Caol Ila 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky | 43% vol | 70cl | Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky | Neat & Over Ice | Mellow | Golden | Charred & Sweetly Smoky Scottish Whisky

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Caol Ila 13 yo 2007/2021 (57.8%, The Whisky Blues, refill hogshead, cask #320319, 160 bottles) - 230921 Chaos Edition No 2 (50%, North Star, 2 oloroso butts and one refill hogshead oloroso finish, bottled 2020, 1500 bottles) - by Angus - 060221 Caol Ila 11 yo 2010/2021 (53.2%, Watt Whisky,Japan exclusive, hogshead, 326 bottles) - 151221 - by Angus - 310521 Glenfiddich Rich oak is being discontinued. I have heard rumours about Lagavulin 16yo too. Some Tesco's were discounting it last week so I thought it may be true but nothing concrete. Each and every Member must be of legal drinking age in its country of residence to be allowed to use the Service. If no such law exists in a Member’s country of residence, the Member has to be over 21 years old to use the Service. We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age.

Caol Ila 8 yo 2013/2021 (60.6%, Elixir Distillers, Whisky Trail, Silhouettes, hogshead, cask #304580, 291 bottles, 2021) - 270122 - by Angus - 090722 Caol Ila 9 yo 2011/2021 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-chillfiltered Collection, hogsheads, casks #317187+317214) - 110821 Caol Ila 30 yo 1981/2011 (59.2%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask #11009, 117 bottles) - 090312Caol Ila 11 yo 2008/2019 ‘Reserve Cask’ (48%, Elixir Distillers, Single Malts of Scotland, hogsheads) - 230120- by Angus - 020520 Caol Ila 33 yo 1979/2012 (53.7%, The Whisky Agency & The Nectar, refill hogshead, 241 bottles) - 240712 Caol Ila 1972 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice for Fiori Ferdinando, old map label, 75cl) - 261209 Caol Ila 2006/2017 (59.8%, Gordon & MacPhail, Cask Strength, first fill sherry butt, casks 306189, 306191, 306195) - 290518 Caol Ila 7 yo 2011/2018 (60%, Fadandel, 1st fill Entre-deux-mers, cask #900056, 307 bottles) - 130721

Caol Ila 9 yo 2009/2019 (59.5%, The Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #318285, 231 bottles) - 290620 Caol Ila 10 yo 2010/2020 (59.5%, Signatory Vintage, refill sherry butt, cask #316643, 599 bottles) - 030521Nothing in the Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct by us. Caol Ila 12 yo 2006/2018 (54.6%, North Star Spirits, refill bourbon hogshead, 276 bottles) - 220818

Caol Ila is on the north-east coast of the Islay island and is operated by the multinational drinks company Diageo. It has four bottled whiskies that it produces, with 12, 18, and 25-year-old single malts and an especially boozy cask strength. Despite the popularity of these four bottles, the Caol Ila distillery focuses the bulk of its production on producing single malt for blended whiskies. Caol Ila 2006/2015 (58.2%, Gordon & MacPhail, Exclusive for La Maison du Whisky, refill sherry hogshead, cask #306217, 251 bottles) - 141015 On the nose, it has as much complexity as it does in the glass, but once again without conflict. Expect bright lemon zest, Christmas spices like cinnamon, and a vegetal, herby undertone that rounds of the smell tremendously. Production today is a large-scale commercial enterprise and the distillery is the largest distillery on Islay. On average it produces a staggering 2 million liters of whisky each year, with only a small fraction being bottled and branded with the Caol Ila logo. When looking for whiskies that can compete with Caol Ila 18 for its sheer drinking pleasure, you will be hard pressed to find a bottle of the same quality at the same price point.Caol Ila 11 yo 2009/2020 (58.8%, Elixir Distillers 'The Single Malts Of Scotland', cask #317838, hogshead, 300 bottles) - 310521 - by Angus - 060221 Caol Ila 16 yo 2005/2021 (56.3%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, Selected by Or Sileis, refill sherry hogshead, cask #17600501, 400 bottles) - 251122 Caol Ila 2003/2015 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, 1st fill bourbon barrels) - 141015 Finding out any details of the cask composition of Caol Ila 18 year old is no easy task it seems. Whilst it’s obviously an ex-bourbon led expression, it’s not immediately clear what type of ex-bourbon casks are in play here. I’d go out on a limb to guess that there’s a good proportion of refill hogsheads in the mix here – utilised to allow a more mellow maturation with reduced wood interactivity. The bottling is not technically a batch whisky in terms of labelling, but Whiskybase indicates that there’s over a dozen releases from 2004 – 2016 so one might expect that batch variance is a possibility (and therefore this could well be an ideal whisky to earmark for a re-review in the future). For clarity, our review bottling is the most recent version from 2016 – like all others, it’s delivered at 43% ABV. Caol Ila 18 yo 1995/2014 (60%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.201 ‘True love on a pebble beach’, refill sherry butt, 575 bottles) - by Angus - 020520