Tamdhu 1989 18 Year Old Sherry Cask Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Tamdhu 10 Year Old Cream Label bottled 1980s

The Tamdhu 10 Year Old is no longer being bottled and hence hard to find. I was lucky enough to get hold of a sample of the Tamdhu 10 Year Old, bottled in the ‘80s (and thus distilled in the ‘70s!). The nose is very fresh and fruity, completely clean. There is a sea breeze hidden behind the vanilla and flowers. I get honey, cereal, a touch of...

Score 89/100

Tamdhu 13 Year Old 1990 Dun Bheagan Sherry Finish

Dun Bheagan is a series of malts marketed by Ian MacLeod. Today I will try a Tamdhu, incidentally a distillery currently owned by this bottler. This 13 Year Old got a finish on sherry casks, was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2003. I am putting it head to head with a 15 Year Old, also from 1990, but finished on port casks. The nose is sweet on...

Score 78/100

Tamdhu

Tonight's theme is "open and closed". Goal was closed distilleries, but moderately widened to contribute some less expensive tastes from temporary shutdowns. To start Tamdhu, slightest of the interruptions. This bottling is from around 2011, NAS. Pretty harsh nose. Hot and paint remover like. Smoothing out over time to being just hot...

Score 72/100

Tamdhu 10 Year Old

According to internet sources, Tamdhu Distillery closed down in 2010. It was sold to Ian Macleod Distillers in June 2011 who plans to “vitalize its production of single malt.” There are no reviews for the 10-year expression of Tamdhu, but judging by other reviews on the internet, the 10-year-old is the continuation of the no-age-statement whiskey,...

Score 72/100