Clynelish 14yo OB

A True Classic

http://potstill.org/info/distilleries/3840/

Cleaning out the cabinet, and saw that my bottle of Clynelish 14yo was almost empty, time to replace it. But as I'm likely to make a stop at the distillery anyway in two weeks time, I guess it couldn't hurt to finish this one.

Clynelish 14yo 1989/2003 Raw Cask

Vanilla Wine

Another week, another Blackadder Raw Cask, I guess? This week an old Clynelish from 1989. Thus far I've only tried the 14yo official bottling and I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by Clynelish, a very distinct taste. 

The Distillery

http://www.whisky-news.com/En/distilleries/Clynelish.html

Clynelish is probably one of the odd distilleries out there, while founded in 1819, the name is currently used for the new distillery that was build right next to the old one, that was renamed Brora. Interestingly enough, although the old distillery was called the Clynelish distillery for over 150 years, people still think of Clynelish as a replacement of the old "Brora" and state that Clynelish has Brora stills.

The whisky is a favorite of many blenders, thus the distillery concentrated on volume rather than developing its own expressions, so initial bottlings of the single malt are rare. Only in 2003 the standard 14yo expression became available for the wider public.

As far as lighter peated highland whiskies go, to me this is one of my favorite distilleries with a solid spot in my top 10.