 
HIGHLAND:Highland Northern whiskies are usually medium-bodied, quite complex and delicate. Highland West malts tend to have more of peaty note than other mainland Highland malts, with a firm rounded character. Highland Eastern whiskies can be full to medium-bodied, smooth, sweetish with a dry finish. They are often malty and lightly smokey. Highland Southern malts tend to be the lightest of the region. They can be quite fragrant but with a dry finish. (Scotch Malt Whisky Society) ABERFELDY (Aberfeldy, Perthshire) • Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Colour: honey / Nose 22 points: sweet, cognac, fruity, cooked vegetables, winey, sherry / Taste 22 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, pungent, perfumed / Finish 20 points: medium and sweet finish / Balance 21 points) AUCHROISK (Mulben) • Auchroisk 1993, d 1993, 43% (Connoisseurs choice, Gordon & McPhail) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8- (78 points) (Colour: cider / Nose 20 points: sweet, apple, fruity, lemon, pear / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, peach / Finish 19 points: medium and sweet finish / Balance 19 points) BALBLAIR (Edderton, Tain) • Aged 16 Years, 40% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (80 points) (Colour: pale / Nose 18 points: floral, praline / Taste 21 points: peppery, floral, vanilla, medium-bodied / Finish 21 points: medium/long finish / Balance 20 points) • Vintage 1989, d 1989, b 2007, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (84 points) (Colour: pale amber / Nose 20 points: sweet, fruity / Taste 22 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity / Finish 21 points: fruity, medium / Balance 21 points) • Vintage 1997, distilled 1997, bottled 2007 Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points) (Colour: marmalade / Nose 21 points: sweet, praline, thin / Taste 24 points: full-bodied, chocolate, raisins, oily, sweet, caramel, sherry, strong complexity, warm / Finish 24 points: long finish with praline touch / Balance 23 points. Don't need water.) BEN NEVIS (Fort William) • 10 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (76 points) (Colour: honey gold / Nose 22 points: strong fudge, sweet oily, vanilla / Taste 18 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, fruity / Finish 18 points: medium finish / Balance 18 points.) BLAIR ATHOL (Pitlochry, Pertshire) • Blair Athol 1989, Aged 11 Years, distilled 1989, bottled Sept 2000, Bourbon Hogshead cask, bottle #324, 58.1% (Cadenheads) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (82 points) (Colour: white wine / Nose 21 points: strong, cider, smoky / Taste 20 points: full-bodied, caramel, honey / Finish 20 points: long finish / Balance 21 points.) BRORA (Brora, Sutherland) • Brora 1981, Aged 23 Years in oak cask, b 2004, 60.8% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points) (Colour: cider / Nose 22 points: smoky, earthy, spicy / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, spicy, peppery, seaweed, salty / Finish 21 points: long and salty finish / Balance 21 points.) CLYNELISH (Brora, Sutherland) • 14 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: floral, sweet, candy, leather / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, floral, sweet / Finish 20 points: medium finish / Balance 21 points. Needs water!) DALMORE (Alness, Morayshire) • 12 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 7- (69 points) (Colour: dark amber / Nose 16 points: light-bodied, mild / Taste 17 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, salty, smoky, pungent / Finish 17 points: medium and antiseptic / Balance 17 points. Needs water to smooth it down.) • Cigar Malt Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points) (Colour: dark syrup / Nose 22 points: smoky, old books, cognac, tobacco / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, smoky, winey, musty / Finish 21 points: medium and smoky / Balance 20 points) DALWHINNIE (Dalwhinnie) • 15 Years Old, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 9.5 (95 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: warm, hot, full-bodied, spicy, sweet, fudge / Taste 24 points: sweet, full-bodied, caramel, fruity, green apple, fruit cake / Finish 24 points: long, hot and warm finish / Balance 24 points.) • Distiller's Edition, 1990, Oloroso caskwood, L2522345M000, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: sunset amber / Nose 20 points: sweet, pale, tobacco / Taste 19 points: sweet, burnt heather, medium-bodied / Finish 19 points: sweet and medium / Balance 19 points.) DEANSTON (Deanston, Stirling) • Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8- (78 points) (Colour: cider / Nose 21 points: floral, apple, toffee, woody, vanilla / Taste 19 points: medium-bodied, salmiac, floral, fruity / Finish 19 points: medium, apple / Balance 19 points.) • Distiller's Edition, 1990, Oloroso caskwood, L2522345M000, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: sunset amber / Nose 20 points: sweet, pale, tobacco / Taste 19 points: sweet, burnt heather, medium-bodied / Finish 19 points: sweet and medium / Balance 19 points.) EDRADOUR (Pitlochry) • 10 Years Old (Straight from the cask, 57.2%, Chardonnay finish??. Unfortunately I don't have exact information because the neck label was missing) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: sweet, medium-bodied, fruity, strong applecider scent / Taste 24 points: sweet, full-bodied, caramel, apple / Finish 22 points: long / Balance 23 points.) • Aged 10 Years (Straight from the cask, Burgundy finish, cask 03/422/2, d 8.12.1993, b 13.1.2004, total number of bottles 424, 57.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points) (Colour: pale gold / Nose 24 points: sherry, winey, oaky, birch, vihta / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, winey, sherry, caramel / Finish 23 points: very winey and long finish / Balance 23 points.) • Aged 11 Years (Straight from the cask, Savanna Grand Arome Rum finish, Vintage 1996, 57%. Initial maturation d 30.1.1996, Hogshead, disgorged 27.7.2006, 2nd maturation/finishing rum butt, into cask 27.7.2006, b 3.12.2007, outturn 797 bottles) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points) (Colour: cider / Nose 21 points: rum, vinegar, apple / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, sour, rum, musty / Finish 22 points: long / Balance 21 points.) • Vintage 1984, Aged 22 Years, Pedro Ximenez Finish, Matured in an oak cask, d 23 May 1984, b 4 December 2006, cask #06/0090/2, b #29/703. 48.3% Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: warm, sweet, praline, citrus, medium-bodied / Taste 18 points: full-bodied, caramel, cigar / Finish 19 points: medium and sweet / Balance 18 points.) FETTERCAIRN (Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire) • Fettercairn 1824, Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (81 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 20 points: butterscotch, nutty, slightly smoky, sweet, fruity, perfumed / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, sweet, nutty, toffee, fruity, exotic fruits / Finish 20 points: medium toffee finish / Balance 20 points.) GLEN GARIOCH (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) • 15 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 8- (78 points) (Colour: honey / Nose 20 points: sharp, medium-bodied, calvados, cereal, ginger, leather / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, medium complexity, floral, salty, hot / Finish 19 points: medium floral finish / Balance 19 points.) GLEN MHOR (Inverness, demolished) • Glen Mhor 1979, d 1979, b 2000 (Gordon & McPhail) Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: Orange marmalade / Nose 19 points: sweetish, light, nutty, hint of smoke / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, a bit one-sided / Finish 19 points: medium sweet finish / Balance 19 points. Don't need water. Very basic whisky.) GLEN ORD (Muir of Ord, Ross-Shire) • Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (75 points) (Colour: honey gold / Nose 20 points: medium-bodied, fruity, cognac, sweet, grassy / Taste 18 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, salty, spicy / Finish 19 points: medium / Balance 18 points.) GLENCADAM (Brechin) • Aged 15 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points) (Colour: golden honey / Nose 22 points: praline, sweet, pear, fruity / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, sweet, cider, fruity / Finish 20 points: medium sweet finish / Balance 21 points.) GLENGOYNE (Dumgoyne) • 10 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (82 points) (Colour: bright gold / Nose 21 points: fruity, malty, honey, nutty, vanilla / Taste 21 points: sweet, caramel, medium-bodied, malty, nutty, melon / Finish 20 points / Balance 20 points.) • 12 Years Old, Cask Strength, 57.2% Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 21 points: antiseptic, cooked vegetables, leather, caramel, sherry, garden, citrus, aromatic / Taste 23 points: fruity, caramel, sweet, full-bodied, vanilla, floral / Finish 23 points: medium, fruity / Balance 22 points.) • Aged 17 