Arran 12 yo 1999 (54,8%, Single Cask Nation 2011, cask #6, Pinot Noir finish, 277 btl.) – 83/100
Arran 12 yo 1999 (54,8%, Single Cask Nation 2011, cask #6, Pinot Noir finish, 277 btl.) – 83/100
Hanyu 12 yo 2000 (57,5%, Ichiro’s Malt for Shinanoya 2012, red oak heads hogshead finish, cask #360, 309 btl.) – 90/100
Knockando 12 yo 1996 ‘Manager’s Choice’ (58,5%, OB 2009, bodega sherry cask #800790, 612 btl.) – 88/100
Ardbeg Galileo 12 yo 1999 (49%, OB 2012, first fill ex-bourbon and ex-Marsala casks) – 87/100
Black Bull 12 yo (50%, Duncan Taylor 2012) – 82/100
Dalmore 12 yo 2000 (53,4%, Malts of Scotland 2012, sherry hogshead, MoS 12035, 290 btl.) – 86/100
Ardbeg Galileo (49%, OB 2012)
Macduff 12 yo 2000 (51,7%, The Whiskyman & Pin’Art, refill sherry hogshead) – 87/100
Old Pulteney 12 yo (40%, OB 2010) – 78/100
Bowmore 12 yo 1999 (57,6%, Fulldram 2011, oloroso sherry cask, 190 btl.) – 87/100
Glenfiddich 12 yo (40%, OB 2010) – 76/100
Arran 12 yo 1998 ‘The Westie’ (46%, OB 2011, 6000 btl.) – 84/100
Hakushu 12 yo 1997 (56%, OB for Whisky-Live 2009, hogshead BJ41521) – 81/100
Yamazaki 12 yo 1996 (60%, OB for Whisky-Live Japan 2009, sherry butt AX70012) – 86/100
Ardbeg 12 yo 1998 (55,4%, Nectar of the Daily Drams 2011) – 88/100
Milton-duff Glenlivet 12 yo (43%, OB, Ballentine’s, 75cl) – 75/100
Caol Ila 12 yo 1978 (64,4%, Cadenhead 1990, dumpy bottle, 75 cl) – 88/100
Laphroaig 12 yo 1998 (59,6%, Malts of Scotland 2011, bourbon hogshead 700272, 152 btl.) – 86/100
Laphroaig 12 yo 1998 (52,4%, The Whisky Agency ‘Liquid Library’ 2010, bourbon hogshead, 158 btl.) – 86/100
Highland Park 12 yo 1998 Saint Magnus (55%, OB 2010, 12.000 btl.) – 80/100
Cragganmore 12 yo 1997 ‘The Manager’s Choice’ (59,7%, OB 2009, cask #2398, 246 btl.) – 90/100
Nikka 12 yo ‘Single coffey malt’ (55%, OB 2008, 3027 btl.) – 73/100
Allt-a-Bhainne 12 yo 1996 (46%, Murray McDavid 2008, 1500 btl.) – 68/100
Mortlach 12 yo 1998 (59,1%, Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Whisky Shop Dufftown 2010, cask #14438) – 83/100
Springbank 12 yo ‘Claret Wood’ (54,4%, OB 2010, 9360 btl.) – 88/100
Macallan 12 yo ‘HKDNP’ (43%, OB 1980’s, 1 litre) – 85/100
Cardhu 12 yo (43%, OB 1970’s, Wax & Vitale) – 87/100
Jameson 12 yo ‘Special Reserve’ (40%, OB 2009) – 77/100
Arran 12 yo (40%, Master of Malt 2008) – 86/100
Lagavulin 12yo Special release (57,1%, OB 2006) – 87/100
This blog is my personal collection of impressions, written while searching for the ultimate single malt whisky.
