Black Bull 12 Year Old

Black Bull Deluxe 40 Year Old

Easily the oldest blended scotch I've every tasted, Black Bull 40 Year Old comes to us from Duncan Taylor, an excellent independent bottler. Since the 1960s they've been filling their own casks and maturing whisky, and were acquired by Euan Shand in 2001 (apparently for a song). Black Bull, on the other hand, has been around much longer, since...

Score 94/100

Black Bull Special Reserve batch 1

The Black Bull Special Reserve is the latest addition to the BB family consisting of the 12,30,40 year olds. It has been bottled to celebrate BB 12 year old winning the best scotch blend in the world, 12 years and under at the 2011 World Whisky Awards. As always, BB Special Reserve contains a high ratio of malt to grain (50%!) and is bottled at...

Score 85/100

Black Bull Kyloe

Black Bull is a range of blends by independent bottler Duncan Taylor. I tried their 30 and 40 year old, which I really liked. This Kyloe was launched in 2014 and is a blend with a high proportion of malt. How much exactly is not known (bar to the people at Duncan Taylor, obviously). It is named after the wild bunch of cows that survive the cold...

Score 78/100

Black Bull Deluxe 40 Year Old

What we are about to taste now is a champion. The Black Bull 40 Year Old is a deluxe blend of different whiskies between 40 and 44 years of age. It consists of 90% malt whisky: Bunnahabhain, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenburgie, Highland Park, Miltonduff, Springbank, Tamdhu. The remaining 10% is grain whisky from Invergordon. It won quite a few...

Score 86/100