Tullibardine 8 yo 2015 (57,8%, Cane & Grain ‘Private Reserve’ 2023, first fill Oloroso hogshead finish #3381, 235 btl.)
Highland Park 10 yo 2013 (56,2%, Cane & Grain ‘Private Reserve’ 2024, refill bourbon + first fill bourbon finish #4287, 248 btl.)
2015
Ecuador 8 yo 2015 (47,2%, Flensburg Rum Company 2024, medium toast American oak, 244 btl.)
Brazil 13 yo 2011 (55,5%, Flensburg Rum Company 2024, Amburana cask + bourbon finish, 234 btl.)
Fiji 14 yo 2009 (65%, Flensburg Rum Company 2024, rum barrel, 206 btl.)
Jamaica 5 yo 2018 LROK (67,5%, Flensburg Rum Company 2024, first fill Oloroso cask, 311 btl.)
Ballindalloch 2015 (60,5%, OB for Benelux 2024, sherry butt #108)
Armorik 2015 (53%, Zero Nine Spirits 2023, STR cask, 202 btl.)
Armorik 16 yo 2008 (58,6%, Zero Nine Spirits 2024, STR cask, 196 btl.)
Rozelieures Tourbé (54,1%, Zero Nine Spirits for Malt In France 2024, 110 btl.)
L’Encantada Sélection 20 Ans (47,2%, OB 2022, cask #134)
Domaine Artigaux 7 yo 2015 (57,6%, L’Encantada 2023, 2000 btl.)
Armagnac Domaine Du Pin 2006 (54,4%, L’Encantada 2023, cask #15, 580 btl.)
Eau-de-vie de Gascogne Labeyrie 2011 (54,7%, L’Encantada ‘Tattoo series’ 2023, Weller bourbon cask finish)
Eau-de-vie de Gascogne Domaine Du Pin 2016 (56,6%, L’Encantada 2023, Barbados rum finish)
Glenrothes 36 yo 1986 (45,6%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, hogshead #212536)
Secret Highland Distillery 14 yo 2008 (44%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, sherry butt #452, 120 btl.)
Glen Grant 25 yo 1998 (48,7%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, refill sherry butt #13223)
Glen Garioch 7 yo 2015 (45,6%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, hogshead #5124, 239 btl.)
Caol Ila 15 yo 2007 (53,4%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2022, bourbon cask #304989, 146 btl.)
Secret Islay 13 yo 2009 (54,2%, Acla da Fans ’10th Anniversary series’ 2023, bourbon hogshead #104, 90 btl.)
Tullibardine 8 yo 2015 (57,1%, Signatory Vintage ‘100 Proof Edition’ 2023, first fill Oloroso sherry butts, 2949 btl.)
Blair Athol 9 yo 2014 (57,1%, Signatory Vintage ‘100 Proof Edition’ 2023, first fill Oloroso sherry butts, 2680 btl.)
Ardmore 13 yo 2010 (57,1%, Signatory Vintage ‘100 Proof Edition’ 2023, first fill Oloroso sherry butts, 2804 btl.)
Montebello 23 yo 1998 (43,3%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-rum cask #4, 155 btl.)
Bellevue 23 yo 1998 (54,3%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-rum cask #2, 252 btl.)
Rhum J.M. 2015 (55,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021, bourbon barrel #200376, 254 btl.)
Uitvlught 25 yo 1998 (60%, Decadent Drinks 2023, refill rum barrel, 194 btl.)
TDL 31 yo 1991 ‘Black Bart’ (62,7%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ 2023, cask #R2455, 205 btl.)
New Yarmouth 28 yo 1994 (67,4%, Flenburg Rum Company 2023, 84 btl.)
Belize Rum 15 yo 2008 (68,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Cave Deymier 2023, 200 btl.)
SPEY Trutina (46%, OB +/- 2022)
SPEY 8 yo 2015 (57,1%, OB for Spirit of Speyside Festival 2023, single cask #1, 350 btl.)
Mannochmore 13 yo 2010 (54,8%, Dràm Mòr 2023, refill bourbon hogshead #3088, 275 btl.)
Speyside 8 yo 2014 (51,7%, Dràm Mòr 2023, first-fill Moscatel cask #2432, 289 btl.)
Tullibardine 8 yo 2015 (53,7%, Dràm Mòr 2023, first-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead #650932, 245 btl.)
Blair Athol 11 yo 2011 (56%, Dràm Mòr 2023, refill bourbon hogshead #308910, 305 btl.)
Benrinnes 10 yo 2013 (57,5%, Dràm Mòr 2023, refill bourbon hogshead #300745, 278 btl.)
Glen Garioch 10 yo 2013 (57,1%, Dràm Mòr 2023, ex-Islay hogshead #1005, 225 btl.)
