John Haig Gold Label Spring Cap Bottled 1940's George VI

Haig Gold Label 1964 rotation

About a year ago, I was able to try a Haig Gold Label, albeit rotation 1974. This one is even a decade older, rotation 1964. Today this blend contains 60% grain. The malt part consists of Linkwood and Glenkenchie and others. I have no idea what the recipe looked liked in the Golden Sixties, though. I get some signs of OBE on the nose, but not that...

Score 70/100

Haig Gold Label 1950s

Liquid history, you say? Count me in! This Haig Gold Label was bottled over 60 years ago! Haig is one of the great whisky barons from an era long gone and for decades their Gold Label sold very well. I was able to get my hands of a bottle from the 1950s. That makes it the oldest Haig I have tried so far. According to some, it contains mostly...

Score 50/100

Haig Dimple 15 Year Old

A mate of mine (Jimmy) and I have this arrangement that whenever we get something new we always invite each other over to have a glass. He recently had a birthday and was gifted a few bottles - a Haig Dimple 15 year old, and Chivas Regal 12 year old and a Bruichladdich 18 year old. First up was the Haig Dimple 15 year old. The nose was full of...

Score 73/100

Haig Dimple 15 Year Old

I'm always looking to try new whiskies, whiskies that I haven't encountered before. This pursuit leads me to going to whisky tastings, oftentimes a couple times a month. It's led me to starting a whisky club here in Perth and it's led me to doing sample swaps as often as I can. Several months ago I'd posted in a discussion on Connosr that I would...

Score 70/100