Linkwood 30 yo 1984 (49,2%, The Whisky Agency ‘Early flying’ 2014, refill hogshead, 174 btl.) – 91/100
Year: 2014
Spirit of Freedom 30 yo (46%, Springbank 2014, 2014 btl.) – 90/100
Bunnahabhain 27 yo 1987 (50,8%, Asta Morris 2014, AM039, 124 btl.) – 90/100
Glenrothes 34 yo 1980 (48,5%, The Whisky Agency ‘Private Stock’ 2014, refill hogshead, 180 btl.) – 90/100
Ardbeg 32 yo 1974 (53,5%, OB for Italy 2006, bourbon cask #3328, 76 btl.)
Octomore 06.3 ‘Islay Barley’ (64%, OB 2014, 258 ppm, 15.000 btl.) – 87/100
Irish single malt 22 yo 1991 (48,6%, Eiling Lim 2014, 116 btl.) – 92/100
Inchgower 38 yo 1975 (47,3%, Maltbarn 2013, bourbon cask, 54 btl.) – 90/100
Pierre Marcolini – Rare whiskies and rums (box of chocolates)
Balblair 1983 (46%, OB 2013, 1st release) – 89/100
Caol Ila 30 yo 1983 (55,1%, OB 2014, Special Release, 7638 btl.) – 91/100
Aberlour a’bunadh (60,1%, OB 2014, batch n°49) – 88/100
Aberfeldy 16 yo ‘Bits of Strange’ (55,1%, OB 2012, 318 btl.) — 88/100
Glenrothes 16 yo 1997 (53,2%, Kintra 2014, bourbon hogshead #15720, 137 btl.) – 85/100
Strathmill 25 yo 1988 (52,4%, OB 2014, 2.700 btl.) – 87/100
Littlemill 22 yo 1992 (46,7%, Archives ‘Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 2014, hogshead #43, 59 btl.) – 87/100
Highland Park 1973 (43%, Mackillop’s Choice 2007, cask #8395) – 91/100
Springbank 18 yo 1996 (58,7%, OB for The Nectar 2014, refill bourbon, single cask, 210 btl.) – 91/100
Benromach 10 yo ‘100° proof’ (57%, OB 2014) – 89/100
Ledaig 10 yo 2004 (51,6%, Liquid Art 2014, 176 btl.) – 87/100
Ledaig 10 yo 2004 (53,2%, Liquid Treasures 2014, bourbon hogshead, 179 btl.) – 86/100
Kildalton 7 yo 2007 (54,4%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2014, hogshead #9396, 170 btl.) – 87/100
Kavalan ex-bourbon 2009 (54,8%, OB for The Nectar 2014, cask #B091103031A, 193 btl.) – 86/100
GlenDronach 21 yo 1993 (52,1%, OB for Whiskybase 2014, Oloroso butt #23, 681 btl.) – 90/100
Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Old (49,5%, Smooth Ambler 2014) – 85/100
Master of Malt – Christmas Dramcrackers
Dallas Dhu 35 yo 1979 (54,4%, Cadenhead Cask Ends 2014, bourbon hogshead) – 92/100
Kilchoman 5 yo 2009 (58,2%, OB for TastToe & Drankenshop, cask #576/2008, PX finish, 231 btl.) – 88/100
Kilchoman 5 yo 2009 (55,2%, OB for De Tongerse Whiskyvrienden & Whiskyclub Luxembourg, cask #262/2009, 100% Islay cask PX finish) – 87/100
Craigellachie 13 yo (46%, OB 2014) – 80/100
Karuizawa Vintage 45 yo 1967 (59,6%, OB for Taiwan 2012, Aqua of Life, sherry butt #2725, 310 btl.) – 94/100
Macduff 33 yo 1980 (47,5%, Golden Cask Reserve 2014, ref. CM210, 125 btl.) – 90/100
