Mortlach 1989 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask #6126 Douglas Laing

Mortlach 76.82

I've been working my way through my Society sample bottles that I received when I joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. I'd started with the Campbeltown, then the Islay. That left me with two Speysides. A fifteen year old and a twenty-one year old. The Speyside I decided to crack open was the fifteen year old. I pulled up the Society's handy...

Score 88/100

Mortlach 20 Year Old 1997 ‘The Cigar Malt’ Chieftain’s

Although the distillery is not mentioned on the label, it is a public secret that this is a Mortlach. Ian MacLeod has bottled a couple of these Speysiders under the ‘Cigar Malt’ banner – which made some think this was a Dalmore, but that is not the case. The mahogany color alone makes me want to give this a try. OMG… this is great! A veritable...

Score 90/100

Mortlach 1990 19 Year Old Sherry Butt #5964

This is a Signatory Cask Strength bottling from sherry butt 5964. I'm hoping this is a one-off but starting to wonder why there are no reviews for this bottling anywhere on the internet, (does somebody know something I don't) as this is just awful. I'm used to the power of Laphroaig cask strength and have other Mortlachs at 56% but this tastes...

Score 10/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old “Distiller’s Dram”

I have been a fan of Mortlach ever since I tried my first independent bottling a number of years ago. Later on, the 16-year old Flora & Fauna bottling became one of my staple malts. Which is why I was all the more disappointed by Mortlach’s revamp of its core range in 2014: below par quality, ludicrous 50cl bottles, expensive - well that’s my...

Score 90/100