TOMINTOUL DISTILLERY

Tomintoul distillery’s story start’s in a time of post war optimism for the Scotch whisky industry. After the lifting of first government then self imposed restrictions on sales the healthy increase in demand for the drink led to upturn in production. These measures included an all hands on deck approach to ensuring full capacity of stills was realised, when round the clock distilling wasn’t sufficient to meet projected demand expansion was often the solution then finally new distilleries started to appear. Tomintoul was the first time a Speyside distillery was built in the 20th century with Scottish money and the third new Highland distillery since the war. An amalgamation between two whisky brokers, W. & S. Strong & Co. and Hay & Mcleod, under the banner Tomintoul Distillery Ltd., began a year long search for a water source of reliably sufficient quality and quantity. By November 1964 the search was over and building started with the first production coming in July 1965. The setting of the distillery was not chosen for the sake of convenience being remote in the hills of Glenlivet near the river Avon a few miles from the village it shares it‘s name with. The architecture is functional but despite being approved by The Royal Fine Art Commission and designed by the National Fuel Efficiency Service it is hard to imagine permission being granted these days for any building of this magnitude in the area regardless of it’s socio-economic value being as it is in the Cairngorm national park. Pylons and wind farms might be another matter. Despite there only being three distilleries situated in the glen of the Livet whilst Tomintoul is within the Glenlivet parish 17 stills lay claim to the designation- presumably hoping by association a bit of the magic of the area might rub off. Few distilleries share such a lofty position, 880 feet (268 meters) above sea level, and the area is well known for snow and low temperatures with 2010 being particularly challenging.

Regarding ownership there has been a strong pattern of changing hands: the first sale, to Scottish and Universal Investment Trust or ‘S.U.I.T.S.’ (owned by the House of Fraser family), coming in 1973. Later that year Whyte and MacKay was also purchased by the organisation. Four years later there is a doubling of capacity thanks to the number of stills increasing from two to four. This followed a doubling in the size of the mash tun in 1972/73- it is of the semi-lauter variety. 1978 sees S.U.I.T.S. being taken over by investment conglomerate Lonhro, a company with interests as diverse as mining, textiles, hotels printing and newspapers. A decade later (February 1989) Lonhro sells on it’s whisky wing, known as Whyte and MacKay (W&M) since 1975, to Brent Walker. The following year American Brands Inc. buys W&M then a change of name in 1996 has the distillers known as JBB – Jim Beam Brands- (Greater Europe) Plc.. Current ownership under merchants, bottlers and blenders Angus Dundee dates from the first of August 2000. The company is headed by Terry Hillman an ex-executive of Burn Stewart who re-started his whisky interest via brokering. The Company added the Brechin distillery Glencadam to it’s portfolio in 2003. In the same year a blending centre was installed on site in at Tomintoul with vats ranging in size from 10,000 to 100,000 litres.

The distillery is unusual in that its wide and tall steam kettle heated wash and spirit stills are very nearly the same size as one another, the wash is ~22KL with a 15K charge and the spirit 19.6KL with a 9KL fill. Also perhaps as there are no formal visitor facilities there has never been a need for the cosmetic of lacquering the copper. Reflux bowls are employed while the still’s lyne arms ascend at twenty degrees. These two features combined with use of shell and tube condensers usually indicate the desire to create a lighter spirit. The large mash tun is stainless steel as are the 9 wash backs. Due to its remote location in a sometimes weather effected area barley storage facilities need to be more substantial than the norm. Maturing is in a combination of four six-high racked and some palletised warehouses with a considerable storage capacity for 116,000 casks on site. Maximum production is 3.3 MLPA coming from 15 mashes a week, taking all its brands into consideration the company is responsible for around 5% of Scottish whisky exports although only 2-3% of Tomintoul‘s production is sold as a single malt. Bottlings of the single malt first appeared in 1975 on the distillery’s 10th anniversary however the range available has only just started to blossom. Recent additions include an heavily peated variant named Ballantruan (after one of the springs) introduced in 2000 and produced for two weeks in the distilling calendar. In charge of the twenty staff is current manager, Robert Flemming, coming from a family line of whisky makers he has been overseeing the site since 1990.

