Imperial 1969 14 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Imperial 18 Year Old 1995 Signatory Vintage for Asta Morris

I can hardly believe that I missed this one at the time of release, but it is true. A bottling of a closed distillery – Imperial – bottled in 2014 for none other than Crazy Bert and his company Asta Morris. Fortunately, my friend Benny VDB had bought a bottle at the time and it was still not empty 7 years later and was therefore able to provide me...

Score 89/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1998 Gordon & Macphail for The Whisky Mercenary

The Whisky Mercenary - aka Jürgen Vromans – surprises us with his 20th bottling already. This time he selected an Imperial, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in their Exclusive range, meaning it comes at 50% ABV. It is quite pale, having matured on a refill sherry hogshead. The spirit left the stills on 9th September 1998 and was bottled on 28th...

Score 85/100

Imperial Signatory Cask Strength 1995 16yo

Maltmadness have some interesting info on this distillery and it does seem to be one of the most obscure ones. As of 2013 it has been demolished with plans in place to build a new distillery. At 57.8% I've added water immediately. The nose is a bit odd - hard to decipher but I get burnt sugar with a bit of earthiness. Toffee-liquorice becomes...

Score 71/100

Imperial 1995/2014 19 Year Old / The Ultimate

Imperial distillery was established in 1897. Its construction coincided with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the year that the British Prime Minister, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, hosted the first Imperial Conference - hence the name 'Imperial'. The distillery was closed again within two years due to the Pattinson crisis and remained so for almost...

Score 86/100