Tastes

A good blended whiskey. But the much cheaper Green and Gold Labels are better. Too much hype and over the top packaging.

Less peat than the normal Coal Ila. Seems to be aimed at making Caol Ila more accessible to younger people. Nonetheless a very pleasant dram with milk chocolate and stone fruit overtones.

Very smooth but quite insipid. Might as well drink a Dewar's blend. But then that is what the bulk of it is used for. Visited the Distillery in November 2016 and was allowed to taste the whole range. The 16 and 21 year olds are excellent. The 25 and 28 year olds not as appealing. But the star was the 1998 Single Cask (cask 135) they had just bottled that month. Not cheap at £120, but well worth it.

Quite peaty for a Highland whisky.

Pleasant and sweet. Accessible to new whisky drinkers

Rather insipid. Tastes like a watered down blend of Jack Daniels and Johnnie Walker Red. Do not try it with ice or a bit of water. It just disintegrates.