Arran Grand Cru Champagne Finish

Arran Cask Finishes Sauternes

This is my first Sauternes Finish and the fact that I am no big wine drinker shows my lack in experience for this tasting. But even I can smell this special flavour. Hard to describe, but it's fruity, mostly citrus/lemon and maybe some oranges too. There is this flavour of sweet fruit gum and also some melon. The standard Arran 10yo is more fruity...

Score 73/100

Arran 9 Year Old 2012 Private Cask Ne Flierefluiter Triple Beer

Okay... an Arran that finished on a quarter cask of the Belgian triple beer Ne Flierefluiter... let's face it: that's unique! And of course this is the brainchilde of our our good friend Jan Vissers of the Single Malt Whisky Shop Zammel, who is both an ambassador of Arran and of the beer Ne Flierefluiter. Funnily enough, not so long ago I tasted...

Score 86/100

Arran Machrie Moor Fourth Edition (Peated)

This was a heel that was left at a little whisky gathering I had a couple of weeks ago (sorry, I don't remember who brought it...) This is the fourth edition of their Machrie Moor, "The Peated Arran Malt". Done to 14ppm (which seems like nothing compared to the big-peat-dick contest between Bruichladdich and Ardbeg, but believe me, 14ppm...

Score 94/100

Arran 12 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 5

Arran 12 YO Cask Strength Batch 5 – 30 cc sample (Master of Malt) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Before December I had only heard of Arran but never tried its whisky. Having received as a gift a SMWS bottling, I opened it on January 3 and was greatly impressed. It was because of this experience that I noticed...

Score 80/100