‘Tomintoul’ means little hill of the barn.

www.tomintouldistillery.com

Mark Davidson…

Of a distinguished Banff 1968 vintage Mark Davidson has a short but full body and so marries well (& subsequently producing two limited editions), frequently seen at whisky fairs in Scotland yet curiously difficult to find outside his domestic market it is hoped his inaugural launch on the Canadian scene will be well received. He is at home in independant bottling circles being most commonly found in the William Cadenhead livery where he has enjoyed a 13 year finishing period, however as a stand alone single expression under the Jolly Toper brand he can come into his own while being a fine mixer.

We’re delighted to bid a very warm welcome to our much anticipated Annual Whisky Sale Bonanza, which includes all manner of assorted goodies from rare single cask single malts to obscure independent bottlings, irresistibly reduced to tempt you out of January austerity! See below for the exhaustive (and exhausting) list to pick and choose a bargain.

Full List of Sale Whiskies
(was now)

AnCnoc 1998, 46% ABV, Distillery Bottled £48.50 £43.65
Banff 1975, 35 Year Old, 42.4% ABV, Old & Rare £265.00 £238.50
Cambus 1975,36 Year Old, 52.1% ABV, Clan Denny Grain £95.00 £80.75
Cameronbridge 1995, 16 Yr Old, 43% ABV, Single Grain, Hogshead £25.50 £22.95
Dufftown 1976, 58% ABV, AD Rattray Cask Collection £115.00 £97.75
Glenisla 1977, 32/34 Year Old, 50.7% ABV, Hogshead £169.95 £152.96
Glen Mhor 1982, 29 Year Old, 51% ABV, Wine Treated Hogshead £185.00 £166.50
Glentauchers 1996, 15 Year Old 47.8% ABV, Hogshead £60.00 £54.00
Inchmurrin 1996, 15 Year Old, 43% ABV, Refill Butt £32.50 £29.25
Littlemill 1985, 46% ABV, Single Cask £85.00 £72.25
Longmorn 1992, 58.1% ABV, Scott’s Selection £80.00 £72.00
Macduff 1997, 14 Year Old, 46% ABV, Hogshead £50.00 £45.00
Mosstowie 1979, 32 Year Old, 48.5% ABV, Bourbon Barrel £130.00 £117.00
1975 Rare Ayrshire, 36 Yr Old, 44.1% ABV, Bourbon Barrel £165.00 £148.50
Balcones No. 1, 75cl 53% ABV, Texas Single Malt £74.95 £67.46
Balcones Brimstone, 75cl 53% ABV, Texas Corn Whisky £64.95 £58.46
Benriach Authenticus Peated, 46% ABV, 25 Year Old £130.00 £117.00
Benromach 25 Year Old, 43% ABV, Distillery Bottled £70.00 £63.00
Bruichladdich DNA 4, 49.3% ABV, 4th Edition £265.00 £238.50
Bruichladdich Aged 22 Years, 46% ABV, Distillery Bottled £85.95 £77.36
Bruichladdich Cuvee 382, 46% ABV, La Berenice 21 Year Old £98.95 £89.06
Bruichladdich Cuvee 407, 46% ABV, La Noche Bocca Arriba £98.95 £89.06
Bruichladdich Cuvee 640, 46% ABV, Eroica 21 Year Old £98.95 £89.06
Fettercairn 30 Year Old, 43% ABV, Distillery Bottled £245.00 £220.50
Glenallachie 9 Year Old, 2000 46% ABV, Provenance £33.00 £29.70
Hakushu 18 Year Old, 43.5% ABV, Distillery Bottled £105.00 £89.25
Ichiro’s Mizunara Wood Reserve 46% ABV, Hanyu Distillery £87.95 £79.16
Jameson Gold, 40% ABV £57.00 £51.30
Knockando 25 Year Old, 43% ABV, Special Release 2011 £139.00 £125.10
Linkwood 12 YO, 1997, 58.3% ABV, Refill American Oak, Manager’s Choice £200.00 £160.00
Millar’s Blend, 40% ABV, Irish Blend MAGNUM £45.00 £40.50
Millstone Peated Single Malt, 40% ABV, Dutch Single Malt £53.00 £45.05
Nikka Miyagikyo 12 Year Old 58% ABV, 70th Anniversary £125.00 £106.25
Rittenhouse Rye 25 Year old, 50% ABV £200.00 £180.00
St. George Chapter 11, 59.7% ABV, Heavily Peated 3 Year Old £70.00 £63.00
Glencraig 1976, 33/35 Year Old 53.8% ABV, Hogshead £169.95 £152.96
Glenlochy 1980, 31 Year Old, 60.1% ABV, Refill Butt £289.95 £260.96
Talisker 25 Year Old, 45.8% ABV, Distillery Bottled £239.95 £215.96
Whyte & Mackay 22 Year Old, 40% ABV £58.50 £52.65