King’s Inch – Single Malt (46%, OB +/- 2022, 5000 btl.)
King’s Inch – Single Malt (62,1%, OB 2022, single bourbon cask #80)
King’s Inch – Single Malt (67,9%, OB 2022, single bourbon cask #97)
King’s Inch – Single Cask Sherry Edition 7 yo 2015 (58%, OB 2022, Oloroso cask #53, 586 btl.)
Blair Athol 12 yo 2009 (50,2%, In2spirit 2021, refill hogshead #28535, 362 btl.)
Tomatin 11 yo 2011 (55,1%, In2spirit 2022, first fill Amontillado barrel finish #130, 180 btl.)
Dalmunach 6 yo 2015 (55,2%, In2spirit 2021, PX quarter cask #4205, 146 btl.)
Caol Ila 6 yo 2016 (61,2%, In2spirit 2022, bourbon cask, 180 btl.)
Ardnamurchan AD/07.21:05 (46,8%, OB 2021, bourbon + sherry, 19.998 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo 2015 (59,7%, Thompson Bros 2022, first fill bourbon barrel #356, 253 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo 2014 AD/11:14 CK.339 (59,4%, OB 2021, UK exclusive, Oloroso sherry cask #339, 665 btl.)
Chichibu 2015 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, bourbon cask #5262, 233 btl.)
Chichibu 2014 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, IPA beer cask #11049, 261 btl.)
Chichibu 2014 (59,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2021, Chibidaru quarter cask #3508, 119 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 7 yo 2014 ‘peatless’ (57,1%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48C, first-fill barrel, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo multivintage ‘peatyish’ (53%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48B, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 6 yo 2015 ‘heavily peated’ (57,1%, Whisky Sponge 2022, release 48A, refill barrel, 163 btl.)
Ardnamurchan 5 yo 2016 ‘April Fool’ (53,2%, The Whisky Exchange 2022)
Amrut Madeira Finish (50%, OB +/- 2018, 4800 btl.)
Croftengea 15 yo 2006 (53,2%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Whisky Trail Silhouettes’ 2021, hogshead #342, 269 btl.)
Ben Nevis 6 yo 2015 (58,4%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Whisky Trail Silhouettes’ 2021, barrel #319, 256 btl.)
Caol Ila 8 yo 2013 (60,6%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Whisky Trail Silhouettes’ 2021, hogshead #304580, 291 btl.)
Carsebridge 48 yo 1973 (56,3%, Elixir Distillers ‘The Whisky Trail Silhouettes’ 2021, ex-sherry butt #111864, 462 btl.)
Springbank 21 yo 1999 (53,4%, Adelphi 2021, refill rum cask #308, 181 btl.)
Mortlach 18 yo 2003 (57,4%, Adelphi 2021, first fill bourbon barrel #800265, 225 btl.)
Ben Nevis 5 yo 2015 (59,5%, Adelphi 2021, first fill Oloroso sherry puncheon #10712, 645 btl.)
Caol Ila 12 yo 2008 (53%, Adelphi 2021, first fill Oloroso sherry hogshead #309451, 272 btl.)
Octomore 12.1 5 yo 2015 (59,9%, OB 2021, first-fill American whiskey casks)
Octomore 12.2 5 yo 2015 (57,3%, OB 2021, 1st and 2nd fill whiskey casks + first-fill Sauternes finish)
Octomore 12.3 5 yo 2015 (62,1%, OB 2021, 75% ex-American whiskey barrels + 25% FdC sherry casks)
Ben Nevis 6 yo 2015 (58,4%, Roger’s Whisky Company 2021, first-fill sherry cask #34, 329 btl.)
Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2015 (55,4%, OB 2015, 3500 btl.) – 91/100
Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon (47%, OB 2015) – 81/100
Clynelish Select Reserve (56,1%, OB 2015, Special Release, 2946 btl.) – 91/100
Brora 37 yo 1977 (50,4%, OB 2015, 14th Annual release, refill American oak, 2976 btl.) – 93/100
Best wishes / whiskies of 2015 – 2015 was excellent for WhiskyNotes
Talisker 2005 ‘Distillers Edition’ (45,8%, OB 2015, Amoroso finish, TD-S: 5RD) – 86/100
Lagavulin 1999 ‘Distiller’s Edition’ (43%, OB 2015, PX finish, lgv. 4/504) – 88/100
Lindores Whisky Festival 2015
Lagavulin 12 yo (56,8%, OB 2015, 15th release) – 88/100
Diageo Special Releases 2015 – news, price and other details
Best Whisky Blogger of the Year 2015 – International Whisky Competition
Whisky Blogger of the Year 2015 – International Whisky Competition
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2015 (ed. Ingvar Ronde, MagDig Media, £ 13.95, ISBN 978-0-9576553-1-7)