Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 529: Caol Ila 12 Year Old 2011 Warehouse 8 Claxton’s

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tastes… motor oil? Mark received this bottle for his birthday from his buddy Manny and took it with him to Austria on ski holiday. He was very surprised when he opened the box. Not only is the malt packaged in something that looks like an oversized perfume bottle, but it’s also one of the darkest malts he’s ever seen. For a second there, Mark thought Manny had played a prank on him and filled the bottle with motor oil! But nae worries, this is an outstanding Caol Ila, matured on a first fill oloroso octave, that yielded only 57 bottles.

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