7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Caol Ila 11 2005 Gordon & MacPhail bottled for Kensington Wine Market
Type
ABV
54.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Tobacco, peach, lots of Salty Dog (the drink, not the actual dog), moss, smoke, cocoa
Taste
Butter, smoke, cocoa, caramel, pine, pear, peach jelly
Finish
Rich buttery steak, rosemary, blueberry, salt, smoke, mint
Liquor
Caol Ila 11 2008 150,000 bottles in Whiskybase
Type
ABV
58.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very clean, slightly peaty, some chlorine, almonds, cider, apple, limes, ash, sea breeze, beach pebbles
Taste
Various citrus fruits, oysters, salt, seaweed, ash
Finish
Long, clean, smoked salmon
Liquor
Caol Ila 11 Gordon & MacPhail’s CS
Type
ABV
59.80%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet raisin and prune, with underlying wafts of bonfires on the beach.
Taste
Flaky pastry, applesauce, burnt sugar and oatcakes.
Finish
A lingering salinity balanced by peaches in syrup.
Liquor
Caol Ila 11 Hart Brothers
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Salt. Stone fruits, like white nectarine. Smoke! Peat is mild. Hints of citrus rind.
Taste
Tobacco. Smokey oak. Some BBQ meats. There is a certain level of balanced sweet and savory here. I like it. Smoked paprika.
Finish
Short. The less the flavour profile lingers at the back
Liquor
Caol Ila 11 Hart Brothers
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Salt. Stone fruits, like white nectarine. Smoke! Peat is mild. Hints of citrus rind.
Taste
Tobacco. Smokey oak. Some BBQ meats. There is a certain level of balanced sweet and savory here. I like it. Smoked paprika.
Finish
Short. The less the flavour profile lingers at the back
Nose
Vegetal oak and smoke with a hint of sea breeze, with chocolate chilli hints taking shape.
Taste
Still packed with coastal maritime smoke, but a slow build of dried fruit and clove looks to match its intensity.
Finish
A fizzle of cinnamon on the finish.
Liquor
Caol Ila 11yr Signatory 46%
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vegetal oak and smoke with a hint of sea breeze, with chocolate chilli hints taking shape.
Taste
Still packed with coastal maritime smoke, but a slow build of dried fruit and clove looks to match its intensity.
Finish
A fizzle of cinnamon on the finish.
Nose
Fresh, herbal. Rubbed peppermint leaves, stemmy, damp grass, smoky. Oily, cigar leaves, smoked ham, hickory. Lemon peels
Taste
Good body, oily, tar, elegant smoke. Hints of boiled sweets.
Finish
Long, peppery, spicy warmth, smoke.
Liquor
Caol Ila 12 “Unpeated Style”
Type
ABV
64%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sand, salt, banana chips and quite a lot of alcohol blocking the whole.
Taste
Wet sand, salt, vanilla, fleet wood.
Finish
Amazing, superbly mineral, saline, mustardy, with an incredible vegetal freshness. Lime, green olives, green apple skin. Limestone, grey salt. Incredible length.
Liquor
Caol Ila 12 2003 Adelphi
Type
ABV
58.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Ash, yeasty, bread, cocoa
Taste
Caramel banana (very strong), tobacco, orange zest, lemongrass
Finish
Melon, pecan, ash, oak, lots of butter
Liquor
Caol Ila 12 2006 North Star
Type
ABV
54.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lemon oil. Toast. Coal gas. Germoline. Ash. Caramel. Slight nutty notes. Camphor.
Taste
Quite oily. Citrus. Ash. Beachside bonfire. Brine. Kippers.
Finish
Long. Kippers. Ash. Lemon balm.
Nose
Very ashy. cigarette. hints of dried white fruits under. wet oak.
Taste
Oily char. spicey vanilla smoke. creamy salty dry paper. peated malted sour carbon.
Finish
Tangy fireworks.