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My Best Wishes for a Happy and Successful 2013 Year !

Jean Donnay

www.ralfy.com has a good old sip of Granny’s favourite with Whisky Review 331 – Sherry and Whisky

Greetings!

If you’ve ever considered visiting Scotland and the incredible people who produce this spirit we love, then you owe it to yourself to check out the two most recent posts on ForWhiskeyLovers. Eating on Islay – Distillery Style by Contributing Editor Ian Buxton gives the low down on finding quality sustenance on the island as you traverse the map of some of Scotland’s finest whisky producers.

And Managing Editor Caroline Dewar takes us inside one the the countries finest and “resolutely independent” distilleries through Isle of Arran – A Journey of Discovery. Both makes really great reads.

And speaking of Scotland’s finest, this weeks Whiskey Wednesday features a rare and exquisite limited production whisky, with a great story behind it, from one of Scotland’s truly great distilleries: Dalmore Castle Leod Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky.

The Dalmore distillery is located on the northern shores of the Firth of Cromarty, deep in the spectacular Scottish Highlands, where it is perfectly placed to take advantage of a feast of natural resources: from the waters of Loch Morie, found high in the hills overlooking the distillery, to the golden barley of the rich coastal soils of the Black Isle. Being sited at sea level is critically important. Enveloped by the salt air, the sea-facing traditional dunnage warehouses provide the ideal conditions for whisky maturation.

The distillery has been producing exceptional single malt whisky since 1839 and, for almost a century, was owned by the Clan Mackenzie. The clan’s defining influence on the distillery is still evident to this day, with the iconic royal stag’s antlers – taken from the Mackenzie family crest – adorning each and every bottle of The Dalmore.

And just 14 miles from The Dalmore Distillery, on the outskirts of the beautiful Highland town of Strathpeffer, stands Castle Leod, home to the Clan Mackenzie since 1606. The importance to The Dalmore of the Mackenzies cannot be overstated, for it was the vision of the brothers Mackenzie, in 1839, to converted a dilapidated distillery into one that’s stood the test of time ever since.

Castle Leod, which contains many remarkable artifacts and historically important artworks, is one of the few in Scotland still to be occupied by the original owner. Today, it remains home to Cabarfeidh, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie.

The Dalmore Castle Leod Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is an exquisite limited edition whisky that celebrates the ancient and historic seat of Clan Mackenzie, and is the second in a series crafted by Master Distiller Richard Paterson in homage to Clan Mackenzie.

The whisky was distilled in 1995, then was matured initially in American white oak and Spanish sherry wood, before being transferred for a final 18 months to barriques from a legendary Bordeaux chateau (not indicated, but it’s one of the 1st cru classse). The joyful effervescence of fleshy plums, raisins and citrus fruits are followed by the silky tones of kiwi fruit, honey, caramelized pear and sweet mango. A final feast of crushed almonds, spicy ginger, chewy toffee and soft licorice brings this cornucopia of delights to a perfect conclusion.

