Imperial 1982 24 Year Old Fino Sherry Butt Ian Macleod

Imperial Signatory Cask Strength 1995 16yo

Maltmadness have some interesting info on this distillery and it does seem to be one of the most obscure ones. As of 2013 it has been demolished with plans in place to build a new distillery. At 57.8% I've added water immediately. The nose is a bit odd - hard to decipher but I get burnt sugar with a bit of earthiness. Toffee-liquorice becomes...

Score 71/100

Imperial 19yo (1995/2015) Signatory Vintage

I already talked about, how Imperial, apart from being one hell of a classy Speysider, could well become the new Littlemill. Due to its unique profile, recoqniqable , anise driven profile, it is listed high on my distillery list. And the good people behind Signatory seem to agree. Especially when it comes to 1995 vintage releases. According to the...

Score 85/100

Imperial 19 Year Old 1995 Un Chill-filtered

Imperial is no more. The distillery – that was more closed than open – has been demolished. At the site Chivas Brothers built a modern distillery in 2014: Dalmunach. We’ll try an older release from Signatory from a series of which they have already released quite a bit of bottles. This is a vatting of two hogsheads, cut to 46%. Summery and...

Score 85/100

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