Ballechin Edradour Burgundy matured
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 It is young and showing great promise. Keep watching this with interest.

Big Peat
Blended Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 The smoke is omnipresent. A thick curtain which unveils luscious malty notes though. Islay on the nose and on the tongue.

Douglas Laing Ardbeg 1992 12 Years Old, Rum Finish, Park Avenue Liquors
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 With smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon.

Douglas Laing Benrinnes 1990 14 Years Old, Single Cask Sherry Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Beautifully full flavoured whisky. Manages to be both elegant and robustly expressive. Very appetising.

Douglas Laing Bladnoch 15 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Not a very exciting whisky. Too edgy. Not delivering much on the palate. And lacking finesse. A bland cask?

Douglas Laing Bladnoch 22 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Good balance of the fruity acidity and sweeter juicy notes.

Douglas Laing Bowmore 20 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Bowmore is a great malt. Let's see more of it in straightforward ages.

Douglas Laing Caol Ila 1979 25 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 An attractive character. Phenolic but with much more.

Douglas Laing Caol Ila 1979 26 Years Old, The Whisky Fair
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.20% 8 Should have been taken out of the cask a few years back. Easy to say now of course.

Douglas Laing Dallas Dhu 24 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Much more herbal than other bottlings of Dallas Dhu.

Douglas Laing Highland Park 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 For the end of the evening. Of considerable complexity and will require several attempts before it's cracked. Not for everyone.

Douglas Laing Laphroaig 15 Years Old, 1987
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 A lean and lively Laphroaig, more smoky than seaweedy. The flavours are long and persistent. Enjoyable, more-ish and appetising.

Douglas Laing Laphroaig 16 Years Old, Limburg Whisky Fair Bottling
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.10% 8 At first, I did not recognise this as a Laphroaig. Then I thought that age must have muted its attack, but 16 is scarcely venerable. Can a whisky be an old fogey?

Douglas Laing Laphroaig 17 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 3 An unusual Laphroaig. No trace of the medicinal character. Water brings out sweet malty notes and more smoke. Why such a difference? Cask influence? Different peating level in the malt? Puzzling.

Douglas Laing Linkwood 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 A classic malty beast. Well balanced. A winter warmer to enjoy with nuts and crispy nibbles.

Douglas Laing Mortlach 1992 12 Years Old, Sherry Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Urbane. Austere.

Douglas Laing Port Ellen 25 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Forget your herbal tea. Go for this fantastic Islay potion!

Douglas Laing Rosebank 15 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 A straightforward refreshing dram. To be sipped on a summer afternoon. I would easily drop one or two ice cubes in my glass.

Douglas Laing Rosebank 1974 20 Years Old, The Whisky Fair
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.80% 7 Who needs afternoon tea?

Douglas Laing St Magadalene 23 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Interesting but a sweet note too far maybe but the finish gets a grip on itself and leaves a clean minty freshness. Recommended for sweet tooth.

Douglas Laing The Macallan 16 Years Old, Burgundy Finish, The Vintage House
Single Malt - Scotland - 0.00% 7 A real finesse, some thinness too. But Twiggy was a popular model in her time, wasn't she?

Old & Rare Brora
- Scotland - 55.10% 7 Not the biggest Brora but a good one.

Old & Rare Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.50% 7 A bold character,delivering the whole package at once.Keeps spirity to the finish. Water cuts the edges but still tooharsh for me.

Old & Rare Caol Ila 28 Years Old 1979
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.60% 7 Good but pretty tired.

Old & Rare Highland Park 29 Years Old 1978
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.70% 8 Old, slightly grumbly but fascinating. Highly recommended.

Old & Rare Lochnagar, 33 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.20% 7 Full but very well balanced for such an ancient character.

Old & Rare Platinum Ben Nevis
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.00% 7 Just about holds its own against the effects of excessive age. On the cusp!

Old & Rare Platinum Glen Garioch 35 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.00% 8 This has lasted superbly for its age, proof that Glen Garioch is a seriously impressive malt, one that improves with lengthy maturation.

Old & Rare Platinum Millburn 34 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.90% 7 Luxurious. An adult taste.

Old & Rare Platinum The Macallan 1977 27 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.00% 8 This is a very decent example of an independent bottling.

Old & Rare Platinum The Macallan, 28 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.20% 8 Have this without water. Hinting at complexity.

Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 15 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Too chimney-like for me. Lacks the balance between sweetness and dryness you need in such a peaty dram.

Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 24 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Full of flavour and complexity, but less challenging than some Ardbegs. More peaty than the bottling reviewed among new releases. Some woodiness.

Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 28 Years Old, The Ardbeggeddon 1972, Sherry Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.40% 8 One of the best Ardbegs I have ever tasted. Full range of the distillery's typical flavours, lyrically combined.

Old Malt Cask Ardmore 1977 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Has maturity and presence. Ardmore: a complete package.