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 11 yo 2009/2020 (58.8%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #53.332, ‘Storm-tossed kelp on an Islay beach’, refill bourbon hogshead, 308 bottles) - 051020 Palate: Medium-weight, almost oily mouthfeel. Sweet upfront (more pudding), with a sedate tongue burn. Sweet wood, pungent peat smoke with herbal notes. Caol Ila 27 yo 1983/2011(46%, Mo Or Collection, bourbon hogshead, cask #4824, 400 bottles) - 310112 Caol Ila 1967/1983 (92 US Proof, Duthie for Narsai’s Restaurant & Corti Brothers, imported by Pellegrini, South San Francisco, 75 cl) - 311014 - by Angus - 020520 CI11 2008/2018 (55.4%, Elixir Distillers, Elements of Islay, oloroso sherry butts, 1206 bottles, 2018) - 041218

Caol Ila 1980/2010 (54.6%, Romantic Rhine Collection, sherry octave, cask #401792, 72 bottles) - 150211 Caol Ila 12 yo 2008/2020 (58.5%, The Whisky Exchange, cask #313261, hogshead, 283 bottles) - by Angus - 060221 Caol Ila 13 yo 2007/2021 (54.1%, The Whisky Blues and Dram Youth Whisky Bar, refill hogshead, cask #320555, 276 bottles) - 230921 Caol Ila 30 yo 1983/2013 (48.9%, Signatory for 30th Anniversary Waldhaus am See, cask #8302, 250 bottles) - 300114 Caol Ila 7 yo 2014/2021 (59.1%, The Whisky Exchange, hogshead, cask #311507, 251 bottles) - 151221 - by Angus - 090722Caol Ila 2000/2011 (59.1%, Archives, Inaugural Collection, barrel, cask #3309899, 220 bottles) - 310112 Caol Ila 2003/2015 (57.4%, Gordon & MacPhail, for Ramseyer, first fill bourbon, cask #302237) - 041115

Caol Ila 9 yo 2007/2017 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection, hogsheads, casks #322298+322299, 443 bottles) - 021117 Caol Ila 9 yo 2012/2021 (58.3%, Lady Of The Glen, cask #311196, hogshead + Xynisteri White wine finish, 307 bottles) - by Angus - 090722 Caol Ila 18 yo 1995/2014 (46%, Signatory Vintage for LMdW, refill butt, cask #10031, 797 bottles) - 170715 Caol Ila was founded to the North of Islay in 1846 by the pleasingly-named Hector Henderson. It is located near Port Askaig and sits in lush, floral surroundings, overlooking the cove and the Paps of southern Jura. The distillery draws its water from Loch Nam Ban, whose waters travel through limestone and peat before reaching their beneficiary, Caol Ila. Caol Ila 9 yo 2011/2021 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-chillfiltered Collection, hogsheads, casks #317187+317214) - 110821

Caol Ila 18 Year Old Details

I went in as a fan of Caol Ila 12 but I didn't taste anything better during their sample tasting - other distilleries let us taste the exclusives to whet the appetite for more. Visiting Caol Ila did not leave me more excited about their whisky. Caol Ila 8 yo 2012/2020 (57.8%, Signatory Vintage for Navigate World Whisky, 1st fill sherry butt finish, cask #12, 525 bottles) - 151221 Caol Ila 11 yo 2010/2021 (56.8%, Fable Whisky, The Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay, barrel, cask #313845, 304 bottles) - 241122 Caol Ila 8 yo 2007/2016 (46%, Signatory Vintage, Un-Chillfiltered Collection, bourbon barrels, casks #315329-315330) - 010317