7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Grass, sherry, cured meat, red fruit, peat, sweet popcorn, smoke, spices
Taste
Salted meat, smoke, sweet popcorn, sherry, red fruit, green apple and pear, spices, smoke and bacon, nuts and sultanas
Finish
Salted meat, BBQ, smoke, slightly tart from green apple, pear, sherry, peat, pepper, bacon, creme brulee, nuts, sultanas
Nose
Root beer cream soda. Cola flavored bottle caps candy.
Taste
Light ash and minty lumber. Good, but the nose was better
Finish
Warm and smoke of coal, pepper, sweet and slightly bitter.
Liquor
Caol ila Callisto VIII 12 Ruby Port Scotch Universe
Type
ABV
57.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet barbecue, grill smoke, and seashore,sweet chili sauce on the grill, tangy dark fish sauce, and strawberry pie are come to the fore,smoke, and Coca-cola hang in the background
Taste
Sharpe and sweet with a bite that quickly fades to smoke,ginger cola, rock salt, and vermouth.sugary smoke and baking spices
Finish
Lingering smoked cinnamon and ginger candy
Liquor
Caol Ila Callisto X 13 2007 Scotch Universe
Type
ABV
55.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Oily and meaty,smells a lot like chashu smells
Taste
Strong with a super heavy mouthfeel,fruity notes of peaches and muscat to go with it
Finish
Charred meat bits from a charcoal grill come along
Liquor
Caol Ila Cárn Mór Vintage 1983
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
oak, peat but not smokey, slight ginger and cinnamon, soft and sweet
Taste
smooth and gentle, oak, light pepper and spices
Finish
Medium with oak and spices, pepper, smooth and warm
Nose
Smoke , cold tobacco , salty marine touch , fish oil
Taste
Nice peat strong and subtil at the same time
Finish
Long finish with a sweet touch
Liquor
Caol Ila Cask Strength Gordon & MacPhail
Type
ABV
45%
Region
Distiller
Nose
savory ginger, becoming more fragrant, plus vanilla, fudge, and warm leather.
Taste
Oily in the mouth, with ripe cherries, sweet spices, pipe tobacco, and new leather. Nutty and slightly earthy.
Finish
Citrus fruit, dry spicy peat, and black pepper in the finish
Liquor
Caol Ila Cl1 Elements of Islay
Type
ABV
62.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Boiled sweets and cut grass initially,spices, then medicine cabinet aromas develop, before matches, buttered veg, toffee apple, tweed and honey
Taste
Plenty of balanced peat, with woodsmoke, coal and bonfire,Peppery spice in the mid-palate, with some chilli and hot-buttered toast with honey
Finish
Warming and long,honey, pepper and coal surrounding a savoury cereal base, with occasional flashes of cooked apple
Liquor
Caol Ila Connoisseurs Choice 1998
Type
ABV
57.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet cured bacon influences, with a delicate smoky nose. Some fruity notes emerge
Taste
Delicate spice – pepper, a rounded hint of smoke develops. A sweet cured edge is retained with a heavy creaminess
Finish
Smooth and lingering.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Wonderfully concentrated and clean, peaty, medicinal, with rich fruit, spicy and fragrant.
Taste
Sweet maltiness strike first, then overwhelmed by peat smoke, intense, crisp flavours, and cinnamon spice.
Finish
Long, rounded, robust and multi-layered.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition (all editions)
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Citrus, cream, smoke
Taste
Brine, spice, peat
Finish
Smoke, spice
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 1993
Type
ABV
43%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
sweet, smooth and robust, smoky character.
Taste
Stewed pears and white dessert wines. Medium-full body, Lanolin, peppermint, caramel.
Finish
typical lovely smoke and peat flavours.