Knockando 1972 Bottled 1983

Knockando 18 Year Old distilled 1994

I didn't have particularly high expectations for this. I picked it up in a supermarket in France for €37, thinking I couldn't go much wrong though, and it's actually a pretty decent dram. There is a good bit of sherry influence in this, but it's not at all overpowering. Think Glenfiddich 18 cross with Dalwhinnie 15, and this is pretty much what...

Score 89/100

Knockando 1995 12 Year Old

The Knockando Distillery is located in a village of the same name. She was founded in 1899 during the whisky boom, just months before the Pattison Crash. She got electricity in 1905 as well as a connection to the Great North of Scotland Railway. Let me try the entry level malt, their 12 Year Old, in this case distilled in 1995. In France, this...

Score 77/100

Knockando 1993 12 Year Old

If this was a movie, it would be a Friday night romantic comedy. Easy to watch, well romantic comedies are not easy for everybody but you know what I mean. Easy comedy. This doesn't mean that the taste was ridiculous. I actually enjoyed Knockando's easy going lightness. Referencing to Some Like It Hot doesn't mean that this is a screwball whisky...

Score 85/100

Knockando 25 Year Old Special Releases bottled 2011

Knockando is a big seller in France and Spain but it’s not too popular in the rest of Europe. This Knockando 25 years, the oldest official release at that point, was part of Diageo’s 2011 Special releases. It was matured in first fill European oak sherry casks. Nose: a sherry character that I usually relate to refill sherry rather than first fill....

Score 90/100