Cragganmore 12 Year Old Whisky

One of the best , no doubt

My favorite tipple is The Belvenie Doublewood, which I find has a much fuller aftertaste. This is a decent ans enjoyable scotch, but not a s"grown-up" as the Belvenie.

A bit on the thin side. Some nice notes. Got a couple of bottles as gifts. Would I buy it ? - no. Would I drink it / - yes, with a degree of pleasure.

I think it's definitely worth trying.
Very different from the vast majority of supermarket whisky. I look forward to trying again in all honesty.

Bought a mix pack of Cragganmore, Talisker and Lagavulin and conducted a little tasting at Thanksgiving. The participants were familiar with Scotch and preferred heavily plated and smoky Island. To a person we all loved Cragganmore. It’s fruity and subtlety almondy. After years of drinking the other style it’s become a favorite of mine.

Remarkably drinkable

An excellent, well balanced single malt, my preferred tipple.
The only problem is that it doesn't last long !!!! 🤣🤣🤣

One of my favourite speysides. Very smooth

A friend, knowing I’m a fan of good Scotch, brought along a 200ml of Cragganmore 12 on a five day canoe-camping trip in the boundary waters of New Brunswick/Maine.

It stayed in the cooler ‘til the last night and he said “Have at it if you like, I might have some too.”

I tried a bit with water and wasn’t impressed at all, then snuck a nip right from the bottle after he said he didn’t want any.

I told him “I’m liable to drink it all, then!”

“That’s why I brought it!” he said.

I kept nipping at it now and then when walking by the table and loved the almondy, honey smoothness of it that crept through the smooth burn while I kept it in my mouth before letting it slide down.

I ended up polishing off the small bottle after a bit, walking the root-bound shore and watching the nearly full moon along the St Croix.

With its natural tastes emerging through a nice smooth burn, it seemed just the right Scotch for being outdoors for days on a wilderness adventure.

I’d gladly buy a larger bottle to see how I like it in other environments.

Recommended if you like to try new tastes and are open-minded.

Cragganmore is quite simply, a cracking dram.
Everyone has their own opinion, quite right too......but a prominent distillery manager (not Cragganmore) describes it as his absolute favourite. His opinion is for me, more valuable than the haters here. I loved it from my first taste, in the early 70s.