Aberlour 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 More sophisticated, especially in the finish. Better balanced, but less voluptuous maltiness.

Adelphi Bruichladdich 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.40% 7 It is more substantial than people think, as this bottling shows.

Aldi Glen Orrin 30 Years Old
- Scotland - 40.00% 7 The nose delivers a fruity bouquet but the palate is a bit dismantled. An old but tired dram. Would have benefitted from a higher strength.

Auchentoshan 1976 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 41.80% 7 Better on palate than the nose, but so fragile it shatters easily.

Auchroisk 1997 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.70% 7 Give time to this whisky but avoid water which enhances the alcohol feel. There is some austerity in the character but it does open up with a bit of patience.

Ballantine's 30 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 43.00% Very polished. Fascinating how while precision is retained the range shifts from floral to deep.

Benromach 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 Balanced and poised.

Blue Hanger 3rd Release 30 Years Old
Blended Malt - Scotland - 45.60% 8 By definition vatted malts are designed to iron out blemishes but rarely rise above the good or very good. This is exceptional not just against this competition but in any categoryof whisky. Outstandi...

Brora 1980 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.30% 8 This will be recognised as one of the finest Brora bottlings. Snap it up.

Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.40% 8 Those startling, appetising aromas and flavours had me cooking in a new kitchen. I must have let the Sabatier slip. Why else the TCP?

Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.30% 7 Dour at first then opening up in a delightful way. Take your time to get acquainted with this fellow and you'll like it.

Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.70% 8 A big beast, but the butiric knocks its score down.

Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.20% 4 A warm character if not hot. It needs a dash of water to find its balance and round up. Certainly a winter warmer.

Brora 30 Years Old Special Release 2007
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.70% 7 The nose is off-putting,which knocks the score down, but the palate delivers.

Brora 30 Years Old, Limited Edition
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.70% 8 Exuberant interplay of sweet and dry flavours, pivoted on a firm malt background.

Chieftain's Choice Glen Scotia 1974 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.20% 8 What a lovely nectar. Great fruit and cream combination.

Cooper's Choice Glenlivet 1972, 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Lovely glowing colour. A big Glenlivet, more robust than complex.

Deanston 30 Years Old Limited Edition
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.70% 7 An old malty number just about holding its own, but it hasn't gained hugely in terms of complexity.

Dewar Rattray Glencadam 1975 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.40% 8 A dazzling quality you only get when cask and spirit have been in a long slow dance.

Dewar Rattray Teaninich 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 60.80% 7 The high strength makes it difficult to tame even with water. Some like it hot. But my palate waves a white flag.

Dewar Rattray Tomintoul 1975 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.50% 7 Slightly angular. Not a lot seems to have happened.

Glencadam 1978 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Good, but for me just lacks the extra layer of complexity to lift it to the next level.

Glenfarclas The Family Cask Release 3 1978 Cask 626 Plain Hogshead 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.60% 7 Decently balanced.

Glenfiddich 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Luxurious, but in a restrained, understated way.

Glenfiddich 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Salient house characteristics, especially the chocolate, at their boldest and most sustained.

Glenmorangie 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.30% 8 Sherry wood is undoubtedly invasive but yet, here's a complex one. To be softened by chocolate pralines or almond biscuits.

Glenmorangie 30 Years Old, Pride 1981
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.70% 8 Odd, askew, individual and marvellous but way too pricey. On liquid alone the score is 9.1

Hart Brothers Balmenach 1972, 30 Years Old Port Wood
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.10% 7 Very distinctive. Bring on the chicken mole.

Hibiki 30 Years Old
Blended - Japan - 43.00%

Highland Park 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.10%

Isle of Jura 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.00% 8 Classic good sherry maturation. Nothing to complain about.

Laphroaig 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 3 Age acts as a melting pot. All the distinctive Laphroaig features are there but combined into oak. Interesting.

MacPhail's Collection Highland Park 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 More robust and less sophisticated than the distillery bottlings.

MacPhail's Collection Tamdhu 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 7 Tamdhu is a pleasant, polite, whisky. Does it really have the stamina for such a marathon maturation?

MacPhail's Collection The Glenrothes 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 0.00%

Master of Malt Caol Ila 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.40% 7 Incredibly crisp and strong for its age. Water mellows the nose but makes the palate more astringent. Lack of balance.

