Imperial 1982 17 Year Old Assoc. of Decaons Independent Bottling

Imperial 17yo 1995/2013 Douglas Laing, Director’s Cut, #9527

My third encounter with Imperial was rather unexpected. After a long day of wading through mud, patches of ice, melting snow and rocks in Jotunheimen. I finally arrived at the DNT fjellstue Leirvassbu. As the valley was still a frozen wasteland I decided to spend the night in the lodge, instead of setting up my tent. To my surprise they had a...

Score 87/100

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 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 1998/2015 G&M for Whisky Mercenary

Imperial, the only lost-distillery still suited for a poor man’s pockets (under the €100) ? Not anymore, with this release of the whisky mercenary, I’m paying for the first time more than a hundred for a bottle of Imperial goodness. These are truly sad times, gents and ladies. But who knows, a 17yo whisky with the stamp of approval from Belgium’s...

Score 86/100