My goodness….this is a truly amazing whisky.

And as we mentioned, its tough to get. With only 5,000 bottles released world wide, and a mere 2100 of them finding their way to US shores, good luck finding it anywhere.

But fortunately for us, our man Nicky The Neck knows a guy, who’s got a guy, who is owed a favor by another guy….and so we’ve been able to procure more than most.

And so it’s with great excitement that we can start off the New Year by offering you the opportunity to acquire your own bottle of The Dalmore Castle Leod for $159.95.

But if you want some, act fast. While we have more than our fair share, once it’s gone…

Until next week…I wish you high spirits!

Doug Stone
Founder
ForWhiskeyLovers.com

DALMORE CASTLE LEOD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT WHISKY

TASTING NOTES (courtesy of Tastings.com)

Color: Beautiful amber color.

Nose: Elusive aromas of toasted raisin nut bread and honey

Mouth feel: silky, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body

Finish: long, chewy, grain, spice, cream accented finish. Wonderfully delicious.

As of Monday 14th January new shipping regulations prohibited the delivery of alcohol to consumers in USA, our shipments to the USA will be suspended indefinitely.
Please submit your final order as soon as possible.

TOP PICKS… (a handful of our favorites also listed in the New Arrivals and Back in Stock sections)

• 1985 Bruichladdich DNA Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($599.99) The third edition of this rare limited release, the 1985 DNA combines some of Bruichladdish’s greatest American oak-Bourbon casks and the last of the sherry butts from the mid-1980s. Distiller’s notes: “Nose: Multiple sensory impressions: opening with the classic Oloroso overtones of sultanas, dates, raisins, sweet barley sugar, and a hint of tangerine zest. A little later, beautiful drifts of rich vanilla and nutty nougat…The oak mellowness gives an irresistible Spanish passion, a remarkable bouquet ending on sea breezes and wild flowers – aromas that whiskies matured on Scotland’s west coast can have. Palate: It’s magical on the palate; the flavours lie deep in the spirit, cocooned in the shelter of the oak for over 30 years. They spread gently over the taste buds with peat fire warmth, and then without hesitation, the sherry takes the lead…Finish: A lingering finish, so gentle and soft, as though it does not want to leave. Like it was saying ‘don’ t forget me’ and that we must listen and try our hardest to distil such beautiful spirits…Mood: Planned selfish solitude: no distractions, no obligations.”

• Glenfiddich Malt Master’s Edition Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($81.99) Gold Medal winner at the 17th annual International Spirit Challenge. Distiller notes: “The Malt Master’s Edition is matured twice, each time for a number of years, in two separate casks consecutively. First the whisky is aged in traditional oak for a period of years then in the highest quality sherry casks for its final years of maturation. This creates a rich, complex whisky with flavors imparted from both woods. This labor-intensive process differs from finishing in that there is a balance of maturation for several years in two distinct woods, not long-term aging in one type of wood followed by a short period spent in another. As a result of these efforts our “Double-Matured” Malt Master’s Edition has a truly unique taste. Bottled at 43% ABV, the nose entices with damp earth and whisky-soaked wood intermingling with vanilla and smoky embers. On the palette, zingy sherbet leads but this slowly turns to plum and spice with hints of almond and w edding cake. The finish is silky smooth.”

