Dallas Dhu Centenary

Dallas Dhu 26 Year Old 1981 Dun Bheagan

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers, who also own Glengoyne and Tamdhu, but also market the following brands: Isle of Skye, Langs, Smokehead and The Six Isles. This Dallas Dhu is a single sherry butt that was put to sleep in 1981, two years before Diageo closed down the distillery for good. The nose is sweet, while the sherry...

Score 83/100

Dallas Dhu 31 Year Old 1969 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Old Malt Cask from Douglas Laing means golden drinking strength, i.e. 50%. Rumour has it that the Laing brothers are splitting the company, but I am trying a Dallas Dhu from the good old days. It is a distillate from before I was born, that matured for 31 long years on a sherry cask. My oldest Dallas Dhu so far. The nose offers nice fruity tones....

Score 88/100

Dallas Dhu 19 Year Old 1979 Gordon & Macphail

Dallas Dhu was originally named Dallasmore, but because their best known blend was called Roderick Dhu (after a character from Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake), it was rechristened Dallas Dhu, which translates into ‘the black swamp’. Nowadays it is a museum, which I visited in 2010. It was a Sunday morning, which meant I could not buy any...

Score 80/100

Dallas Dhu 27 Year Old 1981 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

After the fantastic 26 Year Old, I got me a sample of a 27 Year Old from the same Rare Auld series by Duncan Taylor, also distilled in 1981 but matured for an additional year. Ha, the nose is almost identical, although the aromas are presented in a different order (does that make sense?). First I get the furniture polish, then tropical fruit. Kiwi...

Score 89/100