Cl4 Elements of Islay

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

As I sit here, the rain outside my home is pounding. Pounding the roof, pounding the windows, just banging like a banished child that wants to be let in to their home. It seems like whenever it rains like this, my mind turns to Islay. That region just seems to produce whiskeys that truly take me to their environment. It makes me crave a salty...

Score 89/100

Caol Ila 18 Year Old 1996 Old Malt Cask Hunter Laing

Since the brothers Fred and Stuart Laing each went their own way – in which Fred kept the company Douglas Laing and brought his daughter Cara and son-in-low Chris Leggat on board and Stuart Laing started a new company Hunter Laing with his two sons – the Old Malst Cask belongs to the latter. The whisky under this banner is traditionally bottled at...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

When watching a Bowmore review recently I asked Ralfy to recommend an Islay whisky for a Scotch neophyte, He said to "look up Caol Ila 12". I found 2 bottles 30 miles away and purchased one today. I am very pleased that I did and thank-you very much Ralfy! Nose: Brine,a bit medicinal and smoke palate: newly unwrapped bandages,...

Score 90/100

Caol Ila 2004 Distillers Edition

The bottle has been open 3 months and has about 1/3 left. The **nose** has light peat, though not the 'smokey' variety but more that of a distant cousin to Lagavulin. It is however very faint. Come to think of it, it makes me think of the 'peat intensity' (or lack thereof) of a HP 12. There is an unmistakable sweetness. However, it's not the...

Score 89/100