7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Caol Ila 13 Chieftain’s Medoc finish
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
mixture of Peat, Smoke, Rubber, Medicinal Alcohol and Sea Water. A bit of Malt, Biscuit and Vanilla in the background
Taste
Peat, Sugar, Light Spices and unexpected hints of milk chocolate.
Finish
Quite long, perhaps even too long with Peat, Rubber, Sugared Herbal Tea and Licorice
Liquor
Caol Ila 13 Gordon & MacPhail Cask Strength 2000
Type
ABV
61%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Smoke, raspberry, anise, sticky toffee pudding, currant, tobacco, almond/marzipan, oats, honey
Taste
Pepper, strawberry salt, habanero, red bell pepper, straw, grape
Finish
Manure, earth, ginger, peach, red chilli flakes, salt, raisin
Liquor
Caol Ila 14 2001 Maltbarn
Type
ABV
58.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Milk chocolate, brine, tobacco, cashew, malt
Taste
Lime, brine, candy cane, caramel, papaya grilled with salt
Finish
Oak, lime zest, butter, butterscotch, milk chocolate
Liquor
Caol Ila 14 Black Adder Raw Cask
Type
ABV
60.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
peaty, mild cocoa-tinged sweetness, green wood smoke, subtle notes of fruit in chocolate fondue and raw ginger, lighter notes of canned olives, touch of honey baked ham
Taste
Acidic ash, big thick spicy peat. Smoldering… coal fire, hot tar, slurry, iodine soaked linens. Edgy and bitter sweet. Lemonade with light sugar. Sweet tea made with brine
Finish
A nice, warming finish of slightly sweet fireplace woodsmoke with a little ashiness and more drying oak notes
Liquor
Caol Ila 14 Cadenhead’s CS
Type
ABV
58.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
stewed raisins combine with aromas of cured meats and sweet smoke
Taste
white flavours give way to lemon zest and raspberry
Finish
full and long finish with lingering bonfire embers
Nose
hickory smoke, apple peel, coastal
Taste
oily, sweet peat, ginger & apple
Finish
1st Fill Cognac
Nose
Mild, vanilla, sweet oat biscuits with apricot jam, lemon, lime zest, ripe Victoria plums, rhubarb or gooseberry, honeyed notes
Taste
Immediate and intense: a smooth texture, with rich sweetness; gooseberry crumble or crisp, white grapes, bitter-sweet (more treacle toffee)
Finish
Medium length, sweet, yet drying. Water reveals a smooth
Nose
gentle notes of stone fruit and malt with a hint of moss
Taste
red fruit, and baking spices, honey sweetness
Finish
slightly slick and finishes sweet and spicy
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 Cadenhead’s Duthies
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet peat, brine and leather. Salted caramel and salty cured meats. Sweet and Floral.
Taste
Vegetal and meaty peat. Very dry and salty on the palate. Black pepper, paprika and nutmeg.
Finish
Long and dry.
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 Signatory Millennium Edition.
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Brine, white chocolate, brown sugar, cloves, leather, sandalwood
Taste
Lemon sorbet, cinnamon buns, manure, plum, salt
Finish
Red licorice, anise, grapefruit, caramel, maple sap, malt, cocoa
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 SMWS 53.167
Type
ABV
58.20%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Smoke, embers, smoky bacon crisps, ashtrays, seasoned wood, cinnamon sugar, pears in wine with clove and orange peel.
Taste
sweet and hot, conveying cinders, sugar-coated fennel seeds, liquorice, perfumed smoke, jamón serrano, barbeques to, ginseng, wood-sap, herbal hints,sweeter but always balanced by coal, ash, smoke, citrus and salt water
Finish
Long and smooth
Nose
Opens with marmalade-laden buttery toast, milk chocolate, fresh orange notes, before red cherry, strawberry, raisin, lashes of vanilla, spearmint.
Taste
Leads with more of that creamy chocolate, fruity yoghurt and honey. Peach is in there too, and in with all the oiliness is a pine-like quality.
Finish
Yoghurt-covered almonds with some liquorice and, yes, some distant smoke.