Imperial 1976 25 Year Old Signatory Silent Stills

Imperial 1998/2015 G&M for Whisky Mercenary

Imperial, the only lost-distillery still suited for a poor man’s pockets (under the €100) ? Not anymore, with this release of the whisky mercenary, I’m paying for the first time more than a hundred for a bottle of Imperial goodness. These are truly sad times, gents and ladies. But who knows, a 17yo whisky with the stamp of approval from Belgium’s...

Score 86/100

Imperial 17 Year Old 1995 Lord of the Drams

The first Lord of the Drams bottling, a 14 Year Old Macduff from 1997, I found to be somewhat lacking, truth be told. Only with a good dollop of water did it become palatable. While I know that Stijn, the man behind LOTD, is very knowledgable about whisky. So it must have been me. His second baby is this Imperial from 1995, named Idunn after the...

Score 84/100

Imperial 19 Year Old 1995 Un Chill-filtered

Imperial is no more. The distillery – that was more closed than open – has been demolished. At the site Chivas Brothers built a modern distillery in 2014: Dalmunach. We’ll try an older release from Signatory from a series of which they have already released quite a bit of bottles. This is a vatting of two hogsheads, cut to 46%. Summery and...

Score 85/100

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