7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Caol Ila 17 Unpeated Special Release 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 Style
Type
ABV
55.9%
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 Year Old 1990 Sherrywood – Mackillops
Type
ABV
56.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Fresh and quite aromatic. Nice interplay between soothing malty sweetness and honest “naked” Caol Ila notes
Taste
Leafy smoke, tarry rope, salt & pepper spice, seaweed, and olive
Finish
Long finish
Nose
Aromatic, darkness. Herbal, vegetal. Grassy, creamy malt.
Taste
Big, refined sweetness, leafy. Well integrated oak, smoke, oily, peat. Barley.
Finish
Long, herbal notes, gentle smoke, soft peat. Oily wood.
Liquor
Caol Ila 18 1993 A.D. Rattray Cask Collection
Type
ABV
55.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Campfire, ginger, orange, fresh bread, lime, old rotten wood/house
Taste
Smoke, herbal, white pepper/horseradish, mildew, cocoa, caramel
Finish
Currant, anise, black cherry pop, peat, mint, toast
Liquor
Caol Ila 18 Sassicaia Wood Finish G&M
Type
ABV
45%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Baked fruits with toffee apples and plain chocolate. Sweet cured meat aromas with a subtle hint hazelnut
Taste
Peppery initially with green apples, cloves and coriander flavours developing. A lingering cigar ash edge.
Finish
Long, sweet and smoky.
Nose
peat smoke, seaweed, lemon grass, olives, and green peppercorns.
Taste
Medium bodied, and slightly oily in texture
Finish
Long, dry peat smoke finish.
Nose
peated pecan pie, pineapple juice and milk chocolate. Hints of iodine, lemon and smoked salmon
Taste
Mango, limes and BBQ-ish peat start off the palate, honey, baklava, almond cookies.
Finish
It finishes with salty smoked meats, a dry wood smoke, moss and limes.
Liquor
Caol Ila 18 Unpeated Special Release 2017
Type
ABV
59.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Chocolate digestives, quite creamy , hints and sliced peaches
Taste
Fruitier, soft caramel and clean seashell character.
Finish
Cake-like with just a hint of smoke
Liquor
Caol Ila 18 Year Old 1991 – Single Malts of Scotland
Type
ABV
56.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peat and oak fire.
Taste
Fruity, peaty, almonds, slight bitterness, lime rind, brine, fine oak, caramel, pine, spicy pepper.
Finish
Smokey and salty.
Liquor
Caol Ila 18 Year Signatory UCF
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very Slight Clay, green, mint, cow manure, grapes, dusty oak, flowers vanilla, flint, copper, strawberries, BBQ, malt
Taste
Salted Chocolate, more grapes, hay, red fruits, ash [not bitter ash], marshmallows
Finish
A soft and long light oak, delicate and not intruding.