Arran Rum Cask Finish

Arran Single Cask Sherry 1996

This magnificent bottling of the 1996 distilled single sherry cask Arran is quite rare so when it was brought out at a friend's house it was received rather warmly. And for good reason too. The gorgeous dark nose has a number of complex layers upon which it is built. Chocolate covered raisins dropped in an oaky bowl of chopped plums and drizzled...

Score 92/100

Arran The Rowan tree

This is again a very limited edition consisting of 6000 bottles made from vatting 10 ex-Olorosso Sherry Casks in which the spirit was aged for 12 years (after being distilled in 1997). Again, we’re talking about No chill filtration and natural coloring.I will be interesting to see how this varies from the Peacock with the ex-Olorosso only casks....

Score 85/100

Arran 16 Year Old OB

Now Arran founded only in 1995 is a pretty young distillery but they sure make lovely whisky, and as far as I am concerned the older their whisky (so far) the better it does, with the 14 being lovely, and the peacock and Rowan tree brilliant, I had very high expectations from this limited edition of 9,000 bottles. It was aged for 16 years in a...

Score 89/100

Arran Illicit Stills / Smugglers Series Vol. I

The Smugglers' Series of Arran consists – litteraly – of books: The Illicit Stills, The High Seas & The Exciseman. The PR-department did their best to bring homage to the distillers of an era gone by with these releases, from distilling in illegal stills to crossing the ferocious seas to bring their wares ashore to the exciseman they tried to...

Score 84/100