Adelphi Clynelish 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.00% 8 The most oily of the three, and very assertive in the finish.

Adelphi Highland Park 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.90% 8 This bottling does not have the heathery profile of the official bottlings. Drink with water.

AnCnoc 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Takes water nicely. A real fun summery mouthful.Session dram.

Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist 1990 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 A welcome addition to the range.

Auchentoshan 1990 16 Years Old Bourbon Matured
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.70% 7 Draff mixed with whipped cream? It's a Glaswegian cranachan.

Balblair 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Much more life and structure.

Balblair 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 An attractive character. Too much sweetness on the palate though.

BenRiach 16 Years Old 1993 Claret Wood
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 Pleasant, but the burnt wood knocks it back.

BenRiach 16 Years Old 1995 Cask 7164
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.30% 8 This whisky is oak dominated. Too much for me as we have lost the distillery character, but the nose is expressive. Beware of water, it kills it.

Bowmore 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.80% 7 The nose is fantastic, like the fug in an old Scottish pub: coal fires, cigarette smoke, damp clothes. The perfume pulls the score down.

Bowmore 16 Years Old Port Matured
Single Malt - - 53.10% 7 Substantial and well balanced (bar that perfumed note).

Bowmore 1990, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.50% 7 Water smooths it down, but the rugged edge is what makes this a winner.

Bushmills 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Ireland - 40.00% 8 All the woods are influential, especially the port in the finish. A dextrous balancing act.

Bushmills 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Ireland - 40.00% 8 Is the house character overwhelmed by the three woods (bourbon, sherry and port)? I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.

Bushmills 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Ireland - 40.00% 7 Triple distilled whiskey drawn from bourbon, sherry and port wood...what a balancing act. It usually works a treat, but this time the elements are strangely out of kilter.

Bushmills 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Ireland - 40.00% 7 A touch slick and a little one-dimensional.

Cadenhead's Ben Nevis 1986, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 61.90% 7 Hard to guess at the high alcohol strength from the nose. Not the usual big, oily Ben Nevis character. A pleasant fruitiness keeps the sweet notes dominant.

Caol Ila 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.90% 8 Just one of a great clutch of smoky drams this time around.

Celtique Connexion Sauternes, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 0

Celtique Connexion Strathmill Old Spirit Safe and Cask 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 0

Chieftain's Choice Glencadam 1985, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 Graceful and characterful. To be sipped on a midsummer starlit night. A true dancing dram.

Chieftain's Choice Scapa 1985, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 7 Rich and generous. Again, overwhelming distillery character.

Chivas Brothers Caperdonich 16 Years Old, Cask Strength Edition
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.80% 7 Promises more than it delivers. Try it with sweet Turkish coffee or espresso.

Cooper's Choice Clynelish 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 7 The most gritty and seaweedy.

Cooper's Choice Mortlach 1990 16 Years Old, Sherry Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Yup, it's Mortlach alright. Every bit as good as the OB.

Dailuaine 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 7 Almost too perfect. Beautifully put together, but not quite memorable.

Dewar Rattray Aultmore 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.90% 8 It's not my preferred style of whisky, but this has real class and excellent balance.

Dewar Rattray Bowmore 1990, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.00% 8 Has richness and some finesse.

Dewar Rattray Craigellachie 1989 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.70% 7 The different elements haven't been pulled together. A better cask would have given some order and control.

Dewar Rattray The Macallan 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.30% 7 Puts me in mind of an aged Tequila, with a big splash of lime.

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 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 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 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?

Duncan Taylor Glen Garioch 1988, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.10% 8 Very sweet but the classic heather honey is balanced by the gently peaty, smoky dryness that has vanished from most Highland malts.

Glen Elgin 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.50% 8 Quite a dour character. I can't really find comfort with all this dampness !

Glen Garioch 1985, 16 Years Old, Sherry Butt
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.90% 7 I have always had a quiet fancy for this malt. It has a lot character: demonstrated here in the way it stands up to such heavy sherry.

Glen Moray 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Not quite as complex as the previous 16 Years Old, but delicious.

Glen Moray 16 Years Old, Chenin Blanc Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Firmer and more assertive.

Glen Moray 16 Years Old, Chenin Blanc Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Less delicate and scenty, but more satisfying. More wine, but more of everything else.

Glen Moray 1989 Signature Malt 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.60% 7 It's hard to get excited about.

Glenrothes 16 Years Old, 1995
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 7 Drinkable enough, but marked down for its ‘fousty' nose.

Harris Whisky No Ordinary 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.10% 6 A wake up call dram for those who like action on the tongue. A classic bourbon maturation which outlines a buoyant character.

Highland Park 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Pleasant but undramatic. I was a little disappointed to find out it was Highland Park… surely we can do better than this?

Isle of Jura 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 For an islander Jura is often thought to be something of a lightweight, but it has hidden depths.

Isle of Jura 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 More wood-extract, or sherry, than I remember. I prefer a drier expression.

Isle of Jura 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A very restorative and comforting dram.

Lagavulin 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 9 The driest of Islay malts, and an established classic.

Longmorn 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.00% 8 Great balance and depth. At last! Longmorn gets the bottling it deserves.

Mortlach 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 A great malt that is enigmatic and sometimes seems reclusive.

Old Malt Cask Aultmore 1989, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad with this it's just amazingly bland.

Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 8 Good all-round Laphroaig. Sound stuff.

Old Malt Cask Tactical 1990 16 Years old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 6 Very thin. Not delivering much. Like a watercolour faded by sun exposure.

Old Masters Girvan 16 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 58.00% 7 Unrefined wood spoils the aromatic display. It does not leave a clean feel. A rather grumpy character.

Sazerac 16 Years Old
Rye - U.S.A. - 45.00% 4 A very very classy mature rye. Highly recommended for the decadent boulevardiers among you.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 64.17 Mannochmore Oozes Juiciness 1992 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.70% 7 Don't water. Decent aperitif dram.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 93.33 Glen Scotia Pine sap and black pepper 1992 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 64.30% 6 Like Dr Jekyll it's trying to escape from its alter ego,but Hyde wins out.

Speciality Drinks Aberlour 16 Years Old 1992
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 A pleasant and refreshing dram, showing balance and a good malty core.

Speyburn 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 One of the most assertive, flavoursome examples of Speyburn I have tasted. A pretty whisky from a pretty distillery.

Springbank Rum Wood, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.20% 7 Almost as if it is still coming together.

The Glenlivet 16 Years Old, Cask Strength
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.60% 8 The rich fruity profile of Glenlivet blossoms at cask strength. So well balanced.

The Glenrothes Vintage 1995, 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 The palate is sweeter and more open than the nose. Oak mellows on time. Give it time.

The Whisky Exchange Highland Park 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 No better than average HP.

Tomintoul 16 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Slightly more grainy and less fruity than I remember.