Clynelish 1997 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Last night I took it upon myself to try a Scottish pub nearby that has quite the selection of Whisky. A huge array. This gem is the Highland Stillhouse in Oregon City, OR. Came for the Whisky, stayed for the company. I ended up meeting the owner of the place, who was sitting at the table next to mine. He happens to be very dear friends with a one...

Score 88/100

Clynelish 12 Year Old Diageo Special Releases 2022

Matured on a combination of refill American oak and PX/Oloroso 'seasoned' barrels. N: The first sniff is sweet on baked apples, pancake sugar (the light brown Graeffe variety), salted caramel and butterscotch, dry apricots and some birch sap. You have to wait a minute or two for it, but eventually the almost obligatory beeswax also appears. Feel...

Score 89/100

Clynelish 10 Year Old 1995 Eilan Gillan

Eilan Gillan is a French bottler with only a few releases to its name, including an Arran, two Bowmore, a Caol Ila, two Macallan, but also four Clynelish. This is one of them, a single cask that was distilled in November 1995 and filled in September 2006, so a bit shy of 11 years. It was colored nor chill filtered, but did get cut to 46%. The nose...

Score 82/100

Clynelish Hart Bros 1998 14 Year Old

A review of Hart Bros Clynelish 1998, bottled in 2013. Round two for Clynelish. Nose: lemon syrup, lemon liqueur, anise, citrus, and bread. Palate: dry, syrupy, and slightly sweet. Wood spice, a grassy note, and the telltale waxiness. But no lemon! (wait, there is a hint of unidentified citrus hiding in the spice). Finish: drying and long,...

Score 86/100