Ardbeg 23 yo 1991 (48,9%, Malts of Scotland for Hotel Bero 2014, sherry hogshead, ref. MoS 14054, 185 btl.) – 92/100
Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (47,1%, OB 2014, batch 1) – 90/100
The Arran ‘Orkney Bere Barley’ 10yo 2004 Cask Strength (56,2%, OB 2014, bourbon barrels, 4890 btl.) – 86/100
Irish single malt 23 yo 1991 (47,4%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2014, peated) – 92/100
Velvet Fig (46%, Wemyss Malts 2014, blended malt, 6000 btl.) – 82/100
Tomatin Cù Bòcan Sherry Cask (46%, OB 2014, 6.000 btl.) – 84/100
Glen Garioch 25 yo 1989 (50,3%, The Whisky Agency 2014, refill hogshead, 246 btl.) – 88/100
Glenfiddich 26 yo ‘Excellence’ (43%, OB 2014) – 90/100
Springbank 25 Years (46%, OB 2014, 1200 btl.) – 87/100
Hakushu ‘Distiller’s Reserve’ (43%, OB 2014) – 83/100
Aberlour 8 yo (50%, OB early 1970’s, Italian market, cube shaped bottle, small cork stopper)
Clynelish 21 yo 1992 (51,6%, Cadenhead Small Batch 2014, bourbon hogsheads, 792 btl.) – 90/100
Ardmore Legacy (40%, OB 2014) – 81/100
Bowmore 2003 ‘Children of the Dramned’ (47,6%, The Whiskyman 2014, 183 btl.) – 88/100
SIA Scotch Whisky (43%, Spirit Imports 2013, 2500 btl.) – 75/100
Lagavulin 12 yo (54,4%, OB 2014, 14th release, 31.428 btl.) – 88/100
Balblair 2000 (53%, OB 2014, second fill barrel #1350)
Balblair 2000 (52,4%, OB 2014, second fill peated cask #0191)
Balblair 2000 (53,1%, OB 2014, first-fill European oak Oloroso butt #1345)
Craigellachie 17 yo (46%, OB 2014, Batch 98-ZC21) – 85/100
Glen Scotia 1992 ‘Run to the Stills’ (51,3%, The Whiskyman 2014) – 90/100
BenRiach 23 yo 1991 (50,8%, Malts of Scotland 2014, bourbon barrel, ref. MoS 14031, 177 btl.) – 88/100
Ardbeg 15 yo 1973 (43%, Sestante 1988, 75cl.) – 92/100
Burnside 25 yo 1989 (50,9%, Maltbarn 2014, bourbon cask, 167 btl.) – 88/100
Ord 16 yo ‘Manager’s Dram’ (66,2%, OB 1991, refill cask) – 93/100
Benromach Traditional (40%, OB +/- 2014) – 77/100
Old Pulteney 1990 ‘Lightly Peated’ (46%, OB 2014, Limited edition, 900 btl.) – 86/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 22 yo 1991 (46,6%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams & La Maison du Whisky 2014, rum cask #10657) – 90/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 24 yo 1989 (42,2%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams & La Maison du Whisky 2014, rum cask #16262) – 90/100
Jameson 12 yo ‘Distillery reserve’ (40%, OB) – 84/100
The Glenlivet 7 Years Old – Peter Thomson – 75° proofThe Glenlivet 7 yo ‘Pure Malt’ (75° Proof, OB for Peter Thomson – Perth, 26,6 fl.oz.) – 90/100
Ben Nevis 10 yo 2002 (56,4%, OB 2013, Port pipe #334, 710 btl.) – 82/100
Tomintoul 12 yo ‘Portwood finish’ (46%, OB 2014) – 81/100
