7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 1997
Type
ABV
43%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Nutty and smoky on the nose with notes of sweet smoke, cloves and various other Christmas spices. Hints of ice wine, almond, Nutella on granary toast, and burnt sugar.
Taste
Rich and thick with notes of toffee apples, cloves, nutmeg and cool wood smoke. Hints of oil, bruised rose petals, and soft peat.
Finish
Long, briny and oily with a lot of smoke on the finish. Some cloves, some apple peel too.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 1998
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
lemon candy sweetnes, peat, maltiness
Taste
Peat, sweet orange, sweet and smoke, some herbs and oak
Finish
Long. Peat, sweet lime and printen in chocolate.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 2010
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
rich raisins, glacé cherries, dark molasses, peat smoke
Taste
Thick, dark chocolate, barrel char, singed fruit cake, ashy, peaty and woody, dried fruit and molasses notes
Finish
Long. leaves, chocolate linger with a touch of lime.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 2013
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
peaty, medicinal, rich fruit, spicy
Taste
Sweetness and maltiness, crisp, drying, with cinnamon spicy
Finish
Long, rounded, robust and multi-layered.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 2014
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Some iodine, liquorice, maritime notes, oak char, wet plaster and buttery notes
Taste
barbecue notes, deep wood smoke, hints of dark chocolate, ginger and black peppercorns, burnt citrus peels
Finish
long, spicy, pepper, lemon and a chalky note.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition Special Release C-si-2-475
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peaty, Salt, Cream, Wine
Taste
Oily, Salt, Smoky, Syrup
Finish
Oily.Salt,Smoky,Syrup
Liquor
Caol Ila Distillers Edition 1996
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peach, pear, peat, banana, apple, milk chocolate, caramel, vanilla and a touch of sea salt.
Taste
Caramel, peat, galia melon, pear, vanilla, peach, milk chocolate, sea salt, oak, kiwi, plums, honey, tangerine, cereals and nutmeg.
Finish
Dark chocolate, the fruit is pretty much gone now.
Liquor
Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2010
Type
ABV
61.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Green grass, young grain, smoky notes of damp ash, with the Zet come maritime notes; Sea salt and seaweed, sweetness
Taste
Strong sweet and peppery,mint and the smoke, followed by sea salt and vanilla, then a little lemon
Finish
Medium long, sweet and smoky with a lasting sharpness
Liquor
Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2011
Type
ABV
48%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet Smoke, Sea Breaze, Salt, Lemon, Grapefruit, Herbs, Hay. .
Taste
Sweet and salty. Campfire, lots of fruits: Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Banana, water, neat.
Finish
Fruity, sweet & sour in the beginning. Then pepper, chili, cold ash and in the end a little bitterness from the oak wood.
Nose
spicy, herb notes, hints of aniseed, taragon, maybe even turmeric, seaweed, buttery toffee, citrus, manuka honey and smoke on sea air.
Taste
Stem ginger, toffee, salinity, sweet smoke, salty butter, freshly cut hay and pepper.
Finish
Medium-long, notes of malt, toffee apple, spices and a little mustard powder
Nose
Smoked venison, red current jelly, new trainers.
Taste
Rich, full and meaty, buns, butterscotch, huge sherbet lemon.
Finish
Long. Citrus sweet, caramel undertones.
Nose
sweet peat, gentle, floral aromas, treacle, orange zest and marmalade
Taste
applewood cheese, raisins, cherries, oranges, hints of grapefruits,, touch port, and pepper
Finish
Long, bittersweet