Royal Lochnagar 23 Year Old 1986 Rare Auld Duncan Taylor

Royal Lochnagar 28 Year Old 1973 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

The story for Royal Lochnagar is somewhat the same as for Brackla, with regards to my experience. I have tried two so far, but did not make any notes. Anyway, for this 28 Year Old I will gladly sit down and make some time. It was bottled in the Old Malt Cask series by Douglas Laing (the series now belongs to Hunter Laing & Co, while Fred Laing...

Score 86/100

Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old

RL 12 is very light and smooth, may not be for the fans of the Island malts, there is a just enough depth to keep me interested. I would say this Dram, make a good mid-day early afternoon sip, not one for a cold winters night.

Score 90/100

Royal Lochnagar Milroy’s Royal Lochnagar 2002, Aged 10 Years, Jubilee Bottling

Nose: Fresh, with some dough and lemony notes, vanilla and apple peel, lemon grass and fresh cut grass too. Palate: a bit of pepper up front, then malty vanilla and wood, with some hints of apple, and getting dry and bitter towards the end. Finish : bitter, with oak, burnt sugar and lost memories of baked apple.

Score 84/100

Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old

The nose is gently fruity and sweet - almost like a lighter version of a fruity christmas cake. Just a tingle of spices at the end. The taste opens with fruity, cakey sweetness and expands with some smoke and a spicy tingle on the tongue that seems to moisten rather than dry. Fairly simple but pleasant. Easy to drink. The finish is pleasant, sweet...

Score 68/100