Royal Lochnagar 23 Year Old 1984 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2004 - Diageo Special Releases 2021

This may be spring in the glass, because the release was called 'The Spring Stallion'. This Highlander was matured in both American oak and European refill barrels. Would the horse be in the stables of Balmoral Castle? After all, that is close to the distillery. I'm really looking forward to this, but the price tag is a bummer. Just two years...

Score 86/100

Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old – Game of Thrones ‘House Baratheon’

In the very week of the release, rumor had it that this bottle – along with the Clynelish – were the hardest to find, for they were released in smaller numbers. Result: this 50 EUR bottle quickly changed hands on the secondary market for double, triple the price or more (I even saw one in auction selling for 350 EUR, go figure). Was this only...

Score 80/100

Royal Lochnagar 1996 Distillers Edition

I tasted this dram at an SAQ location. What a nice one. Everything about this whisky is quite different: the whisky is finished in Muscat barrel. It gives an amazingly complex wine and fruit nose with some sirupy and nutmeg notes. Like a nice and rich rice pudding. The nose screamed old sirupy wine. Very golden and summery. I was fascinated. I...

Score 90/100

Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old

This whisky is royal. It was queen Victoria's favorite whisky. And well it is surprising. It is first sweet but then changes in a complex flavour which is difficult to describe. Try this one.

Score 75/100