Caol Ila 1991 17 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland

Caol Ila 30 Year Old 1981 Thosop Handwritten Label by TWM

Under the motto ‘one more for the road’, we’ll conclude our Peaty Party with an old Caol Ila. Not just any old Caol Ila, no, this is a 30 Year Old, bottled by Thosop, the Belgian indie led by Dominiek Bouckaert – aka The Whiskyman. I’ve tasted some nice old Caol Ila before (like the 25 Year Old from First Cask or the 27 Year Old for QV.ID, to name...

Score 91/100

Caol Ila 10 Year Old 2000 Berry Bros & Rudd

Purveyor to the royal household Berry Brothers from London often puts out malts under their own label, like this young Caol Ila from 2000. It was bottled especially for Whisky Import Nederland in 2011. Lovely strength, if you ask me. Very pale liquid. Sweet and sour on lime juice, peach with mild peat smoke and something umami that reminds me of...

Score 87/100

Caol Ila 9 yo Shieldaig Collection (1999/2008)

We bought this malt at Milano Whisky Festival, in 2010. N: this Caol Ila is pungent, the 43% are pretty aggressive. It's a bit tart, strongly peated rather than smoky. In the backdrop, but very covered, we find lemon notes and some vanilla, but it's all somehow hidden. P: pure sea. It's all played on peat, gentle but dominant, rather salty,...

Score 77/100

Caol Ila Smoke & Sherry Cooper’s Choice

Cooper’s Choice (a label from the Vintage Malt Company) launched this NAS Caol Ila early this year. It matured on American oak before being finished on an oloroso sherry cask. Will you look at that color! At cask strength, naturally. Wonderfully dark and sweet nose on raisins, plums and overripe peach, the kind of which the juice runs down your...

Score 88/100