Smoke & Sherry Cooper’s Choice

Cooper’s Choice (a label from the Vintage Malt Company) launched this NAS Caol Ila early this year. It matured on American oak before being finished on an oloroso sherry cask. Will you look at that color! At cask strength, naturally. Wonderfully dark and sweet nose on raisins, plums and overripe peach, the kind of which the juice runs down your...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila Moch

Ok... drank the bottle. I have been a avid whiskey fan, and this is my first review. The fact that I upended the bottle is the only reason I am mustering the balls to finally write a review, as most of you have already done I'm sure. I have seen enough reviews to know what the format should be, and this may be a slight variation from the norm:...

Score 85/100

Caol Ila 25 Year Old First Cask

This Caol Ila was distilled on 9th February 1982 (damn, I was a 12 year old school kid at the time!) and slept for 25 years on bourbon hogshead #741, to be bottled on 17th April 2007. Only 220 bottles were available at an amazing 60,8% ABV. The angels were rather economical, eh? It was bottled by WIN (Whisky Import Netherlands) under their First...

Score 88/100