NEW ARRIVALS… (items coming into our inventory for the first time)

United States – Bourbon and Rye

• Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Bottled in Bond Straight Kentucky Rye 750ml ($74.99) • Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bottled in Bond Straight Kentucky Bourbon 750ml ($44.99) • Peach Street Bourbon 750ml ($62.99)

BACK IN STOCK… (items we’ve carried in the past that have just arrived again)

Scotland – Single Malt Scotch

• Bowmore Legend Islay Single Malt Whisky 750ml (Elsewhere $32) ( Price: Hidden )

• Edradour 10-year-old Highland Single Malt Whisky 750ml ($54.99)

United States – Bourbon and Rye

• Jefferson’s Reserve Very Old Bourbon 750ml – 12 available ($39.99) • Old Pogue Master’s Select Small Batch Bourbon 750ml (ships as 1.5L) ($45.99)

• Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Old Rye Whiskey 750ml – 12 available ($41.99)

• Tuthilltown Hudson Manhattan Rye (375ml) – 12 available ($49.99)

K&L Wine Merchants http://www.klwines.com Phone: 877-KLWines (toll free 877-559-4637) Email: wine@klwines.com San Francisco, Redwood City, Hollywood CA

Whisky Intelligence – ‘Vignettes – Moments in Whisky’ feature whisky moments as experienced by the readership. If you have a whisky moment please feel free to submit your moment and we’ll do our best to publish it. Use the “Submit a Press Release” button at the top of this page… Go on, you know you want to be famous!

Please find below the Whisky Intelligence Tasting Notes/Whisky Reviews Scores for 2012. This compilation is not in any regard an ‘Awards’ but merely a record from top to bottom of the whiskies reviewed in 2012. The vast majority have been purchased with private funds; a very few have been provided by agents or suppliers and are thus noted in the individual review. If you are curious to see which are the later, you may search through the Tasting Notes/Whisky Reviews archive and find them for yourself.

There is a distinct lack of neither rhyme nor reason in the compilation; they have merely been reviewed as they have come available. Some were new releases, some blends and some no longer available.

Additionally whiskies that have achieved an equal score (for example 88 points) have not been listed alphabetically merely to further demonstrate the lack of neither rhyme nor reason.

