Whisky Tasting-Notes: Rating
Scotch, Bourbon, Irish - which one?
It doesn't really matter. Scottish single malt (Scotch) is certainly one of the most diverse in terms of flavour-profiles, but there are still some very good compositions in the other genres. So why commit to one kind? We also have every variety in the glass - anything else would be boring.
# World Class
92
- Glenturret 30 Year Old 1987/2018 Xtra Old Particular - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 93 | Sascha: 90)
91
- Lagavulin 16 Year Old (Marcel: 89 | Sascha: 93)
- Talisker 18 Year Old (Marcel: 91 | Sascha: 91)
90
- Glenrothes 26 Year Old - Hart Brothers (Marcel: 90 | Sascha: 90)
- Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength (2022) (Marcel: 92 | Sascha: 87)
# Excellent
89
- Kavalan King Car 40th Anniversary Edition (Marcel: 89 | Sascha: 89)
88
- Bookers Small Batch 2019 01E (Marcel: 85 | Sascha: 90)
- The Westfalian 10 Year Old Cask TW73 (Marcel: 88 | Sascha: 88)
87
- Octomore 10.3 2013 / 2019 6 Year Old (Marcel: 85 | Sascha: 89)
- Redbreast 15 Year Old (Marcel: 90 | Sascha: 84)
86
- Aultmore 13 Year Old - 82 Chapters to Newcastle (Creatures of Cask Strength) (Marcel: 88 | Sascha: 84)
- Wild Turkey Rare Breed (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 89)
85
- Ardnamurchan AD:02.22 Peated Cask Strength (Marcel: 86 | Sascha: 83)
- Arran 10 Year Old (Marcel: 87 | Sascha: 82)
- Glen Scotia Double Cask (Marcel: 87 | Sascha: 83)
- Glenglassaugh 8 Year Old - The Cask Wizard (Marcel: 87 | Sascha: 83)
- Secret Speyside 13 Year Old - 82 Chapters to Newcastle (Creatures of Cask Strength) (Marcel: 87 | Sascha: 83)
84
- Ardbeg Corryvreckan (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 87)
- Bulleit Bourbon 10 Year Old (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 87)
- Dailuaine 10 Year Old (Brandambassador Phil) - 82 Chapters to Newcastle (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 85)
- Glen Keith 21 Year Old (Marcel: 86 | Sascha: 81)
- Lochlea Cask Strength Batch 1 (Marcel: 85 | Sascha: 83)
- Redbreast 12 Year Old (Marcel: 85 | Sascha: 83)
- Talisker Port Ruighe (Marcel: 84 | Sascha: 83)
- The Westfalian Cask 121 (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 85)
83
- Benromach 10 Year Old (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 83)
- Laphroaig Brodir Final Batch (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 85)
- The Balvenie 12 Year Old Doublewood (Marcel: 84 | Sascha: 81)
- The Westfalian Cask 134 (Marcel: 82 | Sascha: 84)
82
- Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 81)
- Lagavulin 11 Year Old Offerman Edition (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 84)
- St. Kilian Signature Edition Nine (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 83)
- Talisker 10 Year Old (Marcel: 83 | Sascha: 81)
81
- Annandale ManOSword Founders Selection Cask 348 2017 (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 81)
- Elsburn The Journey 2021 (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 81)
- Glendronach The Hielan 8 Year Old (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 80)
- Speyburn 18 Year Old (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 82)
80
- AnCnoc 12 Year Old (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 78)
- Ardbeg Wee Beastie 5 Year Old (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 82)
- Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 80)
- Lochlea Fallow Edition (First Crop) (Marcel: 79 | Sascha: 81)
- Lochlea Harvest Edition (First Crop) (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 80)
- Mackmyra Intelligens AI:02 (Marcel: 79 | Sascha: 81)
- Scallywag 10 Year Old Small Batch Release - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 80)
- Scallywag Small Batch Release - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 82 | Sascha: 78)
- St. Kilian Signature Edition Thirteen (Marcel: 82 | Sascha: 78)
- The Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask (Marcel: 80 | Sascha: 80)
# Very Good
79
- Ardbeg An Oa (Marcel: 75 | Sascha: 83)
- Ardnamurchan AD 10.21:06 (Marcel: 81 | Sascha: 77)
- Clynelish 14 Year Old (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 80)