Master of Malt Whisky Liqueur 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A fine addition to the ever-growing whisky liqueur category.

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

Old Malt Cask Clynelish 1971, 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 There's more in the nose than in the finish. A really characterful malt. Interesting. This is one of the more medicinal expressions of Clynelish I have come across.

Old Malt Cask Convalmore 30 Years Old 1976
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Shows maturity but very front loaded.

Old Malt Cask Dufftown 30 Years Old 1977
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Has a cleanliness and delicacy but lacking in impact overall. You expect complexity from old whiskies.

Old Malt Cask Glenglassaugh 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.60% 7 Another whose palate runs counter to its nose.

Old Malt Cask Tamnavulin (Bourbon Cask)
- - 50.00% 7 Best neat.

Old Pulteney 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.00% 7 A very engaging whisky with good integration.

Port Ellen 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.70% 8 A wonderful freshener on a warm summer day, citrussy and smokier than phenolic.

Rarest of the Rare Mosstowie 1975 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.10% 7 Tempting nose, the palate is somewhat tougher. A good example of classic bourbon maturation. Pleasant.

Secret Bottlings Series 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 A superb after dinner dram.

Special Reserve Glen Ord 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.70% 8 A successful and intriguing balance between fragrance and dryness. Worth a look.

Talisker 1981 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.30% 8 The best so far in this series of 30yo Taliskers but to be nit-picky about it just a little more activity from the cask would have elevated it still further.

Talisker 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.50% 7 A pleasant dram but it does have the expected nerve. Alcohol is perfectly mastered though. But one could expect better from a 30 Years Old Talisker It does not taste Talisker.

Talisker 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.10% 7 A well structured dram. More appreciated neat than diluted. Water enhances oak and bitterness.

Talisker 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.80% 8 Great age but a little grippy. Undoubtedly a great dram but not a patch on the 25 Years Old.

Talisker 30 Years Old Special Release 2007
- Scotland - 50.70% 8 A well balanced and rich fellow. Water adds more layers .A beautiful aromatic voyage.

The Balvenie 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 47.30% 8 This expression wears its years well.

The Dalmore 30 Years Old, Gonzalez Bypass
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.00% 8 A beautiful and complex nose, palate starts right then the elegant spiciness.

The Glenlivet 30 Years Old American Oak Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.00% 8 Who would have thought that finishing in American oak could add so much? The Glenlivet character is showcased not overwhelmed.

The Glenlivet Dimensions
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.30% 8 Balanced and mature with great tropical fruit character.

The Macallan 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 3 The finish does have the same effortless charm as the ‘46 or the 25 Years Old. Sensational nose.

The Macallan 30 Years Old, Fine Oak
Single Malt - Scotland - 0.00% 8 I was wrong! This is infinitely better.

The Whisky Exchange Glenfarclas 1974 30 Years Old, Bottle for the Whisky Exchange
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.50% 7 A lot of elegance and distinction but as if it has lost health. Surprisingly enough, waters boosts it.

The Whisky Shop Brora 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 47.40% 7 For the collector.

Tomatin 1976 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.30% 8 Real character and finesse.

Tomatin 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Elegant, intricate and enticing. Mozart with the depth of Beethoven and the agile touch of Liszt?

Tullibardine 30 Years Old, Stillman's Dram
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.00% 8 Perilously easy to drink. The whisky world's answer to a New World Chardonnay.

Wemyss Vintage Malts Sugared Almonds 1982 30 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 The persistence of time has been kind to this, up to a point. Some lovely fruity creaminess if you can get past the oak.

Wemyss Vintage Malts The Almond Tree
- Scotland - 46.00% 8 Quietly understated. An Edinburgh lawyer (but with a personality).

Wemyss Vintage Malts Whispering Smoke 1981
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Perfectly sound but I'd prefer more depth (and that doesn't mean heaviness) for a 30 Years Old.

Whyte & Mackay 30 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 45.00% A big, bold blend showing great mastery of aged stock.

Whyte & Mackay 30 Years Old, Rare Reserve
Blended - Scotland - 43.00% 8 Heavier than the 21 Years Old due to its sweetness. But harmonious and elegant.