94 Port Ellen 11yo 1983/1994 (59.4%, SMWS, 43.8)
92 Glen Grant 60yo 1952/2012 (42.3%, G&M C#465, 85 Decanters)
92 Glenglassaugh Managers Legacy 1967/2010 (40.4%, OB, Walter Grant”, Refill HHD, 200 Bts)
91 Laphroaig 20yo 1990 (58.2%, SMWS, 29.104, Refill sherry butt, USA 120 Bts., +/-2012
91 Lochside 44yo 1967/2011 (41.5%, Coopers Choice, Butt, C#807, 354 Bts.,)
91 Isle of Arran 14yo 1996/2011 (56%, OB, Premium Single Cask, Sherry, C#1785, 165 Bts., D. 06/11/96, B. 31/03/11)
91 Port Ellen 31yo 1979/2011 (52.1%, Douglas Laing Old & Rare, Refill Hogshead, 253 Bts)
90 Ben Nevis 15yo 1996/2011 (55.4%, C of Q, C#911, 231 Bts., HHD)
90 Big Peat Santa NAS Batch #22 (57.8%, DL & Co, 2011)
90 Bowmore 14yo (54.8%, A. D. Rattray for BevMo!, Bourbon, C#2873, 239 Bts., D’ 27/03/96 B’ 04/08/2010)
90 Caol Ila 10yo 2000 (58%, SMWS, Refill Hogshead, 53.157, +/-2012)
90 Clynelish 21yo 1990 (49.1%, SMWS, 26.84, Refill barrel, +/-2012)
90 Elijah Craig 18yo Single Barrel (45%, OB, C#3961, +/-2010)
90 Isle of Arran 1999 NAS Golden Eagle (46%, OB, 6,000 Bts., 2012)
90 Isle of Arran 1996/2012 (51.1%, OB, Premium Cask Selection, Sherry, C#1979, 219 Bts., D’11/12/96, B’25/04/12)
90 Isle of Arran 1996/2012 (52%, OB, Premium Cask Selection, Bourbon, C# 2086, 186 Bts)
90 Invergordon 18yo (65.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, G5.4, 247 bts., +/-2011)
90 Longmorn 19yo (51.1%, SMWS of Canada, 7.70, refill hogshead, 161 Bts., +/-2011)
90 Mortlach 21yo 1989 (57.8%, SMWS, First–fill Sherry Butt, 76.84, +/-2012)
90 Willie Napier Pure Pot Still 44yo (40%, Tullamore, B’ 1989)
89 Ardbeg 8yo 2003 (60.4%. SMWS, 33.113, First fill barrel, +/-2012)
89 Booker’s 7yo Small Batch (63.7%, OB, Batch#C03-1-16, +/-2011)
89 Bowmore 21yo 1990 (46.4, SMWS, Refill Hogshead, 3.182)
89 Glenfarclas NAS 175 (43%, OB, 2011)
89 Glen Scotia 11yo (59.1%, SMWS of Canada, 93.42, Refill Butt, 735 Bts., +/-2011)
89 Hazelburn 8yo (55.9%, OB, Sauternes Wood, 9180 bts, D’ 06/08 B’ 02/11)
89 Isle of Arran 9yo (61.3%, SMWS, 121.51, 642 Bts., Sherry, Refill Butt, 2002/2011
89 Kilchoman 5yo 2006 (60.2%, SMWS, 129.1, first fill barrel, USA 114 bottles, +/- 2012)
89 Linkwood 28yo 1982 (53.9%, SMWS, Refill Hogs Head 39.83, +/-2012)
89 Longmorn 14yo 1996/2011 (46%, A.D. Rattray, Bourbon, C#97630, 304 Bts)
89 Old Pulteney 21yo (46%, OB, -/-2011)
89 Knob Creek 9yo ‘Small batch” (50%, OB, +/-2011)
89 Macallan 20yo (55.4%, SMWS of Canada, 24.117, 2nd Fill PX Sherry hogs Head, 196 Bts.)
88 Auchentoshan 12yo 1999 (54.7%, SMWS, 5.35, Second Fill hogshead, +/-2012)
88 Adelphi’s 18yo Liddesdale Islay (46%, Batch release No.1, 2962 Bts., +/-2012)
88 Balvenie 17yo Peated Cask (43%, OB, 2011)
88 Bunnahabhain 4yo 2005/2009 (57.7%, Creative Whisky Co., C#28, 257 Bts.,)
88 Caperdonich 17yo (58%, SMWS of Canada, 38.21, 2nd fill hogshead, 234 Bts., +/-2011)
88 Edradour 10yo (46%, Signatory UCF Collection, C#157, 634 Bts., D’17/04/1996 B’16th/02/2007)
88 Forty Creek (45%, OB, ‘Port Wood Reserve’, Lot 060, 2010)
88 GlenDronach 39yo 1972/2011 (49.8%, OB for KWM, Oloroso Sherry Butt, C#711, 300 Bts.)