- Paul John Oloroso Select Cask (Marcel: 77 | Sascha: 81)
- Scallywag Chocolate Edition 2023 - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 79 | Sascha: 79)
- St. Kilian Bud Spencer - The Legend - Rauchig - Batch 02 (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 80)
- Starward Left-Field (Marcel: 79 | Sascha: 79)
- Wild Turkey 101 (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 80)
78
- Craigellachie 13 Year Old Bas-Armagnac Cask Finish (Marcel: 79 | Sascha: 77)
- Kilkerran 12 Year Old (Marcel: 77 | Sascha: 79)
- Oban 14 Year Old (Marcel: 77 | Sascha: 79)
77
- Lochlea Our Barley (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 76)
- Nikka Whisky From The Barrel (Marcel: 75 | Sascha: 79)
- Suntory Hibiki Harmony (Marcel: 78 | Sascha: 76)
76
- Ardbeg Scorch Committee Release (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 83)
- Blade And Bow (Marcel: 75 | Sascha: 77)
- Dingle Single Malt Irish Whiskey (2021) (Marcel: 76 | Sascha: 76)
- Patrisbrunna Original Paderborner Single Malt 2016 (Marcel: 74 | Sascha: 77)
- Tomintoul 16 Year Old (Marcel: 76 | Sascha: 75)
75
- Berry Bros. & Rudd - Blended Malt Speyside (Marcel: 75 | Sascha: 75)
- Bulleit 95 Rye (Marcel: 73 | Sascha: 77)
- Caol Ila 12 Year Old (Marcel: 72 | Sascha: 78)
- Eagle Rare 10 Year Old (Marcel: 75 | Sascha: 75)
- Slipknot No.9 Whiskey (Marcel: 73 | Sascha: 77)
74
- Ardbeg Ardcore Committee Release (Marcel: 71 | Sascha: 77)
- Glen Elgin 12 Year Old (Marcel: 72 | Sascha: 76)
- Jack Daniel's Bonded (Marcel: 73 | Sascha: 75)
- Penderyn Madeira Finish (Marcel: 74 | Sascha: 74)
- Sea Shepherd (Marcel: 71 | Sascha: 77)
73
- Kinahans Irish Whiskey KASC Project Batch 03 (Marcel: 73 | Sascha: 73)
- Patrisbrunna Madeira Cask 2018 (Marcel: 72 | Sascha: 73)
- Talisker Surge (Marcel: 76 | Sascha: 70)
72
- Cragganmore 12 Year Old (Marcel: 68 | Sascha: 74)
- Glenkinchie 12 Year Old (Marcel: 68 | Sascha: 74)
- Glenmorangie 10 Year Old (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 74)
- Patrisbrunna X-Mas Port 2016 Double Cask (Marcel: 70 | Sascha: 73)
71
- Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 73)
- Knockando Richly Matured 15 Year Old - 2005 (Marcel: 71 | Sascha: 71)
70
- Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 71)
- The Observatory 20 Year Old (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 71)
# Good
69
- Apogee XII 12 Year Old (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 69)
- Highland Park 15 Year Old Viking Heart (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 69)
- Kavalan Distillery Select No.1 (Marcel: 69 | Sascha: 69)
- Lochlea Sowing Edition (Second Crop) (Marcel: 74 | Sascha: 63)
- North British 15 Year Old 2003 Mossburn No. 24 (Marcel: 71 | Sascha: 67)
- The Singleton Of Dufftown 12 Year Old (Marcel: 68 | Sascha: 70)
68
- Buffalo Trace (40%) (Marcel: 68 | Sascha: 68)
- Glenfiddich 12 Year Old (Marcel: 66 | Sascha: 70)
- Mackmyra Intelligens AI:01 (Marcel: 68 | Sascha: 68)
- Stork Club Straight Rye Whiskey (Marcel: 65 | Sascha: 71)
67
- Ardmore Port Wood Finish 12 Year Old (Marcel: 67 | Sascha: 67)
- Rock Island Small Batch Release - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 55 | Sascha: 79)
66
- Aberfeldy 12 Year Old (Marcel: 67 | Sascha: 65)
- Knockando 12 Year Old (Marcel: 65 | Sascha: 67)
- Provenance Blair Athol 10 Year Old - Douglas Laing's (Marcel: 65 | Sascha: 67)
65
- Starward Octave Barrels The Octavius 2018 / 2021 3 Years Old (Marcel: 65 | Sascha: 65)
63
- Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old (Marcel: 62 | Sascha: 60)
61
- Ben Bracken Highland Peated (Marcel: 60 | Sascha: 62)
- Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old (Marcel: 61 | Sascha: 61)
60
- Cardhu 12 Year Old (Marcel: 56 | Sascha: 64)
- Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old Sherry Finish (Marcel: 57 | Sascha: 63)
- Roslagswhisky EKO Sherry Oloroso 2x30 2015-2022 (Marcel: 59 | Sascha: 61)
- The Black Grouse Alpha Edition (Marcel: 59 | Sascha: 60)
# Average
59
- Ben Bracken Speyside (Marcel: 59 | Sascha: 59)
55
- Dalmore Valour (Marcel: 55 | Sascha: 55)
50
- Ben Bracken Highland (Marcel: 50 | Sascha: 50)