Cragganmore 1989 21 Year Old

Cragganmore 14 Year Old Friends of the Classic Malts

Like I've stated before, not my kind of whisky. But I can imagine this being at the top of the "fruit charts" for many people. I can't say I wasted any dollars in Cragganmore 14 because it was a product supplied by one of my friends in our whisky society's tastings. For my taste it would be a waste of any currency, if I ever had bought...

Score 75/100

Cragganmore 12 Year Old Diageo Special Releases 2019

halfway between Aberlour and Grantown-on-Spey. While very popular with the blenders (it is an important ingredient of the Johnnie Walker Green Label for example), it only become well-known with a larger audience with the release of the Classic Malts, albeit only as a 12 years old. In 2014 it made its entrance into the Special Release as a 25 years...

Score 86/100

Cragganmore 12 Year 2019 Special Release

Pandemic review time. Been sitting on this sample from a good friend of mine. Tried a bit of it and greatly enjoyed it, but only am now taking the time to finish the sample and write up some tasting notes. I am one who loves the packaging Diageo did this past year. Yes, it's different, some bottles are almost garish, but I like that they took...

Score 90/100

Cragganmore 12 Year Old

Classic, no sherry. The way a whisky should be. Somehow this malt manages to be everything. Very fragrant, it has both cut grass and fruity aromas, which are normally mutually exclusive a-la Glenkinchie vs. Glenlivet. And it has the perfect, perfect amount of peat/smoke; it's there, but it balances perfectly with the other flavours.

Score 93/100