Clynelish 1997 ‘Cayenne Cocoa Bean’ (46%, Wemyss Malts 2014, hogshead, 373 btl.) – 86/100
Glengoyne 21 yo ‘sherry matured’ (43%, OB 2013) – 86/100
Littlemill 26 yo 1988 (52,7%, Liquid Treasures 2014, bourbon hogshead, 147 btl.) – 87/100
Tomatin 17 yo 1997 (48,3%, Whisky-Fässle 2014, hogshead) – 87/100
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2015 (ed. Ingvar Ronde, MagDig Media, £ 13.95, ISBN 978-0-9576553-1-7)
Tomatin Cuatro 12 yo – Manzanilla (46%, OB 2014, 1500 btl.) – 85/100
Tomatin Cuatro 12 yo – Fino (46%, OB 2014, 1500 btl.) – 83/100
Tomatin Cuatro 12 yo – Oloroso (46%, OB 2014, 1500 btl.) – 80/100
Tomatin Cuatro 12 yo – Pedro Ximénez (46%, OB 2014, 1500 btl.) – 83/100
Bunnahabhain 1991 ‘A thread of smoke’ (46%, Wemyss Malts 2014, hogshead, 302 btl.) – 88/100
GlenDronach 21 yo 1993 (55,8%, OB 2014, Oloroso butt #494, 635 btl.) – 88/10
Ledaig 8 yo 2005 (51,3%, The Whisky Mercenary 2014) – 86/100
Old Pulteney 35 yo (42,5%, OB 2014, 2700 btl.) – 90/100
Fettercairn Fior (42%, OB 2014) – 79/100
Glen Elgin 29 yo 1985 (45,6%, Maltbarn 2014, bourbon cask, 122 btl.) – 87/100
Highland Journey (46,2%, Hunter Laing 2014, blended malt) – 78/100
GlenDronach 24 yo 1990 (51,3%, OB 2014, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #2970, 630 btl.) – 89/100
Bunnahabhain 1987 (51,3%, Liquid Art 2014, 115 btl.) – 90/100
Ardmore 14 yo 2000 (49,8%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 289 btl.) – 82/100
Hanyu ‘The Joker’ (57,7%, OB 2014, multi-vintage, 3690 btl.) – 91/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1990 (50,6%, Maltbarn 2014, 158 btl.) – 92/100
Diageo Special Releases 2014
Kilchoman 5 yo 2009 (58,3%, OB for Abbey Whisky 2014, cask #285/09, P.X. finish, 270 btl.) – 87/100
Bowmore 15yo ‘Laimrig’ (54,1%, OB 2014) – 87/100
GlenDronach 22 yo 1992 (59,4%, OB 2014, Oloroso sherry butt #199, 576 btl.) – 88/100
Blair Athol 10 yo 2002 (46%, Hepburn’s Choice 2013, 378 btl.) – 76/100
Tomatin 25 yo 1988 (53,7%, Malts of Scotland 2014, sherry hogshead, MoS 14026, 265 btl.) – 87/100
Aberfeldy 12 yo (40%, OB 2014) – 81/100
GlenDronach 19 yo 1994 (53,5%, OB 2014, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #326, 452 btl.) – 87/100
GlenDronach 19 yo 1994 (53,8%, OB 2014, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #3397, 644 btl.) – 84/100
Bowmore 10 yo ‘Devil’s Cask II’ (56,3%, OB 2014, first fill sherry) – 88/100
Ben Nevis 16yo 1997 (55%, Abbey Whisky ‘The Rare Casks’ 2013, sherry hogshead, 96 btl.) – 86/100
Kininvie 23 yo 1990 (42,6%, OB 2014, hogsheads & sherry butts, 9686 btl, Batch 002, 35 cl.) – 84/100
Blair Athol 20 yo 1993 (57,8%, The First Editions 2013, sherry butt, 512 btl.) – 85/100
