Coleburn 1980 25 Year Old Old Malt Cask #2128 Douglas Laing

Coleburn 1979 21 Year Old

Pretty funny to read opinions on this Coleburn 1979 in the Rare Malts series. Everyone seems to think it’s not particularly good, but still most say it’s the best Coleburn ever bottled… Coleburn distillery went down in the 1980’s like so many of its neighbours. Coleburn 21 yo 1979 (59,4%, Rare Malts 2000) Nose: floral and zesty with waxy...

Score 87/100

Coleburn 19 Year Old 1981 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered

Coleburn has been closed since 1985, so this drop is liquid history. The distillery was located very near BenRiach and Longmorn, so this is the heart of Speyside. The name supposedly comes from charcoal burn. I am trying a bottling by Signatory in their Un-Chillfiltered series. It was distilled on 22 October 1981 (I had yet to turn 12!) and...

Score 84/100

Coleburn 1979 / 21 Year Old / Rare Malts

Founded in 1896 about a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, this Speyside distillery is now long gone. Coleburn was one of the 28 victims of the large closing round by Diageo in 1983. In the meantime the site was sold to project developers Winchester Brothers. This Coleburn 1979 is the only official release from this long lost...

Score 85/100

Coleburn 14 Year Old 1983 Signatory

Coleburn is only a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, so in the heart of Speyside not to far from the town of Elgin. It has been closed since 1985. There are no official bottlings (bar a Rare Malts by Diageo in 2000). The 14 Year Old that I will try was bottled by Signatory in 1997. Previously I had only tried one Coleburn so far, also...

Score 73/100