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

BenRiach 17 Years Old 1993 Burgundy Wood
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 Just a little lacking in full integration. You can sense the whisky sitting underneath the finish.

Berry's Own Selection Clynelish
- Scotland - 46.00% 6 Needs moretime in wood.

Berry's Own Selection Glen Grant 1993
- Scotland - 53.80% 7 No real depth or complexity.

Berry's Own Selection Linkwood
- Scotland - 46.00% 7 Pleasant enough.

Celtique Connexion 1993 Monbazillac Wood Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.00% 8 Quite a strong character. Uncompromising warmth. Good balanced. You need to like it hot to enjoy the dram.

Dewar Rattray Bruichladdich 1993 12 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.10% 7 Complex, subtle and interesting, but not a dram to stay at home for. Go out, have fun!

Evan Williams 1993, Single Barrel
Bourbon - U.S.A. - 43.30% 8 The big, malty, chocolately style that I associate with Evan Williams. A lovely, voluptuous, afterdinner bourbon. Gains from a splash of water.

Gordon & MacPhail Miltonduff 1993
Single Malt - Scotland - 61.80% 7 Lusty, voluptuous. Finishes with a bang.

Gordon & MacPhail The Macallan 1993 Speymalt
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Another unusual Macallan. Well-balanced. No sherry overload. Second-or third-fill maybe. Or a Fino cask?

Isle of Jura Boutique Barrels Sherry J1
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.00% 7 Another often dismissed distillery comes out swinging.

Karuizawa 1993
Single Malt - Japan - 60.10% 7 A herbal tea for those who like it hot and pungent. Lovely nose. Good balance. Definitely needs water to tame the strength.

Knappogue Castle 1993
Single Malt - Ireland - 40.00% 7 The vinho verde colour suggests a very light whiskey, and this certainly is, in both body and flavour. This bottling seems markedly thinner than the last vintage I tasted.

Old Masters Glenturret 14 Years Old
- Scotland - 56.90% 7 Absolutely no cask interaction, making this the polar opposite of the last quartet. In a way this is a very instructive tasting.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society Yamazaki, 10 Years Old, 119.3
Single Malt - Japan - 56.20% 8 A surprising amount of peat in this usually very delicate malt.

Single Malts of Scotland Linkwood 1993, Sherry Butt, Cask 3517
Single Malt - Scotland - 59.10% 7 Big cask character, with spirit style just poking through. The spirit seemed at odds with the cask perhaps.

Talisker Classic Malts Distillers Edition 1993
- Scotland - 45.80% 7 Difficult to taste a Talisker blind ! The strength tells all (though Lagavulin played a trick in this tasting).The legendary pepperiness is a memory.

The Whisky Exchange Ardmore 1993
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.30% 7 An enticing whispering whisky.

The Whisky Exchange Bowmore 18 Years Old 1993 The Whisky Exchange Masterpieces
Single Malt - Scotland - 61.60% 8 That whisky needs a dash of water to cut the edges. Clean, big with that wonderful exotic fruit character that some Bowmore proudly display.

Tullibardine 1993, Marsala Wood Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 7 A lovely dram. Fresh, natural, cheery. The perfect companion for a cheese party. Preferably undiluted.

Tullibardine 1993, Port Wood Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 6 Somewhere in the mid palate, there was a momentary hint of malt whisky. I don't know how that found its way into this obscure liqueur from Heaven.

Tullibardine 1993, Sauterne Wood Finish
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 There's lots of elements at play here. They're just not playing together.

Yamazaki 1993 Bourbon Cask
Single Malt - Japan - 58.00% 7 The Yamazaki I know well; but with a more obvious and robust hint of bourbon character.

Yamazaki 1993 Heavily Peated Malt
Single Malt - Japan - 62.00% 7 Great balanceand intrigue in here. Well worth a look.

Yamazaki Bourbon Cask, 1993
Single Malt - Japan - 59.00% 7 Lots happening, lively, enjoyable.