Banff 35 años Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare

Banff 1971 38 Year old Douglas Laing Platinum Old and Rare

Banff distillery was established in 1824 by James McKilligan & Co. on the west side of Banff Bay in Inverboyndie, a small village about a mile west of the town of Banff itself. In 1837 the distillery was taken over by Alex Mackay, and in 1852 ownership transferred to James Simpson Sr. and James Simpson Jr. In 1863, James Simpson Jr. built a...

Score 80/100

Banff 1982 21 Year Old

Nose: Clean, nutty nose, with citrus and new oak. Something of dry straw. Overall quite acid and a metallic, but this is better when it warms up. Mouth: agressive attack, quite alcoholic and sharp. Starts on oranges and malt with vanilla. Develops some really interesting notes of cape gooseberries (physalis), too bad they fade quickly. Finish:...

Score 82/100

Banff is one of the distilleries that did not survive the big closing round in 1983, executed by Diageo. So this is not a whisky that you encounter often. So far, I have only tried two myself; a 37 Year Old 1971 from the Dead Whisky Society and a 32 Year Old 1975 from Douglas Laing. Hence I am very curious about this much younger and very pale...

Score 80/100