Imperial 1979 17 Year Old Wilson & Morgan

Imperial 15 Year Old 1995 Signatory

It is always exciting to discover a new single malt. Today, I am trying my first ever Imperial. It is a lesser known distillery that was more closed than it was open. This bottle was released last year by The Nectar, a Belgian bottler. The nose is creamy, even waxy, with buttercups and vanilla in the lead, followed by pineapples on syrup. Some...

Score 79/100

Imperial 1990/2013 22 Year Old Mackillop’s Choice

Imperial distillery was founded in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie, an entrepreneur who already owned two other malt whisky distilleries, Dailuaine and Talisker. Its construction coincided with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the year that the British Prime Minister, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, hosted the first Imperial conference – hence the name...

Score 85/100

Imperial 18 Year Old 1995 Signatory Vintage for Asta Morris

I can hardly believe that I missed this one at the time of release, but it is true. A bottling of a closed distillery – Imperial – bottled in 2014 for none other than Crazy Bert and his company Asta Morris. Fortunately, my friend Benny VDB had bought a bottle at the time and it was still not empty 7 years later and was therefore able to provide me...

Score 89/100

Imperial 2010, 11 y.o. Single Cask, sherry-enhanced

What an explosion of impressions! Andy really hit the mark here - start off with the heady aroma of baked apples and raisins. Follow that with the mellow taste, creamy with a hint of peat - but just a hint! Very fruity finish with more cream. The ladies should like this one! Independent bottler.

Score 90/100