Cragganmore 1997 14 Year Old Cask #1126 1127 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Cragganmore 25 Year Old / Special Releases 2014

The Diageo Special Releases are back! Always a bit of a feast for whisky lovers, I think. I’ll try one of them, but one that was released several years ago. This Cragganmore 1988 was released in 2014 after a quarter century in the cask. The nose is very musty, as if I am sitting in the attic. This is not disturbing in the least. After some...

Score 87/100

Cragganmore 14 Year Old 1993 A.D. Rattray

Cragganmore was founded in 1869 in Ballindaloch. This is, of course, the heart of Speyside. The founder chose this location because of the Craggan burn that provides the water, but also the Strathspey Railway for transportation. This 14 Year Old appeared in 2007 by A.D. Rattray. The nose is clean and malty. Reminds me a bit of pastry. Lemon tart....

Score 85/100

Cragganmore 12 Year Old

I've tried many, many single malt scotches through the "standard scotch" price point (in my area, something like $30-50/bottle). This is the one I consistently come back to as my "everyday" scotch. The key word here is balance. The nose has nice oak notes, though nothing overmuch. The body of the scotch has some nice light...

Score 75/100

Cragganmore 11 Year Old 1999 Malts of Scotland

This Cragganmore that matured on a bourbon hogshead for 11 years, yielded 298 bottles. It is part of a new set of releases by Malts of Scotland, the German Indie that is slowly but surely building up an ironclad reputation in Belgium and far beyond with its single cask bottlings at cask strength. This one has a beautiful color and beads nicely....

Score 84/100