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Single Malts Pages

These pages are dedicated to the collection and appreciation of single malt scotch whisky. To that end, I have assembled tasting notes for the single malts in my collection. I have a somewhat idiosyncratic tasting vocabulary, so I have provided a glossary of tasting terms.I have created a discussion space for these pages and single malts in general at the QuickTopic free message boards, as mentioned on my Best of the Web page. You do not need to register to participate, and you may post anonymously if you desire. You are welcome to join the discussion.Please follow any of the links below to view tasting notes.

Single Malt Scotch Whisky in my collection

Islay

Ardbeg

10 year old “TEN”, 46% abv
17 year old, 43% abv
1975, 43% abv
1978, 43% abv
8 year old 1991/1999, 43% abv, Signatory
“The Ardbeggeddon” 29 year old 1972/2001, 48.4% abv, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask, private bottling for The PLOWED Society

Bowmore

10 year old, 43% abv
17 year old, 43% abv
1984 Vintage, 58.8% abv
22 year old, ceramic decanter, 43% abv
30 year old ceramic “Sea Dragon” decanter, 43% abv
“Bicentenary” (bottled 1979), 43% abv
“Claret”, 56% abv
“Darkest”, 43% abv
“Dawn”, 51.5% abv
“Dusk”, 50% abv
“Surf”, 40% abv
“Voyage”, 56% abv
12 year old “Summer Distillation”, 43% abv, The McGibbon’s Provenance
13 year old 1990/2003, 40% abv, Duncan Taylor bottling for Trader Joe’s
15 year old 1981/1996, 57.7% abv, Glenhaven
16 year old 1984 sherry, 60% abv, James MacArthur’s
32 year old 1968, 46% abv, Signatory Vintage

Bruichladdich

10 year old (Pre-McEwan bottling), 43% abv
31 year old 1970, 44.2% abv
7 year old 1993/2000, 43% abv, Blackadder
14 year old 1986, 55% abv, Scott’s Selection

Bunnahabhain

39 year old 1960, 43.4% abv, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Caol Ila

15 year old, 43% abv
10 year old 1989/1999, 43% abv, Signatory
11 year old 1988, Calvados wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail, 40% abv
11 year old 1988, Claret wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail
11 year old 1988, Cognac wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail
19 year old 1979/1999, 43% abv, Cooper’s Choice

Lagavulin

16 year old, 43% abv
19 year old 1981 “Distiller’s Edition” (finished in Pedro Ximénez casks), 43% abv
“Islay”, 5 year old, 40% abv, Signatory Vintage

Laphroaig

10 year old, 43% abv
10 year old, 57.3% abv
15 year old, 43% abv

Port Ellen

13 year old 1982/1996, 43% abv, Hart Brothers
16 year old 1981/1997, 62.1% abv, Cadenhead
16 year old 1980/1997, 59.3% abv, Signatory

Unknown Origination

“Finlaggan”, 40% abv

Other Islands

Highland Park

12 year old, 43% abv
“2000″ 12 year old, 55.7% abv
18 year old, 43% abv
25 year old, 53.5% abv
“The Old Man of Hoy”, 10 year old 1990/2000, 43% abv, Blackadder
10 year old 1988/1999, 57.6% abv, Hart Brothers
11 year old 1989/2000, 43%, Blackadder
22 year old 1975/1997, 50.3%, Signatory
22 year old 1962/1984, 46%, Cadenhead

Isle of Jura

16 year old, 43% abv

Ledaig

“Mull”, 7 year old, 40% abv, Signatory Vintage

Talisker

10 year old, 45.6% abv
12 year old, 43.4% abv

Tobermory

10 year old, 40% abv

Speyside

Aberlour

10 year old, 43% abv
21 year old, 43% abv
“100″, 57.1% abv
“a’bunadh”, European bottling, 59.6% abv
1989 “Millennium”, Contract No. 003/345, 43% abv
10 year old, 40% abv, Trader Joe’s private label
10 year old 1993/2003, Duncan Taylor bottling for Trader Joe’s
21 year old 1974/1995, 55.5% abv, Signatory

Aultmore

13 year old 1983/1997, 43% abv, Cooper’s Choice

The Balvenie

12 year old “Doublewood”, 43% abv
25 year old “Single Barrel” 1974, 46.9% abv
31 year old “Vintage Cask” 1966/1997, 45.5% abv

Cragganmore

12 year old, 40% abv

Glenburgie

8 year old, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail

Glen Deveron

12 year old 1987, 43% abv

The Glendronach

15 year old “Sherry Cask”, 40% abv

Glendullan

18 year old 1978/1997, 43% abv, Cooper’s Choice

Glenfarclas

10 year old, 40% abv
“105″, 60% abv
24 year old 1969, 56.5% abv, Whyte & Whyte

Glenfiddich

12 year old “Special Reserve”, 40% abv

Glen Grant

33 year old, 40% abv, Gordon & Macphail (sold)

Glen Keith

10 year old, 43% abv

The Glenlivet

12 year old, 40% abv
12 year old (Smith’s), 70° proof
12 year old (Smith’s), 43% abv
12 year old “American White Oak” finish, 40% abv
18 year old, 43% abv
21 year old, Leather case, 43% abv
“Archive”, 43% abv

Glen Mhor

8 year old, 70° proof

Glen Moray

12 year old, Chenin Blanc finish, 40% abv
16 year old, 40% abv

Glenrothes

“Lismore” (a vatting of 6 and 8 year old Glenrothes, undeclared on label), 40% abv
32 year old 1968, 50.5% abv, Signatory Vintage Rare Reserve

Imperial

9 year old 1990, Calvados wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail
9 year old 1990, Claret wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail
9 year old 1990, Cognac wood finish, 40% abv, Gordon & MacPhail

