Strathmill 16 Year Old 1992 Signatory

Strathmill 37 Year Old 1974 Archives

This is only my fourth Strathmill (which means ‘big mill in the valley’). Of the first three, only one was really nice, the 35 Year Old from A.D. Rattray, that is being sold for around 120 EUR. Let us see if this Archives (which is around 50 EUR more expensive) can fascinate. Yep, the nose is bulls eye! Very fruity and creamy on oranges and honey....

Score 88/100

Strathmill 26 Year Old 1988 Valinch & Mallet

In their ‘Lost Drams’ series, the Italian Valinch & Mallet released this Strathmill 1988 a few years back. At cask strength, as they are wont to do. It is only my 15th Strathmill, but that is no surpise. The lion’s share goes into J&B and other blends and official bottlings are few and far between. The nose is fresh on Granny Smith apples...

Score 84/100

Strathmill 38 Year Old 1975 Malts of Scotland

As far as I am aware, this is the first Strathmill bottled by Malts of Scotland. It was distilled in May 1975 (I was 5 years old) and bottled after 38 long years on a bourbon cask. In age, this is the oldest Strathmill I have ever tried. Oh, my, wonderful nose on banana, nuts, honey, cinnamon, apple juice and a single leaf of mint. Pineapple...

Score 87/100

Strathmill 21 Year Old 1992 C&S Dram Collection

If you want to try Strathmill as a single malt, you’ll need to look at independent bottlers. The distillery barely puts out anything as single malt, but sells almost everything to the blenders. Strathmill is, for example, the fingerprinit malt in the popular blend J&B. This single cask was bottled by the German company C&S Dram Collection...

Score 84/100