Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Coleburn 19 Year Old 1981 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered

Coleburn has been closed since 1985, so this drop is liquid history. The distillery was located very near BenRiach and Longmorn, so this is the heart of Speyside. The name supposedly comes from charcoal burn. I am trying a bottling by Signatory in their Un-Chillfiltered series. It was distilled on 22 October 1981 (I had yet to turn 12!) and...

Score 84/100

Coleburn 17yo (1965/1982) Gordon&MacPhail

Coleburn: beautiful building, interesting name, obscure product. Just the dram I was looking for… Description: not much is known about this one. distilled in 1965 back at the Speyside Coleburn Distillery and matured in an unknown cask. Bottled 17 years later by Gordon & MacPhail for their old brown label Connoisseurs Choice. Nose: old and...

Score 82/100

Coleburn 1979 / 21 Year Old / Rare Malts

Founded in 1896 about a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, this Speyside distillery is now long gone. Coleburn was one of the 28 victims of the large closing round by Diageo in 1983. In the meantime the site was sold to project developers Winchester Brothers. This Coleburn 1979 is the only official release from this long lost...

Score 85/100

Coleburn 17 Year Old 1972 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Coleburn was a stone's throw from Longmorn and BenRiach, so in the heart of Speyside just outside the town of Elgin. The vast majority of what was distilled at the time went into Johnnie Walker Red Label. It has been closed since 1985, so this is liquid history. Distilled in 1972 – your’s truly still filled up his diapers with gusto – and bottled...

Score 87/100