Arran Moscatel De Setubal Wine Cask

Arran 1998 Sherry Cask

FOREWARD I actually went quite out of my way to obtain this bottle. It was the only one left in Oregon. For some reason, I felt compelled to own it. I called a far away Ichor store up by Mt. Hood in the Cascade Mountains where the Oregon Ichor Search listed the last bottle as residing. Thankfully, the store still had it in stock. I then called an...

Score 72/100

Arran The Exciseman / Smugglers Series Vol. III

The third and final bottling in the Smugglers' Series - The Exciseman – again contains peated and unpeated Arran malt, of which part matured on Madeira casks. Quite a few of the 8700 bottles were never opened. Looking at auction sites, many complete sets are on offer, fetching 750 to even 900 EUR for the three. That’s a lot of money, and frankly...

Score 86/100

Arran 18 Year Old

In April 2015 I tried the first release of the Arran 18 Year Old. At that time, it was a limited release of 9.000 bottles (with a subtle gold/white label), but now it has been added to the core range. It is a marriage of both bourbon and sherry matured Arran, bottled at drinking strength. I remember that I felt the first release was good, but not...

Score 86/100

Arran SMWS 121.76 Close Shave From a Tipsy Barber

I thank @Nozinan for the reviewed sample. The bottle was opened one year ago, and the sample was tightly packaged 4 1/2 months after the bottle was opened. SMWS 121.76 is 12 years old and bottled at Cask Strength from refill bourbon barrels Nose: this is a surprisingly woody nose, showing some used oak barrel flavours of much above average...

Score 86/100