Littlemill 23 yo 1990 (51,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2014, hogshead) – 92/100
Glen Flagler ‘all-malt’ (70° proof, OB pre-1979, black & red shield, 1 2/3 fl.oz.) – 77/100
Braeval 18 yo 1994 (55,3%, Tasting Fellows 2013, barrel #165661, 170 btl.) – 85/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 10 yo 2003 (49,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2014, hogshead) – 84/100
Irish Malt 22 yo 1991 (49,2%, The Whisky Fair 2014, Bourbon barrel, 184 btl.) – 89/100
Royal Lochnagar 2000 ‘Distiller’s Edition’ (40%, OB 2012, Muscat finish, RL/00-12W) – 81/100
Arran 17 yo 1996 (54,9%, Malts of Scotland 2014, sherry butt, ref. 14029, 612 btl.) – 83/100
Isle of Jura 18yo 1972 (55,5%, SMWS 1991, ref. 31.4, 75 cl.) – 94/100
Bowmore 10yo Tempest (55,1%, OB 2013, first fill bourbon casks, Batch #4) – 87/100
Bowmore 10yo Tempest (55,9%, OB 2014, first fill bourbon casks, Batch #5) – 86/100
Abhainn Dearg ‘The Spirit of Lewis’ (46%, OB 2014, 50 cl.) – 25/100
Kavalan Solist Sherry (57,8%, OB for La Maison du Whisky 2013, sherry cask #S060821047, 497 btl.) – 90/100
Highland Park Dark Origins (46.8%, OB 2014) – 83/100
Ardbeg 16 yo 1998 (58,2%, Malts of Scotland ‘Amazing Casks’ 2014, ref. Mos 14027, 222 btl.) – 88/100
Lagavulin 1995 ‘Feis Ile’ (54,7%, OB 2014, European sherry oak butts, 3500 btl.) – 93/100
Westport 13 yo 1999 (52,1%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 156 btl.) – 85/100
North Highland 18 yo 1995 (56,1%, Svenska Eldvatten 2013, first fill sherry butt #233123, 428 btl.) – 87/100
Balblair 2002 (46%, OB 2013) – 80/100
Tullibardine 34 yo 1980 (48,3%, Malts of Scotland 2014, sherry hogshead, ref. MoS 14023, 146 btl.) – 87/100
Ardbeg 29 yo 1972 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC 2001, sherry finish, 432 btl.) – 94/100
Images of Ayrshire ‘Dalrymple Bridge’ 3 yo (68,3%, Malts of Scotland 2014, sherry hogshead, 328 btl.) – 86/100
Benromach 1976 (46%, OB 2012) – 91/100
Glen Elgin 19 yo 1995 (49,3%, Liquid Art 2014, 94 btl.) – 88/100
Jura 10 yo ‘Origin’ (40%, OB 2014) – 78/100
Littlemill 22 yo 1991 (47,2%, Eiling Lim 2013, 40 btl.) – 89/100
Benromach 10 yo (43%, OB 2014) – 89/100
Glen Garioch 24 yo 1989 (51,4%, The Perfect Dram 2014, refill hogshead, 220 btl.) – 88/100
Glen Moray 30 yo 1959 (40%, Dun Eideann 1989, ref. 84/611-1, 75 cl.) – 93/100
Teaninich 29 yo 1983 (57,5%, Signatory Vintage 2013, refill butt #8071, 471 btl.) – 90/100
Glenallachie 15 yo 1999 (57,3%, eSpirits for Limburg Dramclub 2014, ex-sherry cask) – 87/100
Convalmore 24 yo 1978 (59,4%, Rare Malts 2003) – 89/100
Ben Nevis 43 yo 1970 (44,8%, Eiling Lim 2014, 60 btl.)
