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The Caol Ila distillery dates from 1846, at least the warehouse of this Islay distillery, because the distillery itself was completely rebuilt and enlarged in the early 1970s. Where Caol Ila was 'self-malting' until the renovation, the distillery then used malt from Port Ellen Maltings, also located on Islay. Some connoisseurs see a separation here between the heavier 'old' and the 'lighter' new Caol Ila.
Although the distillery produces quite a few single malt whisky bottlings, most of the malt goes to the Johnnie Walker blends. Remarkably, the single malt for the blends is not peated, while Caol Ila is known as the maker of smoky Islay whisky. By the way, there are a few bottlings of that unpeated version.
For when you want something different: an unpeated Caol Ila single malt whisky! This whisky has also undergone a shorter fermentation, which gives it a very creamy mouthfeel, and it is distilled in such a way that you taste green apples. (11y, 57.3%)
A nice example of the distillery character, this 12-year-old Caol Ila. Tough and yet subtle, and nicely balanced with the smoke and peat notes typical of Caol Ila. A good and affordable entry into the world of 'peated' Islay whisky.
This Caol Ila bottling in the Discovery series by Gordon & MacPhail has aged for 13 years in clearly active bourbon casks. In this Islay single malt whisky you will find notes of vanilla, caramel, fruit and leather, and salty peat smoke and iodine.
Caol Ila is a classic Islay single malt whisky. Maltbarn is a well-known quality bottler. Put the two together, and you get a bottling like this: 171 bottles of the peated malt, matured in a sherry cask for 17 years, bottled at 54.2% cask strength.
A 16-year-old classic Islay whisky, released by a quality bottler, there can be nothing wrong with that. That's right! Signatory Vintage matured this Caol Ila single malt whisky in a first-fill Oloroso cask and bottled it at 58.5% cask strength.
In honor of Dutchman Han van Wees's 60th anniversary in the whisky trade (think of The Ultimate whisky bottlings), Gordon & MacPhail released this 14-year-old Caol Ila single malt whisky. The peated Islay malt matured in a first-fill sherry cask. (52.8%)
This is a harmonious blend of the peaty character of Islay single malt whisky and the sweet and vanilla notes of the bourbon cask. This Caol Ila was bottled by Signatory Vintage at a cask strength of 57.1% after 14 years of maturation in a bourbon cask.
Under the well-known The Maltman label, Meadowside Blending releases single cask bottlings. We now have a Caol Ila bottling from them in the shop. The Islay single malt whisky matured for 11 years in a fino sherry cask that yielded 493 bottles at 54.4%.
Bottlings by Archives for the American market can be recognized by the butterfly on the label. This also applies to this Caol Ila single malt whisky. It was bottled in 2019, after it had aged for 9 years in a bourbon barrel. Bottled at 56.9% cask strength
The Small Batch series from Berry Bros & Rudd offers an excellent and affordable journey of discovery through the world of Scotch whiskies. For example, consider this Caol Ila: the peated Islay single malt matured in bourbon casks for about 12 years. 46%
The whiskies in Decadent Drinks' Equinox & Solstice series are always bottled at the easy drinking strength of 48.5%. That goes also for this Autumn Edition, a Caol Ila single malt whisky that matured for 11 years in an Oloroso European oak cask.
This Caol Ila bottling from Signatory Vintage is nicely priced because it was released in the Small Batch series. The peated single malt whisky aged for 10 years in bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks and is bottled at 48.2%, the standard for this series.
This is a 9-year-old Caol Ila, one of those classic peated Islay single malt whiskies. Bottler James Eadie is dedicated to finishing whisky, and that's what he did with this malt: 7 months in a first-fill Amontillado cask. (bottled at 54.9% cask strength)
This Caol Ila single malt whisky bottled by Van Wees is 7 years old. The medium-peated Islay malt matured in two bourbon casks. The Ultimate label is known for its reasonable prices, and that is also reflected in this release. (bottled at 46%)
The first (!) Caol Ila bottling in Speciality Drinks’ Elements of Islay series was released in 2008. The single malt whisky matured in bourbon casks and is bottled at 62.9% cask strength. It received a score of 88.6 points on Whiskybase so far.
The eleventh Caol Ila bottling in the Elements of Islay series was released in 2018. The 9-year-old single malt whisky matured in Oloroso sherry casks and is bottled at 55.4% cask strength. It has a score of 86.6 points on Whiskybase so far.
The twelfth Caol Ila bottling in the Elements of Islay series was released in 2019. The 7-year-old single malt whisky matured in two refill sherry casks and is bottled at 57,5% cask strength. It received a score of a good 86 points on Whiskybase so far.
The third Caol Ila bottling in Speciality Drinks' Elements of Islay series, released in 2011. The bourbon-matured single malt whisky is bottled at 50.1% cask strength and has received a score of almost 88 points so far on Whiskybase.
The fourth Caol Ila bottling in Speciality Drinks' Elements of Islay series was released in 2012. The 12-year-old single malt whisky matured in bourbon casks and was bottled at a cask strength of 58.7%.
The eighth Caol Ila bottling in Elixir Distillers’ Elements of Islay series was released in 2017. The single malt whisky was matured in five bourbon casks and bottled at 55.2% cask strength. It has received a score of about 86 points on Whiskybase so far.
What can we say? Every year around this time, Van Wees comes with a Saint & Peat bottling of a peated Islay single malt whisky. They are always young single malts, so the price can be pleasantly limited. A Dutch festivity right before Christmas! (55%)
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