Tormore 16 Year Old 1995 Signatory

Tormore 27 Year Old 1988 North Star Spirits

Tormore is a young, but beautiful distillery. It was founded in 1958 by Long John Distillers. We are trying one of the new releases from North Star Spirits: a Tormore 27 year Old 1988 that was finished on a Madeira cask. Madeire is actually the Portugese word for wood. It is a fortified wine that can be kept for a long time, produced on the island...

Score 85/100

Tormore 19 Year Old 1995 Chapter 7

Chapter 7? That is a Swiss bottler run by Selim Evin. Since last year, he bottles single casks. Like this Tormore 1995 for example. It is only my 8th Tormore so far. So I can hardly claim to be experienced with this brand. But I do know that – bar one exception – I quite fancy this malt. Coffee and nuts, that is the essence of this nose. With a...

Score 85/100

Tormore 10 Year Old bottled 1980s

My first Tormore! This is an older bottling from the days in which Long John Distillers still put Tormore-Glenlivet on the label, as well as the term Pure Highland Malt (which was later replaced with Pure Speyside Malt). I got the sample from a whisky buddy in Palermo, Sicily (thanks, Luca). The nose is very light and malty. I am reminded of...

Score 78/100

Tormore 21 Year Old 1990 Mackillop’s Choice

We can safely call this bottling of Mackillop's Choice an oldie, because it was distilled in 1990 and bottled for almost ten years. It's a Tormore, a house that hasn't appeared on my radar that often. Oh, yummy! A nose full of vanilla custard and eggnog (you know, the thick liquid liqueur). Some nuts and chestnuts, wood glue (which reminds me of...

Score 85/100