Arran reviews

Lucie Stroesser is well known to most whisky lovers. Until recently she was the Brand Ambassador for Arran. One of the last tastings she hosted, before returning to her native France, was in Belgium.…

I remember rolling my eyes at a marketing guy's statement that "maturity and age aren't the same thing". He was defending a move by a major distillery to do away with age statements in their core range…

This is the sixth and final batch of Arran’s cask strength 12-year old. It was bottled in May 2016 with a total outturn of 13,800 bottles after having been matured in first-full sherry butts, refill…

This is the last review from the 4 samples sent to me by @cricklewood. It is mysteriously labelled "My Youth on a Scottish Island." All I know is that his is a Scotch. Otherwise this is a blind review…

Arran is a top 3 distillery for me. Possibly my favorite. Out of the 14 whiskies I have right now, 4 are Arran. Needless to say, I like Arran. This 12yo CS has been on my wish list for a while and I…

Four like-minded people with a preference for all things good in life get together to create this Arran à la Belge. Wait… what? It is an Arran with a Kriek beer finish. The malt was distilled on 11…

This 12 Year Old Cask Strength appeared in 2016 and seems to be the last of its kind. I did not see such a release in 2017 (nor in 2018, but the year is only halfway after all). Looks like this Batch 6…

At the end of 2017, this small batch bottling by Arran appeared on the Belgian market, 900 bottles strong. It contains whisky distilled in 2007 and after maturation on bourbon casks got a finish on rum…

Last Christmas I looked at my collection and it was mostly younger whiskies. 10 and 12 year olds and a few 15s. So I decided to add a couple of late teen whiskies to my collection and went for the Arran…

Arran 14 was the first whisky that sent me into "whisky euphoria." Before this, I knew I liked whisky, and had enjoyed the likes of HP12, Glenlivet 12, and Ardbeg 10. But this Arran, it made me say "whoa…