Port Ellen 1982 Scott's Selection

Port Ellen 1982 The Premier Barrel

Nose is smoky, grainy and with an alcohol burn. Body is not real heavy and rather light. While a nice dram, it just does not compare to other Port Ellens I have had. Still has that typical PE undertone but the complexity seems lost. No real depth to this. Strange. Kind of like the 2009 Lagavulin Cask Strenghth..good but one dimensional.

Score 80/100

Port Ellen 24 Year Old 1982 Douglas of Drumlanrig

In 2014 – an eternity ago in my experience – I already tasted a Port Ellen that was bottled by Douglas or Drumlanrig . However, it was a 27-year-old from 1983, bottled in 2010. The one that is now in the glass was distilled a year earlier and bottled three years earlier. It is therefore slightly younger and yet it is at a much lower ABV (49%...

Score 87/100

Port Ellen 1983 Malts of Scotland

Again, I'm trying an independent bottling of Port Ellen, this time from the well-known and respected German Indie Malts of Scotland. This one was distilled in the last year of operation and matured in a sherry butt. By the looks of it, that must have been a re-fill sherry butt. A very pale Port Ellen indeed! I know I'm repeating myself when I say...

Score 92/100

Port Ellen 28 Year Old 1983 Malts of Scotland

I recently read, on that blue social networking site, the following comment: ‘There are other malts out there than just Port Ellen, you know!?. True, but that does not detract from the feast every time you pour a PE past the lips, does it? This is only my 15th, so I have every reason to continue. I will do so whit this rather pale 28 Year Old from...

Score 93/100