BenRiach 20 yo 1993 (52,3%, OB for The Whisky Agency 2014, cask #7977, Virgin American oak finish, 308 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Garioch 21 yo 1973 (43%, OB for Duggans Distillers NY 1995, 75 cl.) – 92/100
Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1990 (47,9%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2014, sherry butt #52, 201 btl.) – 86/100
Arran 16 yo 1997 ‘Private Cask’ (50,1%, OB for Limburg Whisky Fair 2014, sherry hogshead #518, 246 btl.) – 86/100
Bunnahabhain 11 yo 2003 (58,8%, Signatory Vintage for The Bonding Dram and others 2014, sherry butt #1152, 627 btl.) – 87/100
Glengoyne 14 yo (40%, OB for Marks & Spencer 2013) – 81/100
Glenturret 36 yo 1977 (46,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Mollusc & Medusa’ 2014, refill hogshead, 245 btl.) – 88/100
Colonel E.H. Taylor, JR. ‘single barrel’ (50%, OB 2014) – 88/100
N.O.G. gin (46%, Asta Morris, batch n°2)
Bunnahabhain 43 yo 1968 (47%, The Whisky Agency ‘Sea Life’ 2012, refill sherry butt, 498 btl.) – 89/100
English Harbour 25 yo 1981 (40%, OB 2006)
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (53%, Archives 2014, joint bottling with CasQueteers, bourbon hogshead #42, 178 btl.) – 91/100
Glen Grant 40 yo 1972 (51,6%, Maltbarn 2012, sherry cask, 49 btl.) – 92/100
Karuizawa 29 yo 1984 (56,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2013, first fill sherry cask #3663, +/- 250 btl.) – 91/100
Delilah’s 20th Anniversary (40%, Compass Box 2013, 6324 btl.) – 84/100
Ezra Brooks 15 yo (101 proof, OB 1970’s, Italian import) – 90/100
Bunnahabhain 26 yo 1987 (50,4%, The Whisky Agency ‘Mollusc & Medusa’ 2014, refill hogshead, 210 btl.) – 90/100
Bowmore 15 yo ‘Darkest’ (43%, OB 2013) – 80/100
Singleton of Dufftown 15 yo (40%, OB 2013) – 83/100
Caol Ila 7 yo 2006 (56,5%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Bonding Dram & FMWS 2014, refill sherry hogshead #306202, 309 btl.) – 87/100
Glengoyne 13 yo 1999 (53,8%, OB for Germany 2012, Bodegas Tradición Palo Cortado finish, 477 btl.) – 81/100
Glen Grant 66 yo 1948 (46,6%, Gordon & MacPhail for WealthSolutions 2014, first fill sherry butt #1369, 160 btl.) – 94/100
Glencadam 22 yo 1991 (55,3%, Abbey Whisky ‘The Rare Casks’ 2014, refill bourbon cask, 96 btl.) – 88/100
Mortlach 18 yo 1996 (51,2%, Sansibar 2014, bourbon cask, 186 btl.) – 84/100
The Black Grouse ‘Alpha Edition’ (40%, OB 2013) – 72/100
Ben Nevis 47 yo 1966 (45,9%, OB for Alambic Classique 2013, sherry cask #3640, 128 btl.) – 93/100
Ardbeg Auriverdes (49,9%, OB 2014, 6660 btl.) – 89/100
Glen Garioch 21 yo 1992 (51,6%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 227 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Garioch 22 yo 1991 (52,9%, Whisky-Doris 2013, bourbon hogshead #5754, 259 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Spey 25 yo 1988 (47,3%, Archives 2014, bourbon hogshead #356079, 163 btl.) – 86/100
Blended Malt 33 yo 1980 (45,8%, The Whisky Agency 2014, refill butt, 636 btl.) – 88/100
Isle of Jura Tastival (44%, OB 2014, French oak finish, 3000 btl.) – 88/100
Bowmore 12 yo 2002 (53,2%, The Whisky Agency 2014, refill hogshead, 348 btl.) – 87/100
Port Ellen 29 yo 1983 (52%, Maltbarn 2012, bourbon cask, 86 btl.) – 92/100
Littlemill 25 yo 1988 (51,9%, Archives 2014, bourbon hogshead #12, 134 btl.) – 88/100
Johnnie Walker 18 yo Platinum Label (40%, OB 2013) – 81/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1982 (56,2%, Douglas Laing OMC for Daily Dram 2009, refill hogshead, ref. 4900, 193 btl.) – 93/100
Isle of Jura ‘Diurach’s Own’ (40%, OB +/- 2014) – 82/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (48,7%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 199 btl.) – 90/100
