Robbie Burns Island Tour 2008

The cynic might say that our tasters were influenced by the convivial atmosphere of our annual homage to Scotland's two most notable exports. It could also be said that having five of seven whiskies finish with scores over twenty just shows the quality of the field. Which ever way you look at it, our island tour only had a rough ride in Islay.

The islands proved to have a great variey of flavour profiles: Sherried sweet and spicy to hickory smoked, delicate subtlety to bold and assertive.

The smooth twenty-one year old Isle Of Jura finished in front of the pack but Scapa and Dun Bheagan certainly vie for the best value with scores of 22 and 21. Three bottles of the pride of Skye or one bottle of Jura's best? A tough decision, but a win-win situation.

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Median scores

Nose

Body

Flavour

Finish

Likeability

Total

out of 4

out of 4

out of 6

out of 8

out of 8

out of 30

3.0

3.0

5.0

7.0

7.0

25.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

6.0

6.0

22.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

6.0

6.0

22.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

21.0

Tobermory 10,
Mull

3.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

21.0

3.0

2.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

19.0

2.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

15.0

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