7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Clynelish ’96 18yo (whiskybroker)
Type
ABV
54.10%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Waffles with coconut and vanilla pudding. Honey, apricot, orange, banana, caramel and citrus. With water minerals and a little wax.
Taste
Beeswax, honey, orange, vanilla, pastry, citrus, toffee and almond. When adding water more bitterness like grapefruit
Finish
Orange, caramel, chestnut, almond, beeswax and a whiff of smoke.
Liquor
Clynelish 10 1989 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Quite juicy and citrus forward, lots of heather honey, tablet, white pepper, raw mango, papaya, light floral peat, lemon Nerds candy and allspice
Taste
Modestly spicy, lots of cinnamon bread and cooked raisins, toasted walnuts, mango pie, heather honey, soft oak tannins, ginger root, lemon peel, brown sugar and more candied cereal sugars
Finish
Medium with brown sugar, roasted treenuts, lemon candy and soft touches of woodsmoke and heathered peat
Liquor
Clynelish 10 Douglas Laing
Type
ABV
50%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Graham cracker, apricot, pineapple, caramel, a honey house
Taste
Pineapple, honey, pepper, Honeycomb serial
Finish
Buckwheat honey, pepper, earth, cherry peppers, cheesecake
Nose
Quite juicy and citrus forward, lots of heather honey, tablet, white pepper, raw mango, papaya, light floral peat, lemon Nerds candy and allspice
Taste
Modestly spicy, lots of cinnamon bread and cooked raisins, toasted walnuts, mango pie, heather honey, soft oak tannins, ginger root, lemon peel, brown sugar and more candied cereal sugars
Finish
Medium with brown sugar, roasted treenuts, lemon candy and soft touches of woodsmoke and heathered peat
Nose
The nose is refined with honey, smouldering heather, and plenty of garden herbs.
Taste
The palate is sumptuous and very creamy before leading into a long, peppery, drying, and spicy finish.
Finish
Quite long, chili-spiced, and appetisingly drying, with lingering pepper.
Liquor
Clynelish 12 Bourbon/Sherry/Madira Casks
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Strong wine, sour fruit, slight spice, light coco, light malt, honey, bees wax, light salt.
Taste
Strong winey notes, slight barrel char, dry tannins, woody oak, slight sherry spice, light malt, light wax. Medium mouthfeel.
Finish
the wine fades quickly and a salty note comes up that makes it mouthwatering.
Nose
Zesty, mandarin, tangerine. Smoky.
Taste
Quite light, great clarity. Orange, soft acidity. Dry oak. Mixed fruits, vanilla, leather.
Finish
Quite long, bitter sweetness developing, spicy oak.
Liquor
Clynelish 15 Adelphi 1997
Type
ABV
54.50%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Green apples and almonds becoming more apple tart and marzipan like with time.
Taste
The flavour is waxy with a shortbread sweetness followed by green fruits and salt.
Finish
The finish is satisfying with a refreshing burst of green grape and apple.
Liquor
Clynelish 15 Master of Malt Single Cask 1997
Type
ABV
56.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Waxy and soapy, sappy and sweet. Butterscotch. Fresh tropical fruits – pineapple, mango and banana.
Taste
Medium-full bodied and oily. More wax and soap from the nose. Light delicate oak spice. Tart citrus dominates at first followed by rich floral honey. Dried apricot. Barley sugar. Turning herbal, minty and dry.
Finish
Honey roasted nuts. Toasted oak and burnt toast. Floral and grassy. Bitter melon
Liquor
Clynelish 16 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld
Type
ABV
46.00%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vanilla, honey, banana peel, nutmeg, hint of smoke
Taste
Vanilla and spices dominate with smoke in the background
Finish
Long finish. The spices really linger on the tongue.
Liquor
Clynelish 16 Single Cask Master of Malt 1997
Type
ABV
56.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Waxy and soapy, sappy and sweet. Butterscotch. Fresh tropical fruits – pineapple, mango and banana.
Taste
Medium-full bodied and oily. More wax and soap from the nose. Light delicate oak spice. Tart citrus dominates at first followed by rich floral honey. Dried apricot. Barley sugar. Turning herbal, minty and dry.
Finish
Honey roasted nuts. Toasted oak and burnt toast. Floral and grassy. Bitter melon
Liquor
Clynelish 16 Oloroso Finish Darkness
Type
ABV
54.90%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Really tangy orange, warm heathery smoke, roasted walnuts, dried salty fruit cake, lots of the sherry casks
Taste
Rich sweet sherry, figs, dark chocolates, black cherries dipped in dark chocolate, treacle, sweet smokiness, salted dark chocolate digestives
Finish
Christmas pudding and very long, tastes older than it’s 16 years