Darkness! Ardbeg 21 yo (40,1%, Master of Malt 2014, P.X. finish, 50 cl.) – 88/100
Isle of Jura 1989 (58,8%, Signatory Vintage for Whisky Fair 2014) – 88/100
Springbank 21 yo (46%, OB 2013, 1680 btl.) – 89/100
Edradour 21 yo 1968 (46%, Signatory Vintage 1990, cask #1990-1994, 1300 btl.) – 30/100
Vintage 1979 – 33 yo blend (52,2%, Svenska Eldvatten 2013, 197 btl.) – 89/100
11th Anniversary Malt (45,1%, Whisky-Doris 2013, sherry butt #115, 595 btl.) – 87/100
Darkness! Benrinnes 15 yo (52,9%, Master of Malt 2014, Oloroso finish, 50 cl.) – 84/100
Darkness! Benrinnes 15 yo (53,3%, Master of Malt 2014, P.X. finish, 50 cl.) – 82/100
Auchentoshan 15 yo 1998 (52,2%, Kintra 2014, bourbon hogshead #102347) – 82/100
Imperial 18 yo 1995 (52,4%, Signatory Vintage for Asta Morris 2014, bourbon cask #50147) – 89/100
Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve (40%, OB 2013) – 83/100
Aultmore 6 yo 2007 (50,3%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2014, bourbon cask) – 86/100
Glenglassaugh 40 yo 1972 (43,1%, C&S Dram Exceptional 2013, refill sherry butt, 300 btl.) – 90/100
Karuizawa 1971 (62,8%, OB for Taiwan 2012, cask #7267, 467 btl.) – 92/100
Ben Nevis 16 yo 1997 (53,2%, Maltbarn 2013, bourbon barrel, 91 btl.) – 80/100
Glenfarclas 21 yo 1980 (53%, OB for Filliers 2002, dark oloroso cask, 574 btl.) – 89/100
‘The Nameless One’ 18 yo 1995 (46,8%, The Whisky Mercenary 2014, sherry cask) – 87/100
Burnside 24 yo 1989 (51,7%, Whiskybase 2014, barrel #12452, 207 btl.) – 88/100
Tomatin 35 yo 1978 (46,5%, Cadenhead Small Batch for The Nectar 2014, hogshead, 216 btl.) – 91/100
Nog! gin (46%, Asta Morris, batch n°1)
Bowmore Small Batch (40%, OB 2014) – 83/100
Lagavulin 1997 ‘Distiller’s Edition’ (43%, OB 2013, P.X. finish, lgv. 4/502) – 90/100
Glenglassaugh 35 yo 1978 (41,7%, OB 2014, Massandra Madeira puncheon) – 90/100
Glen Grant 21 yo 1992 (52,6%, Signatory Vintage for Le Gus’t 2014, hogshead #55415, 274 btl.) – 85/100
Glen Grant 21 yo 1992 (51,5%, Douglas Laing Old Particular 2013, refill sherry butt, 374 btl.) – 82/100
Arran 17 years (46%, OB 2014, 9000 btl.) – 86/100
Littlemill 21 yo 1992 (52,9%, The Whisky Mercenary 2014) – 88/100
Strathisla 8 yo ‘70° Proof’ (40%, Gordon & MacPhail 1970’s, 26 3/4 fl. oz) – 77/100
Glen Grant 21 yo (70° proof, Gordon & MacPhail 1960’s, securo cap) – 96/100
Kininvie 23 yo 1990 (42,6%, OB 2013, hogsheads & sherry butts, 7000 btl, Batch 001, 35 cl.) – 81/100
Balmenach 35 yo 1979 (53,4%, Sansibar 2014, bourbon cask, 127 btl.) – 88/100
Stagg Jr. (67,2%, OB 2013, first batch) – 81/100
Highland Park 15 yo ‘Freya’ (51,2%, OB 2014) – 87/100
Millstone 1999 (46%, OB 2013, Special cask #1, PX) – 78/100
Grant’s Ale CaskGrant’s Ale Cask (40%, OB ‘Cask Editions’ +/- 2013) – 73/100
Bunnahabhain 34 yo 1980 (45,4%, Sansibar 2014, sherry cask, 220 btl.) – 87/100
Bruichladdich 28 yo 1964 (50,6%, Gordon & MacPhail 1993, cask #3670, 3671, 3672) – 93/100
D.O. Jerez looking to control sherry casks
anCnoc Rutter (46%, OB 2014, 11 ppm) – 86/100
anCnoc Flaughter (46%, OB 2014, 14,8 ppm) – 82/100
anCnoc Tushkar (46%, OB 2014, 15 ppm) – 85/100
Auchentoshan 12 yo (40%, OB +/- 2013)
Kilchoman 6 yo 2007 (60,4%, OB for Whisky in Leiden 2014, bourbon cask #142, 245 btl.) – 86/100
The Lost Distilleries Blend (50,9%, Master of Malt 2014, 97 btl.) – 91/100
Bunnahabhain 26 yo 1987 (49,9%, Maltbarn 2014, sherry butt, 121 btl.) – 88/100
Deanston 23 yo 1967 (55,4%, Signatory Vintage 1991, cask #1785, 300 btl.) – 84/100
The Glenlivet 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2013) – 83/100
Barbados 15 yo rum (42%, Plantation for Rasta Morris 2013, single cask #115, sherry finish, 450 btl.)
