Mannochmore 1991 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Mannochmore Loch Dhu 10 Year Old Black Whisky

Dark Terror Loch Dhu is Gaelic for ‘Black Lake’. It was produced by Mannochmore in 1996, but no longer. A strange whisky, to say the least. Many people believe this to be the world’s worst single malt ever made. Mannochmore claims the dark color is the result of double charring of the cask, a process in which the inside of the cask is charred...

Score 40/100

Mannochmore 28 Year Old 1982 Bladnoch Forum

I confess, Mannochmore is a distillery that appears rarely on my radar. In the two decades that I’m sipping whisky, this is only my 5th encounter with this Speysider. That surprises even me. Today one that spent almost three decades in the cask and was released almost a decade ago by the former owners of the Bladnoch distillery. Despite the long...

Score 86/100

Mannochmore 18 Year Old 1990 Natural Cask Strength

Mannochmore – which can be found on the same grounds as Glenlossie – is one of Diageo’s work horses for the blends. There are only a handful of official releases and this is one from 1990 – a vintage of which there are two officials: the 25 Year Old from the Special Releases in 2016 and this 18 Year Old from 2009 at cask strength. Dark, sweet and...

Score 88/100

Mannochmore 10 Year Old 2007 Lady of the Glen

Mannochmore is a surprisingly young distillery, founded by John Haig & Co in 1971. Until 2008 she was run by the crew of the neighbouring distillery Glenlossie. She produces primarily for blenders and also acquired some notoriety with the black whiskey Loch Dhu. But today I will try a first fill bourbon barrel from independent bottler Lady of...

Score 84/100