Cragganmore 1993 Distillers Edition

Cragganmore 12 Year Old

So thanks to the tax man i was able to purchase some whiskys to try/enjoy, these were Talisker 10yo, lagavulin 16yo, glenkinchie 12yo, cragganmore 12yr, dalwhinnie 15yo and highland park 12yo So far i have tried the Talisker, Dalwhinnie 15yo and glenkinchie 12 and have enjoyed them all with the talisker being the stand out so far. Now its time for...

Score 80/100

Cragganmore 2005 Distillers Edition (bottled 2018)

Nose: smells exactly as I hoped it would. Clean malt and a luscious bouquet of fruit. All kinds of fruit, too: citrus, grape, cherries, red berries. Yet for all that fruit it doesn't smell like port; the casks are in perfect harmony with the malt and the fruitiness comes across as natural to this whisky rather than added on. Like the standard...

Score 93/100

Cragganmore 25 Year Old / Special Releases 2014

The Diageo Special Releases are back! Always a bit of a feast for whisky lovers, I think. I’ll try one of them, but one that was released several years ago. This Cragganmore 1988 was released in 2014 after a quarter century in the cask. The nose is very musty, as if I am sitting in the attic. This is not disturbing in the least. After some...

Score 87/100

Cragganmore 12 Year Old

I've tried many, many single malt scotches through the "standard scotch" price point (in my area, something like $30-50/bottle). This is the one I consistently come back to as my "everyday" scotch. The key word here is balance. The nose has nice oak notes, though nothing overmuch. The body of the scotch has some nice light...

Score 75/100