Longmorn 21 yo 1992 (51,1%, Whisky-Fässle ‘Ronny’s Choice’ 2013, bourbon hogshead) – 86/100
Grant’s 18 yo (40%, OB +/- 2013) – 83/100
Inchgower 23 yo 1990 (48,3%, Kintra 2013, bourbon hogshead #6746, 108 btl.) – 82/100
Braeval 12 yo 2001 (46%, Hepburn’s Choice 2013, sherry cask, 807 btl.) – 83/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (50,4%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 212 btl.) – 85/100
Undisclosed Speyside 1967 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail 1993, port cask #8921 – 8922) – 91/100
Bowmore 10 yo 2003 (53,4%, Whisky-Doris 2013, bourbon cask #20188, 179 btl.) – 88/100
Balblair 2003 (46%, OB 2013, first release) – 78/100
Bowmore 10 yo 2003 (50,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2013, bourbon hogshead) – 87/100
Auchroisk 17 yo 1996 (48,2%, Liquid Library 2013, refill barrel, 208 btl.) – 78/100
Littlemill 21 yo 1992 (55,2%, Douglas Laing Director’s Cut 2013, hogshead ref. 9970, 113 btl.) – 86/100
Springbank 14 yo 1998 (58,2%, OB for The Nectar 2013, fresh bourbon cask, 132 btl.) – 90/100
Undisclosed Speyside distillery 60 yo (42,5%, Master of Malt 2013, 1st Edition) – 91/100
Tomatin Cù Bòcan (46%, OB 2013, 18.000 btl.) – 77/100
Dalmore 27 yo 1986 (46%, Montgomerie’s Rare Select 2013, cask #3093) – 80/100
Balvenie Tun 1401 (50,2%, OB 2013, batch 8, 2.700 btl.) – 92/100
GlenDronach 20 yo 1993 (53%, OB 2013, oloroso cask #5, 645 btl.) – 91/100
Yamazaki Puncheon (48%, OB 2013) – 84/100
Littlemill 20 yo 1992 (52,2%, Auld Alliance 2013, bourbon hogshead, 216 btl.) – 89/100
Irish single malt 25 yo 1988 (51,1%, The Whisky Agency ‘Old Times Diving’ 2013, 212 btl.) – 93/100
Glenrothes 2001 (43%, OB 2013) – 83/100
Ben Nevis 18 yo 1995 (51,8%, The Whisky Agency ‘Old Times Diving’ 2013, refill hogshead, 242 btl.) – 88/100
Bunnahabhain 33 yo 1980 (45,6%, Whisky-Doris 2013, sherry butt #92, 460 btl.) – 87/100
GlenDronach 21 yo 1992 (59,8%, OB 2013, Oloroso butt #195, 566 btl.) – 82/100
Glentauchers 17 yo 1996 (51,4%, Liquid Library 2013, refill barrel, 178 btl.) – 86/100
Glentauchers 17 yo 1996 (57,2%, Tasting Fellows 2014, barrel #1160, 146 btl.) – 87/100
Arran Millennium Casks (53,5%, OB 2013, 7.800 btl.) – 86/100
Littlemill 23 yo 1990 (49,8%, Eiling Lim 2013, cask selected by Luc Timmermans, 68 btl.) – 91/100
Black Bull 21 yo ‘Racer’s Reserve’ (50%, Duncan Taylor 2013, blend) – 75/100
Glenturret 33 yo 1980 (42,8%, The Whisky Agency ‘Old Times Diving’ 2013, refill hogshead, 253 btl.) – 90/100
Clynelish 16 yo 1997 (52,6%, Liquid Library 2013, refill hogshead, 129 btl.) – 88/100
Glentauchers 21 yo 1992 (48,2%, Asta Morris for Gaiaflow 2013, ex-bourbon cask, 305 btl.) – 86/100
GlenDronach 21 yo 1991 (49,9%, OB 2013, Pedro Ximénez puncheon, cask #5405, 702 btl.) – 78/100
Irish single malt 22 yo 1991 (52,4%, TWA Liquid Library 2013, refill barrel, 191 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Keith 21 yo 1992 (51,4%, The Whisky Agency ‘Old Times Diving’ 2013, bourbon barrel, 177 btl.) – 88/100
Paul John Brilliance (46%, OB 2013) – 79/100
Travellers 8 yo 2005 (49,5%, The Whisky Agency 2013, single barrel rum, 282 btl.)
