PBMichiganWolverine
Craigellachie 17 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
May 10, 2019 (edited December 31, 2022)
I had a pour of this last night during a tasting hosted by Craigellechie. This was part of the lottery for the 51 yr old tasting, which 150 people around the world got a chance to try. Fortunately @Scott_E was one of them, and I’m thankful I was his guest for the event.
So...at the time I really liked this one. It was a more refined smoother version of the 13. Sort of Pierce Brosnan’s Bond as opposed to Daniel Craig’s rough and rugged one. In retrospect though, I prefer the 13 for that rough edge. To me, it’s always commonplace to find smooth balanced single malts, but so much harder to find rough, and really well balanced, ones.
That being said...this was damn good. The meaty notes were less pronounced vs the 13, the sulfurous edges smoothed out a bit. I’m glad I tasted this, but I’ll be a buyer of the 13, just for that ruggedness.
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@Richard-ModernDrinking One that includes NZ :-). Ah unfortunately shipping of even sample sizes is not that cheap. And then there is the question of shipping alcohol externally and custom questions...pity as I have probably 200 empty sample bottles lying around!
@PBMichiganWolverine If only there was a Slack channel where we could organize bottle splits with other members of the Distiller community
@Richard-ModernDrinking no—-yesterday was the first time I had anything outside their 13. Will need to procure their 21 sample
@Scott_E @PBMichiganWolverine Did you try the 21? Read a strong review of it this week and it’s not unaffordable.
@PBMichiganWolverine yeah, saw that too. Did not expect it. I think I liked the 17 slightly more than the 13. Will have to do another side by side
@Scott_E and we got a free 375ml of that 13. I’d much rather have that than the 17
@PBMichiganWolverine This is quite good and agree with your assessment. The grittiness of the 13 is sifted down which is the 17.