88 Glenmorangie Artein 15yo (46%, OB, 2011)
88 Great King Street “Artist Blend’ NAS (43%, Compass Box, 2011)
88 Isle of Arran NAS The Devil’s Punch Bowl (52.3%, OB, Sherry & Bourbon, 6660 Bts., 2012)
88 Isle of Arran 2000/2011 The Sleeping Warrior (54.9%, OB, 6000 Bts.,)
88 Kilchoman NAS Single Sherry Cask Release KWM (60%, OB, C#322, D’ 15/11/2006 B’13/09/2011)
88 Knob Creek 9yo “Single Barrel” (60%, OB, +/- 2011)
88 Nikka Tsuru 17yo (43%, OB, 2012)
88 Stronachie 18yo (46%, A.D. Rattray, Batch Number 18/10-01, 2010)
88 1792 Ridgemont Reserve Barrel Select (46.85%, OB, “DSP-KY-12+/-2011)
87 Glencadam 14yo (46%, OB, Oloroso Sherry cask Finish, 2012)
87 Glen Scotia 9yo 2002 (59.7%, SMWS, 93.47, Refill Barrel, +/-2012)
86 Bruichladdich Sherry Classic (46%, OB, 2010)
86 Forty Creek (40%, OB, ‘Confederation Oak Reserve’, Lot 1867, 2010)
86 Forty Creek (40%, OB, ‘Small Batch Reserve’, Lot 105, 2008)
86 Glenrothes 10yo 2001 (60.6%, SMWS Refill Gorda, 30.68)
86 Highland Park 11yo 1999 (58.6%, SMWS, First-fill barrel, 4.153, +/-2012)
86 Isle of Arran 2001/2012 (55.2%, OB for Kensington, Bourbon, C#808, 233 Bts., D’13/12/2001, B’12/09/2012)
86 Kavalan NAS ‘Solist’ (58.3%, OB, C#S060814018, 536 Bts., 08/10/2010)
86 Longmorn 8yo 2003 (61.6%, SMWS, 1st fill barrel, 7.69)
86 Scapa 16yo (40%, OB, 2010)
86 Speyburn 11yo 1995/2007 (59%, A. D. Rattray, Bourbon, C#422, 287 Bts.)
86 Springbank 13yo 1998 (57.6%, SMWS, 27.97, refill Gorda, USA 180 Bts., +/-2012)
86 Tomatin 12yo (43%, OB, +/-2011)
85 Bunnahabhain NAS ‘Toiteach’ (46%, OB, +/-2010?)
85 Carsebridge 35yo 1976 (53.6%, SMWS, G2.2, Refill barrel, USA 60 Bts., +/-2012)
85 Forty Creek (40%, OB, ‘Double Barrel Reserve’, Lot 240, 2010)
85 Glen Grant 8yo 2002 (62.1%, SMWS, 9.62 First fill barrel, 149 Bts., +/-2012)
85 Glenrothes NAS 1988/2011 (43%, OB, 2011)
85 Isle of Arran 12yo Cask Strength (54.1%, OB, 12,000 Bts., Number 1, 2011)
85 McDonald’s Traditional Ben Nevis NAS (46%, 2012)
85 The Naked Grouse NAS (40%, OB, Batch 1017822:05, +/- 2011)
84 Stronachie 12yo (43%, A.D. Rattray, Batch Number 02/11, 2011)
84 Tamdhu 10yo (40%, OB, +/-2011)
84 Octomore ‘Comus’ 5yo (61.%, OB, Edition 04.2, 18,000 Bts., 2011)
83 Glenturret 10yo 2001 (57.2%, SMWS, 16.32, refill port pipe, USA 120 Bts., +/-2012)
83 Penderyn 5yo 2006 (61.3%, SMWS, 128.3, First fill barrel, USA 78 bottles, +/-2012)
82 Tomatin 10yo ‘Single Malt Collection’ (40%, Trader Joe’s, +/-2010)
82 Tullibardine 1992/2011 (46%, OB, 1Er Cru Classé Bordeaux Finish)
81 Cardhu 27yo 1984 (52.6%, SMWS, 106.18, refill hogshead, USA 78 bottles, +/-2012)
81 Macallan 16yo 1995 (53%, SMWS, Refill Hogshead, 24.122)
80 Clynelish 15yo (59.9%, SMWS of Canada, 26.82, refill sherry butt, 571 Bts., +/-2011)
80 Glenrothes 42yo 1969/2012 (42.6%, Adelphi, Cask #2, 297 Bts.)
80 Kuchh Nai NAS (40%, OB, +/2011)
80 Lismore NAS ‘Speyside’ (50%, William Lundie & Co, +/-2011)
80 Rosebank 21yo 1990 (59.8%, SMWS, 25.63, refill hogshead, USA 108 bottles, +/-2012)
79 BenRiach NAS ‘Birnie Moss’ (48%, OB, 2011)
78 Ledaig 7yo 2005 (62.7%, SMWS, 42.10, refill barrel, USA 60 Bts., +/-2012)