Dailuaine reviews

Considering that this is only my 15th Dailuaine after more than 5.000 samples whiskies, that’s saying something about how many times you come across this distillery. Well, only 2% of all their whisky is…

While the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has recently put its range in new livery – with colors referring to taste sensations instead of whisky regions – I will try an older bottling from distillery 41. That…

Dailuaine is rather unknown as a single malt as 98% of the production disappears in the parent company Diageo’s blends. More’s the pity as Dailuaine can actually be quite good. The one I try today is…

Dailuaine distillery was established in 1852 and by the end of the 19th century had become one of the largest distilleries in the Highlands. In 1889 it was the very first distillery to be fitted with a…

My last review for the year 2015, so why not a whisky that was bottled this year? My first entry for Dailuaine comes from the independent bottler AD. Rattray.---Description: a 16yo bourbon matured whisky…

Dailuaine is one of those whiskies that you do not come accross every day. Only 2% is bottled as single malt, while the rest disappears in the blends from Diago, who owns the distillery. The online shop…

This week I will try three small bottles from the Provenance series, which were presented to us when we visited the Douglas Laing HQ in Glasgow, about a year ago. Let me start with this Dailuaine (which…

Pronounced Dale-you-an this distillery was founded in1852 and is Gaelic for “Green Valley”. The bulk of the single malt produced is used in Johnnie Walker blends and other than this 16 yr old official…

Dailuaine 16 year old Flora and Fauna was also part of our Speyside blind tasting. Maybe we should've started the tasting with this one because Dailuaine 16 yrs turned out to be probably the most deli…

Dailuaine is a distillery I've tended to pair with Mortlach in being obscure but underrated. Very little in the way of single malt releases - it seems to be either this 16YO or expensive indie bottles…