Dalmore reviews

Review based on a bottle opened over a year ago, and about 3/4 full. Drunk straight.Nose: Definitely sweet, cookies and burnt caramel. There is an under-current of red fruits from the sherry input. It's…

Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series is world famous. Quite a few gems to be found (including the best Auchentoshan I ever tried, but that’s a different story). Fred and his team have bottled no less…

High hopes for one of my earliest purchases, and it was ok. Drawn to the unnaturally beautiful colour and nice packaging, my first few samples were candy, and caramel, and buttery. But that faded over…

At first, I'll admit I wasn't too impressed by the 12yo Dalmore. I could easily admit that I put Dalmore right there with Macallan as smooth overpriced snobbish brands. More than once I called the 12yo…

A whisky that seems to split the whisky community in two: another love or hate dram. The 2012 re-release of the popular Cigar Malt, now called Cigar Malt Reserve got quite a lot of flak from the fans the…

I had the chance to sit down with a good friend of mine to taste a few bottles that he brought back with him from Scotland. His name is Cliff Barackman (one of the cast members of the Animal Planet cable…

I thought it was time for me to try another crowd divider of a malt. I was divided between the Dalmore 12 Year Old and the Bowmore 15 Year Old Darkest and have subsequently chosen the former. The box,…

Warm tannin filled rough peppery fast dry arrival develops a long slow thin wine infused departure.

Hot spicy thick slow arrival develops a warm fruity/vegetable middle followed by long slow well balanced finish.

Warm fast steady arrival develops a balanced spicy / citrus middle followed by a fast flavorful finish.