Whiskies from Caol Ila
Caol Ila
Coal Ila is a typical Islay whiskey that is very popular for its characteristic, fresh, fruity flavors and strongly peated character. Some examples from the Caol Ila range are the Caol Ila 12 years old, the exclusive Caol Ila 30 years old and the Caol Ila Rare Malts Selection 21 years old. The Caol Ila distillery is located on the eastern shore of Islay, with a beautiful view of the island of Jura. Between Jura and Islay flows a strait called The Sound of Islay, translated into Gaelic “Cao Ila”.
The Caol Ila distillery was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who unfortunately failed to make the distillery a success. Henderson sold Caol Ila to Norman Buchanan, the owner of the Jura distillery. In the years that followed, Caol Ila changed hands several times, but the distillery continued to produce fairly continuously despite these irregularities.
Around 1930, Caol Ila was taken over by Scottish Malt Distillers (Diageo), who had the distillery demolished and reconstructed in 1974. New washbacks were installed, the number of stills was expanded from two to six and production capacity increased to meet the growing demand for Islay single malt whiskey. The distillery also let go of the malt floors and from that moment on, the required malt was imported from Port Ellen Maltings. According to some whiskey connoisseurs, this particular development would have drastically affected the taste of Caol Ila Single Malt Whiskey, creating a separation between the whiskeys from before and after the expansion of the distillery. But despite these changes, Caol Ila managed to triple the production capacity and become a success.
Towards the end of the 20th century, the global demand for Scottish single malt whiskey declined, forcing many distilleries to close down. However, Caol Ila only stopped production for a few weeks, after which production resumed, little by little, until the old production capacity was restored.
Caol Ila is currently one of the highest producing distilleries in the world and is headed by distillery manager Billy Stitchell.
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18 Years Old 43%
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18 Years Old 43%
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18 Years Old Malt Cask Cask:HL11407 50%
1996
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18 Years Old Unpeated Style Diageo Special Releases 2017 59.8%
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19 Years Old Douglas Laing Old Particular cask DL10971 51.5%
1996
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19 Years Old SMWS 53.230 A Curious Tail... 55.9%
1996
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1975 Vintage Collection Dumpy Cask 463 58.6%
1975
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1978 Connoisseurs Choice 40%
1978
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1978 Connoisseurs Choice Old Map Label 40%
1978
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1990 Connoisseurs Choice 40%
1990
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1991 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection Cask 02/1000/2 46%
1991
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1993 The Distillers Edition C-si; 1-465 43%
1993
(1 l.)
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1998 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 11 Years Old 43%
1998
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21 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 61.3%
1975
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21 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 61.3%
1975
(In Original Box)
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21 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 61.3%
1977
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21 Years Rare Malts Selection 61.3%
1977
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23 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 61.7%
1978
(Top Shoulder)
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23 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 61.7%
1978
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25 Years Old 2014 43%
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25 Years Old 43%
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25 Years Old 43%
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25 Years Old Cooper's Choice Cask:8193 46%
1991
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25 Years Old Natural Cask Strength 58.4%
1979
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26 Years Old Càrn Mòr Cask 4213 57%
1988
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26 Years Old Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Cask 2738 54.6%
1982
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28 Years Old Berrys' Own Selection Cask 4676 56.9%
1980
(Low Neck)
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28 Years Old WhiskyNerds Cask 13129 48%
1990
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30 Years Old Douglas Laing XOP Cask DL10428 54.7%
1984
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30 years Old Special Release 2014 55.1%
1983
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30 Years Old XOP The Black Series Cask DL15245 48.4%
1984
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31 Years Old Cadenhead Small Batch 52.1%
1984
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31 Years Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Cask 225 51.4%
1988
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32 Years Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Cask 1100 52.7%
1988
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32 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection Cask 5292 49.3%
1983
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33 Years Old Cadenhead SIngle Cask 50.2%
1983
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33 Years Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Batch 18/062 52.8%
1984
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33 Years Old Malts of Scotland Cask MoS 12022 52.3%
1979
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34 Years Old Càrn Mòr Cask 5682 53.6%
1981
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35 Years Old Gleann Mór A Rare Find 56.4%
1983
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35 Years Old The Single Malts of Scotland Director's Special 50.9%
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6 Years Old Dràm Mòr Cask 315817 59%
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6 Years Old Feis IIe Festival 2017 50.6%
2010
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7 Years Old Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited 47.5%
2012
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7 Years Old The Ultimate Cask:311744 46%
2008
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8 Years Old Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited Edition 46%
2006
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8 Years Old Good Vibes 53.7%
2007
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8 Years Old Signatory Vintage The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Cask 318711 58.4%
2010
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8 Years Old White Lion James Eadie 46%
2012
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