Speyburn 1974 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Speyburn 25 Year Old

Speyburn distillery is located in the Rothes Glen and was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins & Co., a company that was owned by the brothers John and Edward Hopkins and their cousin Edward Broughton. In 1916 both the company and the distillery were acquired by Distillers Company Limited. Like many other Scottish whisky distilleries Speyburn did...

Score 86/100

Speyburn 10 Year Old

Recently, I stopped by my local liquor store to pick up my weekly allotment of Heady Topper. As is my custom, I perused the whisky section and my attention was drawn to the bottom shelf where bottles of Speyburn are kept along side the McClelland mystery malts. I don't think I have read more than a few positive reviews of the ten year old...

Score 85/100

Speyburn 10 Year Old

Next to the NAS-version, there is also this 10 Year Old. The Bradan Orach was a serious let-down. Hence the expectations for this one are not very high. On the contrary. The nose is mildly floral and a bit fruity. I detect vanilla, but also white bread and some citrus fruit. Grain cookies. Fresh as spring, actually. Very accessible. Nothing wrong...

Score 75/100

Speyburn 21 Year Old 1988 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Speyburn is something of an unknown malt, that scores big in the USA, but is somewhat disregarded in Europe. The overhaul of the range in 2013 did not change that. I do not have a lot of experience with the Speysider and tried only one. When I passed the distillery in 2010, I found it not open to the public so a visit was impossible. Let me try a...

Score 78/100