Craigellachie Centenary 14 Year Old

Craigellachie 11 Year Old 1999 Commitment to Malt

Commitment to Malt is a Dutch whisky club with plenty of members. They often bottle single malts for them (I have tasted a few and even have three of their Auchentoshan in my collection, thanks to my Dutch friend Imanuel). The new bottles finally have a lable worth looking at. This 11 Year Old is a distillate from 1999. The nose is very prickly....

Score 78/100

Craigellachie 17 Year Old

After the rather disappointing Craigellachie 13 Year Old, I now have a bottle of their 17 Year Old in front of me. This also matured on American, albeit 4 more years. Hopefully this has resulted in a more interesting whisky. The ABV is the same. Aha! That’s more like it. Fresh notes of gooseberries, green grapes, pineapple and juicy pears. Hint of...

Score 84/100

Craigellachie 13 Year Old

Craigellachie is a lesser known malt that was re-launched by the owners in the Last Great Malts series. Dewar’s & Sons presented their new line-up of this Speysider in 2014 with a 13, 17, 19 (travel retail), 23 and even 31 Year Old. Let me try the entry level malt of 13 years which matured on American oak. The nose keeps you waiting for a...

Score 79/100

Craigellachie 13 Year Old

Today we go to Day 2 of the Kensington Wine Market 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar, and it's one I have had before but haven't reviewed here: Craigellachie 13 Year Old. The colour is a dark gold. Rich on the nose with burnt sugar, caramel apple, tons of cloves and grilled tropical fruit (think mango and pineapple). Blood orange. Dark honey. Seems like...

Score 83/100