Caol Ila 1995 13 Year Old Cask #10034 Queen of the Moorlands

Caol Ila 18 Year Old / Special Releases 2017

This review is from a “mystery sample” a friend gave me. I don’t know when he opened the bottle or when he bottled the sample. * Nose (undiluted): lemon, honey, brine, floral, a hint of peat?, something funky (vegetal) I can’t quite identify (dry leaves maybe?), apple skins * Palate (undiluted): hot, spiky arrival, honey, a bit of a mineral note,...

Score 91/100

Caol Ila Islay Single Malt 8 Year Old 2008 McShelfie #2

The second club bottling of the Belgian club McShelfie is a young Islay. I heard through the grapevine that it is Caol Ila, my favourite Islay whisky! This is my 99th encounter. And young Caol Ila can be very, very good in my opinion, so the expectations are high. Oh, my, what’s this? Deep fried doughnut balls, I kid you not! This Caol Ila is...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 13 Year Old 2008 Hielander Whisky Festival

Wullie McMorland, the sympathetic Netherscot who has been running the well-known whisky restaurant The Hielander in Alkmaar since 1989 and was appointed Keeper of the Quaich in 2016, also organizes the so-called Hielander Whisky Festival every year and that is invariably accompanied by a festival bottling. Wullie always makes sure that this...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

No, this is not a peat monster. It's Islay, no doubts, just a bit milder version of it. Ther are plenty of smoke and peat, quite some fruits and grass as well. Nose: fresh, clean, spicy, briny, peaty, lemon, freshly cut apple, smoke, smoked fish Palate: smoke, some fruit sweetness and herbs bitterness, ash, pepper, citrus Finish: spices, pepper,...

Score 85/100