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points) (Colour: pale amber / Nose 21 points: sherryish, oaky, winey, madeira, vanilla after water / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, fruity, woody, sweet / Finish 22 points: long, oaky finish and aftertaste / Balance 21 points.) • Burnfoot Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (75 points) (Colour: pale sunset / Nose 18 points: salty, teabag, old books. After water: leathery / Taste 19 points: medium-bodied, toffee, woody, oaky / Finish 19 points: toffee finish, medium / Balance 19 points. Quite everyday average whisky. Nothing special.) GLENLOCHY (Closed) • Glenlochy 1980, Aged 27 Years, Single cask n 2826, b 2007, Limited edition, b # 98/231, 58.3% (Closed distilleries, Parte des Anges) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (83 points) (Colour: pale amber / Nose 22 points: pungent, alcohol, fruity, floral and honey and smooth after water / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, strong, spicy / Finish 20 points: long and burning finish / Balance 20 points.) GLENMORANGIE (Tain) • 10 Years Old, Port Wood Finish Legless Scotsman's rating: 7 (72 points) (Colour: pale hay / Nose 18 points: sweet, oranges, medium-bodied, caramel, port wine / Taste 19 points: sweet, caramel, hint of smoke, medium-bodied, medium complexity / Finish 15 points: very short / Balance 18 points.) • 15 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points) (Colour: yellow / Nose 23 points: cloudberry licour, sweet, fruity / Taste 22 points: medium-bodied, sweet, candy, zesty, hint of smoke / Finish 22 points: long and sweet / Balance 22 points.) • 18 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (80 points) (Nose 20 points: floral, fruity / Taste 20 points: oaky / Finish 20 points / Balance 20 points.) • Astar Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 21 points: mild, floral, toffee, burnt toast / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, honey, sweet, malty, cereal / Finish 20 points: medium and sweet / Balance 21 points.) • Burgundy Wood Finish, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Colour: sunset / Nose 23 points: strong alcohol, sweet, fruity, spicy, until cigarettes, honey / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, sweet, winey, honey / Finish 21 points: long and sweet / Balance 21 points.) • Nectar D'or (Sauternes finish) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (84 points) (Colour: gold / Nose 20 points: sharp, calvados, ginger / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, sweet, oranges, perfumed, hot / Finish 22 points: medium and spicy / Balance 21 points.) • Quinta Ruban (Port cask extra matured), 46% Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points) (Colour: bright gold red / Nose 23 points: cognac, sweet, floral, meadow, spicy, toffee, fruity / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, warm, spicy, sweet, chili, caramel, toffee / Finish 22 points: long and spicy / Balance 22 points.) • The Lasanta, Sherry Cask Extra Matured Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points) (Colour: dark amber / Nose 21 points: full-bodied, sweet, nutty, aromatic, spicy, cognac, xmas cake / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, sweet, spicy, chocolate / Finish 23 points: long and spicy / Balance 22 points.) • Signet Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (87 points) (Colour: dark amber / Nose 22 points: cognac, sweet, fruity, orange zest, bourbonlike / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, sweet, cognac / Finish 22 points: long and sweet / Balance 22 points.) GLENTURRET (Perthshire & Kinross) • Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 6.5 (67 points) (Colour: white wine / Nose 17 points: plum, cognac, quite closed scent / Taste 16 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, fruity / Finish 16 points: short / Balance 18 points. Easy whisky) GLENUGIE (Peterhead, closed) • Glenugie 1977, 26 Years Old, 338/498, selection number 3, 46% (Murray McDavid) Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (87 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: medium-bodied, toffee, fruity, sweet / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, medium complexity, caramel, fruity / Finish 22 points: medium / Balance 21 points.) INCHMURRIN (See Loch Lomond) LOCH LOMOND (Lomond Estate, Alexandria) • Single Highland Malt (No Age Statement) Legless Scotsman's rating: 7+ (74 points) (Colour: pale gold / Nose 18 points: sharp, cider, floral, butterscotch, cooked vegetables / Taste 17 points: medium-bodied, floral / Finish 20 points: medium / Balance 19 points.) • 21 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 6.5 (65 points) (Colour: bright amber / Nose 18 points: medium-bodied, cognac, sharp / Taste 16 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, antiseptic, sharp / Finish 16 points: medium / Balance 17 points.) • Inchmurrin, Aged 12 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: citrus, peach, apple, oily / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, salty, minty, fruity / Finish 21 points: medium / Balance 22 points.) LOCHSIDE (Montrose) • Lochside 1991, bottled 2003, 43% (Connoisseurs Choice, Gordon & McPhail) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points) (Colour: white wine / Nose 22 points: slightly smoky, cognac, teabag, seawater / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, peppery, spicy / Finish 23 points: spicy, medium finish / Balance 22 points. Need no water.) MILLBURN (Inverness, Mothballed) • Millburn 1974, Aged 29 Years, matured in oak casks, Bourbon Hogshead, d 1974, b 1/2004, b #246, 53.9% (Authentic Collection, Cadenheads) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points) (Colour: honey / Nose 23 points: praline, sweet, floral, fruity, cucumber, sea, bourbon / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, caramel, malty / Finish 22 points: medium and fruity finish / Balance 22 points.) NORTH PORT (Brechin, silent) • North Port - Brechin 1981 (Connoisseurs Choice, Gordon & McPhail) Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: orange / Nose 20 points: mild, medicine, honey, apple / Taste 19 points: light-bodied, fruity, floral, pale / Finish 19 points: floral, perfumed and short finish / Balance 19 points.) OBAN (Oban, Argyll) • 14 Years Old Legless Scotsman's rating: 8+ (84 points) (Colour: gold / Nose 21 points: sea climate, full-bodied, slightly smoky, hints of fruits, antiseptic, grassy, cognac / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, peach, fruity, winey, cognac, salty, floral / Finish 21 points: medium, sweet finish / Balance 21 points.) OLD PULTENEY (Wick, Tain) • Aged 8 Years, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8- (78 points) (Colour: hay / Nose 20 points: mild, salty, chloroform, fruity, vanilla / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, salty, musty / Finish 19 points: medium finish / Balance 19 points. Basic whisky.) • Aged 12 Years, 43% Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (81 points) (Colour: honey-gold / Nose 20 points: fruity, pear, sweet, salty, sea, fudge / Taste 21 points: caramel, peach, honey, fruity, salty, seawater, medium-bodied / Finish 20 points: medium, salty and sea'ish finish / Balance 20 points.) • Aged 17 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Colour: pale amber / Nose 21 points: smoky, salty, chocolate, toffee, apples / Taste 21 points: medium-bodied, vanilla, sweet, caramel, spicy, seaweed / Finish 21 points: medium, sweet finish / Balance 22 points.) ROYAL LOCHNAGAR (Ballater, Aberdeenshire) • Aged 12 Years (including bottles: L7 302 & L8 176) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points) (Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: medium-bodied, fruity, fruitcake, dried fruits, soft, apples / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, sweet, hint of smoke, fruity, chocolate after adding water / Finish 21 points: medium & fruity / Balance 22 points. Like liquid christmas cake.) TEANINICH (Alness) • Teaninich 1976, distilled 1976, bottled 1995, 40% (Connoisseurs Choice, Gordon & McPhail) Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points) (Colour: sunset / Nose 19 points: medicine, old books, iodine, salty, chocolate after adding water / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, mild, floral, malty, woody, oaky / Finish 20 points: medium finish / Balance 18 points.) TULLIBARDINE (Blackford, Perthshire) • Aged 10 Years Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (80 points) (Colour: hay / Nose 20 points: very floral, rum / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, light complexity, citrus, alcohol / Finish 20 points: medium grapefruit finish / Balance 20 points.) UNSPECIFIED SINGLE MALTS • GLEN RANOCH (This is some cheap supermarket (Tesco?) single malt whisky. It is unknown to me from which distillery it comes from...) Legless Scotsman's rating: 6- (59 points) (Nose 16 points: floral, fruity, light / Taste 13 points: honey, fruity, floral, salty, stingy & light-bodied / Finish 16 points / Balance 14 points.) |
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