Imperial 1994 13 Year Old NC2 Duncan Taylor

Imperial 1995 Signatory for K&L, cask 50135

Nose: Rich honey, and very cereal and grainy. All great stuff. Some vanilla and cake frosting. Sweet lemon custard with a slight edge to it. A few drops of anise. Essence of summer flowers with a side of wild strawberries. (with water) Lots more sugary sweetness and buttery sweet cake frosting. Vanilla. Just a few echoes of the flowers and wax....

Score 87/100

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 1995/2014 19 Year Old / The Ultimate

Imperial distillery was established in 1897. 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 'Imperial'. The distillery was closed again within two years due to the Pattinson crisis and remained so for almost...

Score 86/100

Imperial 1995 17 Year Old Signatory

from a purchased sample Nose: Painfully light and faint. I'm really working on this, and I'm struggling to get much of anything at first. Malty, cereal, and grainy. A little lemon zest and honey. Finally faint oil/wax. A touch of smoke and more bitter wax. Downright Clynelish-y at points. It's not the most lively or full, and the wood is loud...

Score 80/100