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Dailuaine 40 years old Douglas Laing Director's Cut Review

By Miguel in Tasting , Dailuaine

Dailuaine was founded in 1851 in the Speyside region ( and have been there since that time ) and was the first distillery to feature a pagoda roof for its malt kiln, a successful design that rapidly was adopted by other distilleries.

Quite interesting, but is it the whisky good? Well, this whisky has been bottled by Douglas Laing ( it is hard to get a whisky that I don’t like from them… but still possible ) and it is part of their Director’s Cut range, a batch of whiskies from chosen casks and bottled at cask strength without chill filtration or anything added but single malt whisky.

“Fantastic! Dry floral awesome single malt! Excellent work”

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Dailuaine 40 Year Old Director's Cut
Dailuaine 40 Year Director's Cut Speyside single malt Scotch whisky bottled by Douglas Laing is a malt from a single cask refill hogshead #8186 and distilled in December 1971 and bottled in February 2012 with a result of 117 bottles.

This bottle is part of the Douglas Laing Director's Cut range

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (92): average. honey, flowers, spices, vanilla, citrus. Fantastic nose.

Palate (91): dry, powerful, oily. honey, wood, eucalyptus, spices, pepper, vanilla.

Finish (91): longer than average. eucalyptus, flowers.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Dailuaine 40 Year Old Director's Cut with 91 points over 100.

Highly recommended. If you see it and you can afford this malt you will get a very rewarding experience.


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Burns Malts by The Whisky Barrel, it feels like robbing them

By Miguel in Tasting , Bunnahabhain , Springbank , Dailuaine , Caperdonich , Longmorn , Braes of Glenlivet

What an incredible way of starting my holidays. I was at home sorting and cleaning stuff when the DHL guy appeared with a box bigger than usual for a sample. My Wife looked me suspiciously and I had to swear that this time it was true; I haven’t ordered anything.

[Note to self: it worked! Next time try with full size bottles]

I checked the parcel and it has a reference; BMALTS. Ummm…

I was getting excited because I had read a week before a nice press release about the six new whiskies bottled by The Whisky Barrel for their Burns Malt range and I was really wondering how good they were.

I tasted before a previous release of Littlemill and Bunnahabhain and I really enjoyed them.

So I usually place samples I get on a box and taste them as I please but this time I just did a from parcel to table session.

The six new whiskies belong to a range of single malts bottled by The Whisky Barrel to commemorate Robert Burns, Scotland’s favorite son and poet.

Oh, I can’t wait! Let’s taste the whiskies.

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Dailuaine 27 years old Master of Malt

By Miguel in Tasting , Dailuaine

“Stunning torrent of flavors! Do yourself a favor an grab one until they last.”

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Dailuaine 27 year Master of Malt
A beautiful Speyside malt from the Dailuaine distillery which Master of Malt bottled on the 14th July 2011.

This was distilled at Dailuaine on the 2nd November 1983, and it was aged for 27 years in a refill sherry hogshead, which had an outturn of just 231 bottles.

This is one of the sweetest sherried Speyside malts of this age that we’ve ever tasted – it’s really quite something.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (90): strong. floral, honey, citrus, dried peaches, rubber, wood, spices.

Palate (92): smooth, oily, powerful. peaches, honey, floral, citrus, wood, spices, rubber, cocoa, nuts.

Finish (91): long. wood, citrus, chocolate.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Dailuaine 27 year Master of Malt with 91 points over 100.

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Dailuaine 16 years old Flora and Fauna Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Dailuaine

“An interesting nose but a quite dry taste that for me detracts of the whole experience.”

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Dailuaine 16 year
A delicious bottling from a rather obscure distillery. Big, rich, sweet and smoky, with a very smooth mouthfeel and plenty of fruits and spices

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (90): strong. fruits, wood, honey, vanilla, a littleespresso.

Palate (87): smooth, powerful. wood, floral, spices, rubber, sweet.

Finish (87): long. peat, wood, floral.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Dailuaine 16 year with 88 points over 100.

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