Cu Dhub 10 Year Old Black Whisky

Speyside Spey 18 Year Old

The 18 year old whisky from the Speyside Distillery, simply Spey 18, matured on fresh sherry casks and was bottled at a drinking strength of 46%. Only 1.500 bottles were launched. I am told it is very popular in Taiwan. Well, it is not like I ever go there. Ha, that is more like it! Good nose on all kinds of fruit. A real salad of fresh fruit...

Score 83/100

Speyside Region Very Old Selection Sansibar

The German Sansibar bottled this ‘secret’ Speyside ‘Very Old Selection’ for the Dutch Whisky Association. As I understand it, it’s a blended malt, but all malts are from Speyside, obviously. No age statement, merely the mention ‘Very Old Selection’ which makes one presume some malts of respectable age were used. Lovely label, by the way. Oh, this...

Score 86/100

Speyside 1996/2014 Douglas Laing

Mostly known for its painfully generic name and not for the quality of its products, the Speyside distillery is a piece of work. Or should I say “was” a piece of work, ever since new management took over, I’ve heard great things about the current owners, plans for expansion and increasingly positive reviews. Who knows, this relatively young...

Score 89/100

Speyside 15 Year Old 1996/2012 Carn Mor Strictly Limited, Sherry Butt, 770 bts

I have always had a bit of trouble with the name Speyside Distillery. It seems a bit like a delusion of grandeur, no? She can obviously be found in the Speyside region, but do you have to call it that then? Anyway, I tried this bottling before at a whisky & chocolate tasting in Ghent. Today, I am leaving the chocolate in the cupboard. The nose...

Score 82/100