7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Caol ila 15 unpeated (2014)
Type
ABV
60.39%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Ethereal and light. Yellow apple, yellow Physalis dessert fruit, heather, some honey, spice behind. No peat actually.
Taste
As clean and fresh as the pale sky that follows clearing rain, its intense flavours dance boldly across the tongue like flecks of foam over wind-lashed waves.
Finish
Short/Medium length. Oils and brown sugar are left. Longer with water with smoke and spice.
Nose
burnt toast, grainy cereal, hazelnut, faint smokiness, vanilla, citrus zest, coconut, water amplifies vanilla with faint berry notes
Taste
Toasted coconut,peppery, white chocolate, rum, raisin ice cream, faint barley sugar weetness, water releases ginger spice and faint saltiness
Finish
Fruit cake, toasty nuts, smoke with faint eucalyptus
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 Unpeated Special Release 2013
Type
ABV
59.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Laden buttery toast, milk chocolate, fresh orange notes, before red cherry, strawberry and raisin, lashes of vanilla
Taste
Creamy chocolate, fruity yoghurt, honey, peach, oiliness is a pine-like quality.
Finish
Long, liquorice, some distant smoke.
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 Unpeated Special Release 2016
Type
ABV
61.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Fruity toffee, pine needles, hit are farmy notes, sweet meadow flowers, grass, hint of distant smoke, lime zest, pine notes and rosy touches.
Taste
Big and thick, spiced toffee, white pepper, revealing chocolate, more toffee and a mezcal herbaceousness.
Finish
Lingering but straightforward, with pepper and dark chocolate.
Liquor
Caol Ila 15 Year Unpeated (2014)
Type
ABV
60.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Ethereal and light. Yellow apple, yellow Physalis dessert fruit, heather, some honey, spice behind. No peat actually.
Taste
As clean and fresh as the pale sky that follows clearing rain, its intense flavours dance boldly across the tongue like flecks of foam over wind-lashed waves.
Finish
Short/Medium length. Oils and brown sugar are left. Longer with water with smoke and spice.
Liquor
Caol Ila 15yo Unpeated 2018
Type
ABV
59.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Flowery forests, honeysuckle, bracken, sweet pine and brine notes, touch of meatines, raisins and sultanas, chocolate and a touch of citrus peel.
Taste
Stewed apples, sultanas lead, with fruit cake, rich spice, musty damp forest notes.
Finish
Juicy raisins and a touch of menthol.
Nose
Toffee, fruit, nuts, smoke, spice and honey candy.
Taste
Smoke, caramel and fruit.
Finish
Smoke and sweet-and-floral-patchouli-soap
Nose
Smoked white fish, caramel, earth, hay, BBQ meats, brine, wood, hint of citrus
Taste
Citrus, ash, cinnamon, oak, smoked oysters, sweet BBQ pulled pork, grilled apples, sweet thai chili sauce
Finish
Cayenne pepper, charcoal, brown sugar, smoke, hint of salt
Nose
Rum soaked pineapple, banana flambéed, very ripe apricots and ripe gooseberries.
Taste
Ultra-big honey, apricot jam, orange marmalade and spices (nutmeg, paprika, Chinese anise). Pineapple liqueur
Finish
long, still very honeyed, fruity and spicy, with a delicately smoky and resinous signature.
Nose
Some smoked salmon, along with worn leather. Mild honey and burnt caramel. Fresh, complex and savory.
Taste
Savory salted pork, white pepper and lemon zest. Bacon wrapped scallops. A nice candied ginger.
Finish
The peat begins to withdraw slightly, but remains intact throughout the long finish.
Liquor
Caol Ila 17 Unpeated (Diageo SR 2015)
Type
ABV
55.90%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Toffees. Allspice, lots of brown sugar, a touch of anise, Cinnamon Grahams and even a hint of chilli.
Taste
Tangy toffee now, a little chalk and increasingly charred oak spice, charred oak and, yep, definitely some smoke in there…
Finish
he faintest hint of smoke, big handful of nuts, as well as crushed dry chilly.
Liquor
Caol Ila 17 Unpeated 2015 Release
Type
ABV
55.90%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Toffees. Allspice, lots of brown sugar, a touch of anise, Cinnamon Grahams and even a hint of chilli.
Taste
Tangy toffee now, a little chalk and increasingly charred oak spice, charred oak and, yep, definitely some smoke in there…
Finish
he faintest hint of smoke, big handful of nuts, as well as crushed dry chilly.