Linkwood

11 year old 1984/1996, 59.5% abv, Glenhaven

Loch Dhu

10 year old (Mannochmore distillery), 40% abv

Longmorn

29 year old 1971/2000, 52.3% abv, Scott’s Selection

The Macallan

12 year old, 43% abv
18 year old 1979, 43% abv
10 year old bourbon casked, 40% abv, Trader Joe’s private label

Mortlach

16 year old, 43% abv, Flora & Fauna
39 year old 1961/2000, 40.8% abv, Scott’s Selection

Royal Lochnagar

12 year old, 40% abv

The Singleton of Auchroisk

10 year old 1981/1993, 43% abv

The Speyside

10 year old, 43% abv

Tomatin

12 year old, 43% abv
12 year old, 43% abv (angular bottle)

Highlands

Aberfeldy

17 year old 1978/1995, 59.8% abv, Glenhavan

Banff

31 year old 1966, 50% abv, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Ben Nevis

10 year old, 46% abv

Brora

“Brorageddon” 30 year old 1972/2003, 50.8% abv, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask, private bottling for The PLOWED Society

Clynelish

11 year old 1989/2000, 60.8% abv, Blackadder

Dalmore

12 year old, 40% abv
“Cigar Malt”, 43% abv
10 year old, 59.5% abv, Blackadder Raw Cask
22 year old 1962/1986, 46% abv, Cadenhead

Dalwhinnie

15 year old, 43% abv

Glen Garioch

8 year old, 43% abv
8 year old 1984, 43% abv
12 year old, 43% abv

Glenmorangie

12 year old “Madeira Wood Finish”, 43% abv
12 year old “Port Wood Finish”, 43% abv
“Fino Sherry Finish”, 43% abv
25 year old 1975 “Côte De Nuits Wood Finish”, 43% abv
25 year old 1975 “Malaga Wood Finish”, 43% abv
“Cellar 13″, 43% abv
“Traditional”, 57.2% abv

Glenturret

20 year old 1980/2000, 52.8% abv, Blackadder

North Port

13 year old 1982/1996, 64% abv, Glenhaven

Oban

14 year old, 43% abv

Old Pulteney

12 year old, 43% abv

Campbeltown

Glen Scotia

12 year old, 43% abv
14 year old, 43% abv
“Campbeltown”, 8 year old, 40% abv, Signatory

Longrow (from stills at Springbank)

10 year old (Limited), 46% abv
10 year old Sherry (Limited), 46% abv

Springbank

10 year old, 46% abv
12 year old 175th Anniversary, 46% abv
12 year old 1989 Rum Wood, 54.6% abv
21 year old, 46% abv
25 year old, 46% abv
“CV”, 46% abv
32 year old 1966 “Local Barley”, 52.3% abv
7 year old 1992 “Da Mhile” Organic Scotch, 46% abv, Murray McDavid
34 year old 1965, 40.6% abv, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Lowlands

Auchentoshan

“Lowland”, 6 year old, 40% abv, Signatory Vintage

Glenkinchie

10 year old, 43% abv

Littlemill

8 year old, 43% abv
17 year old, 43% abv
8 year old 1989/1997, 63.9% abv, Cadenhead
10 year old 1990/2000, 43% abv, Signatory
11 year old 1989/2000, 61.6% abv, Cadenhead
11 year old 1992/2003, 46% abv, Whisky Galore
32 year old 1965, 49.1% abv, Signatory 10th Anniversary
33 year old 1965, 58.9% abv, Scott’s Selection

Rosebank

12 year old, 43% abv, Flora & Fauna
8 year old 1989/1999, 43% abv, Signatory
10 year old, 56.2% abv, Signatory Silent Stills
11 year old 1980/1992, 60.1% abv, Cadenhead

Other Whisky

Single Grain Scotch Whisky

Strathmore 37 year old 1963/2000 “North of Scotland”, 53% abv, Scott’s Selection (also technically a single malt)
Cambus 31 year old 1963/1994, 53.2% abv, Cadenheads

Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Bushmills Millennium Malt 1975, 43% abv
Connemara, 40% abv
Knappogue Castle 7 year old 1992, 40% abv

Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky

Johnnie Walker “Green Label” 15 year old Pure Malt Scotch Whisky, 43% abv (empty, because I broke it :-/ )
Michel Couvreur Unfiltered 12 year old, 43% abv
Whitfield’s Campbeltown, 40% abv
Whitfield’s Islay, 40% abv

Blended Scotch

Black and White, 43.4% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Campbeltown Loch 25 year old, 40% abv
Dewar’s White Label, Centennial Flagon Limited Edition, 43.4% abv
The Famous Grouse, 40% abv
Glen Rosa, 40% abv
Johnnie Walker Black Label, 40% abv
King George IV, 40% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Mitchell’s 12 year old (Springbank-based), 43% abv
Scoresby, 40% abv
White Horse, 43% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
White Horse, 40% abv

Japanese Malt Whisky

Nikka 15 year old Pure Malt “Kitagenshu”, 43% abv

Japanese Blended Whisky

Suntory Old Whisky, 40% abv

American Whiskey

Booker’s True Barrel Bourbon 7 years 3 months old, 63.25% abv
Daviess County 4 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, 43% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Evan Williams 7 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 45% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Ezra Brooks 7 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 45% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Harley Davidson 10 year old Bourbon (old bottle)
Knob Creek 9 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 50% abv
Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 45% abv
Old Charter 10 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 43% abv (old bottle with tax stamp)
Van Winkle 13 year old Family Reserve Rye, 47.8% abv
Wild Turkey “101″, 50.5% abv
Wild Turkey “Kentucky Spirit” Single Barrel Bourbon, 50.5% abv