The General (53,4%, Compass Box 2013, 1698 btl.) – 90/100
Clynelish 27 yo 1974 (55,7%, Signatory Vintage 2001, cask #2570, 229 btl.) – 93/100
Auchentoshan 32 yo 1979 (50,5%, OB 2012, first fill Oloroso butts, 1000 btl.) – 91/100
Laphroaig 15 yo 1998 (52,7%, The Whisky Agency ‘Reflections’ 2013, refill hogshead, 261 btl.) – 88/100
Mortlach 21 yo 1992 (55,2%, Cadenhead Small Batch 2013, sherry cask, 228 btl.) – 88/100
Sheep Dip 1999 (41,8%, OB 2012, Amoroso Oloroso, matured in Spain at Romate) – 78/100
Talisker 25 yo (56,9%, OB 2006, 4860 btl.) – 91/100
Highland Park 10 yo 2001 (57,7%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Cask Strength’ 2012, first fill bourbon barrel #2998) – 85/100
The Glenturret 26 yo 1986 (46,8%, Hunter Laing 2013, refill bourbon casks, 2400 btl.) – 89/100
Macallan 23 yo 1990 (34,9%, Whiskybroker 2013, hogshead, 20cl.) – 18/100
Karuizawa 28 yo 1984 (58%, OB for P9.com.tw 2012, sherry butt #3186, 540 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 1978 (55,7%, Thosop Handwritten 2005, refill sherry butt, 6 btl.) – 93/100
4th Confidential Cask, 20 yo 1993 (50,3%, Kintra 2013, bourbon hogshead #1791, 295 btl.) – 84/100
Jura 9 yo 2003 (46%, Douglas Laing Provenance 2013, ref. 9305) – 78/100
Ledaig 15 yo 1997 (51,9%, The Whiskyman ‘Age Matters’ 2013) – 85/100
Springbank 20 yo 1967 (46%, Dun Eideann for Donato & C. 1989, cask #3131 – 3136) – 90/100
Glenfarclas 105 (60%, OB 2013) – 85/100
Elijah Craig 12 yo (47%, OB for The Nectar 2013, 94 Proof) – 84/100
Deanston 15 yo 1997 (55,8%, Archives 2013, hogshead #1959, 327 btl.) – 80/100
Old Pulteney 18 yo 1974 ‘The Ellisland’ (57,8%, The Whisky Connoisseur ‘The Robert Burns Collection’ 1993, cask #1132) – 88/100
Glentauchers 7 yo 2005 (52,5%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2013, sherry butt #900392, 167 btl.) – 83/100
Convalmore 36 yo 1977 (58%, OB 2013, 2980 btl.) – 91/100
Laphroaig 15 yo 1998 (57,4%, Signatory Vintage for TastToe & Broekmans 2013, hogshead #5570, 300 btl.) – 90/100
Glen Grant 1959/1960 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail 1986, Royal Wedding) – 92/100
Oban 21 yo (58,5%, OB 2013, 2860 btl.) – 91/100
Happy 2014 – Best whiskies of 2013