Old Fettercairn 1966 30 Year Old Cask #449

Old Fettercairn 10 Year Old bottled 1980s

This 10 Year Old Fettercairn was bottled at cask strength. It is an older bottling with an Italian tax stamp. Nice color. The nose is stinky winky, oh boy! Underneath some grass and something that reminds me of figs and gooseberries, but the whole is totally overpowered by the scent of burnt car tyres and burnt tomato soup. This really ruins the...

Score 73/100

Fettercairn 30 y.o (1966-1996)

This is another dram I was fortunate enough to sample. NOSE: smoky pickled veggies (cucumbers in particular). Vanilla, very delicate, very nuanced. Dry woody nose with fresh fruits underneath those pickles. With time these pickles completely disappear, giving way to floral notes, spices, some strawberry jam, honey dried fruit and shortbread. ...

Score 83/100

Fettercairn 28 Year Old 1988 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

A 28 years old Fettercairn! This was distilled in the year yours truly became of age. I had actually tried this before in the 2018 edition of the Proefolympics (Dutch tasting competition), thinking it was a Braeval. Anyway, I got hold of another sample and will gladly give it another go. Ha! This really is a good nose, albeit a bit weird at the...

Score 86/100

Fettercairn Fior

Been looking at getting this for a while, due to both hearing good things about it and it been a distillery I've never heard of. Bottle looks great as well. Nose: considering it's bottled at the relatively low strength of 42% the nose is quite punchy, has a big hit of sherry, with stewed fruits and fig, some good flavours of creamy expresso and...

Score 87/100