Clynelish - June 19-21 7:00 PM GMT

[Ganga]

The Whiskies


Clynelish 14
And any other Clynelish you may have...

Date and Time


Friday 19th June 7:00pm GMT - Sunday 21st June

Start time - 7:00pm GMT

About...
For those of you who do not know what these are about, they run for generally 12+ hours and we all sit down (at various times) to taste a range of whiskies and share our notes and comments on the forum. Have a look in the Live Tasting forum for past events.

They are a great way to meet people on the forum, chat about your experiences and learn something new about the whiskies you have, and we all end up having a good time.

Please feel free to join in and post any comments or tasting notes you have. Tasting notes can be added using the Tasting Note tab on the postings page. (Note, the Age field on the tasting must be a number such as 7,9,10,18)

We look forward to seeing you beginning Friday evening...

[Ras Mazunga]

Just poured a Clynelish 14yo and it's great. Very creamy.
The almost full bottle was a gift from Bachess who didn't like it. Very generous to give it to me, thanks for that Bachess.
I also have a sample of the DE ready for tasting.

[pkt77242]

Clynelish 14
Brand : Clynelish Expression : -
Nose : Sea salt, peas, overly sweet, maybe overly ripe fruit. Palate : briney, sweet fruit, malty. Finish : Salty with spinach and a sweet fruit dressing. Maybe a berry vinageraite (sp) Comment : Has calmed down quite a bit since I first opened it (it was sickly sweet then). It is now a nice malt though it still sometmes gets a little too sweet and off key. Colour : - Score : 0
Age : 14 Years Old Vintage : 0 ABV : 46% Bottler : -	Type : - Region : - Water : - Ice : - Glass : - Notes : -
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Sean

[Ganga]

I'll be floating around here for awhile today. Will chip in with an IB Clynelish. Thanks Ras and Sean for the notes.

[Spirit of Islay]

Hi rich ,
I'll be along shortly with my one offering , unfortunately i prefer the "other" Clynelish and have more bottles of that !

[Ganga]

Perfectly understandable Gordon. I'll be around. Maybe pull up the chat.

[Willie JJ]

Sadly I am away from home again without a Clynelish to my name so I can't join in.

[Ganga]

Willie, you need to start carrying care packages. Alan travels with lexans that hold about 100 ml. Packs a 12-pk in a little box and away he goes.

[Ganga]

Clynelish 12
Brand : Glenhaven Expression : 3.84-6.96
Nose : Sweet malt, sweet smoke, bacon bits, honeydew, heather/florals, slight acetone Palate : honeydew and tropical fruits, iodine, briny, smokey, earthy, lemony, straw Finish : long, smokey malt Comment : - Colour : Bright Gold Score : 0
Age : 12 Years Old Vintage : 1984 ABV : 61% Bottler : Glenhaven	Type : Single Malt Region : Highlands Water : - Ice : - Glass : Celtic Malts Notes : -
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[Willie JJ]

Willie, you need to start carrying care packages. Alan travels with lexans that hold about 100 ml. Packs a 12-pk in a little box and away he goes.

You're right, but I have been here for 2 wks and didn't anticipate being this long.

[Willie JJ]

That sounds like a cracking Clynelish by the way.

[Ganga]

Clynelish 12
Brand : Glenhaven Expression : 3.84-6.96
Nose : Smokey, barley, lemons, verathane/glue Palate : oily, grilled seaweed, lemons, cantelope, grainy Finish : Long, bitter sweet barley over a campfire Comment : - Colour : bright gold Score : 0
Age : 12 Years Old Vintage : 1984 ABV : 61% Bottler : Glenhaven	Type : Single Malt Region : Highlands Water : - Ice : - Glass : Brandy Glass Notes : -
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[Spirit of Islay]

Expression - Berrys Own Selection 1993 Clynelish
Year - 1993
Age - 14yo
ABV - 46%
Colour - Pale Gold
Nose - Very Coastal ( sea air) , Ripe Banana , touch of Smoke , Lemon Drizzle Cake and Vanilla .
Palate - Slight Spiciness , Vanilla again and as at the first time of trying the chinese pudding of Banana Fritter in Syrup Sauce ! A touch of Lemon as well .
Finish - Long , citric and vanilla .
Comments - A very nice Clynelish , the only one i've bought though i have tried several SMWS ones .

[Ganga]

Thanks Willie.

[Ganga]

Very interesting Gordon. It's interesting how similar the two whiskies sound yet the subtle differences as well. Cheers.

[Ganga]

Well, I'm going to visit grandma for the rest of the weekend. Enjoy gentlemen and ladies.

[Ras Mazunga]

Kinda sad there is no banner on the main page for this tasting...
Not to mention the special live tasting page.

I'm still thankful though.


Clynelish DE 15 yo 1992 Oloroso finish 46%
Clearly related to the 14yo. But with a quiet a lot of chocolate and some truffles too.

[Ras Mazunga]

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Brand : Clynelish Expression : -
Nose : very creamy, fruits, new wood, vanilla, honey, mocca. Palate : menthol, lemonade, molasses, tabacco Finish : sweet lemon, mocca, pure chocolate. Comment : I would describe this one as a sweet mocca cream dram. Colour : sauternes Score : 86
Age : 14 Years Old Vintage : 0 ABV : 46%% Bottler : -	Type : Single Malt Region : Highland Water : - Ice : None Glass : Tulip Nosing Glass Notes : -
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[pkt77242]

Today I will try the 14 with a nice splash of water, something I normally don't do.

Clynelish 14 w/ water
Brand : Clynelish Expression : -
Nose : barley, salt, slight fruit salad. Kind of closed Palate : salty, peach mango juice. Malty, and some hints of ham. Finish : very short and salty. Comment : Palate improves with water but the nose and finish aren't as good. Colour : - Score : 0
Age : 14 Years Old Vintage : 0 ABV : 40?% Bottler : -	Type : - Region : - Water : a fair splash Ice : None Glass : - Notes : -
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Sean

[Ras Mazunga]

Because I had only a wee sample of the De it was gone before I could write proper notes.
I remember it has a lot of chocolate mainly in the taste. I was also pleasantly suprised by the truffles that I could smell together with some walnuts.
Another whisky I quiet like.

The ob's seem to be very different from the ib's I've had. In these I don't taste any salt.

[Ras Mazunga]

Clynelish deserves more attention than this!

[Ganga]

Cheers gentlemen. CI, thanks for including your scale.

Ras, I agree. The notes certainly point towards a good selection of whisky. Hopefully more will join in July and next week for rye whiskies.

[Ryguy]

Ok, so I'm a bit late. But I really wanted to take my time with this one, and give it a good go. Many thanks to Gilles Deleuze for the sample!!

Clynelish 14yo, 46%, 1992/2007, SMOS Cask #1607

Glass: SMWS

Nose: Some salt, sweet bourbon like notes (vanilla), also I'm finding this a bit floral, which also reminds me of bourbon.

Palate: Oily and sweet, coats the palate well. A nice mix of vanilla and it's a tad buttery as well.

Finish: Some salt comes through in the finish, but it remains sweet with a whisp of smoke towards the end.

Comment: Overall, a very nice dram, and a good example from this distillery. Unfortunately I have nothing else here to compare this one too, but I really enjoyed it.