Orkney Islands 1999 BR

Name: Orkney Islands 1999 BR
Brand: Orkney Islands
SKU: 108315
Rating: 88.16 (91 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.16/100
votes: 91

Category: Single Malt
Bottler: Berry Bros & Rudd (BR)
Vintage: 1999
Bottled: 2018
Stated Age: 16 years old
Calculated age: 18 years old
Casktype: Refill Butt
Casknumber: 28
Strength: 53.6 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Added on: 25 Feb 2018 11:29 am by RoyalScotsman

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Whisky Reviews for Orkney Islands 1999 BR

28 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.16 points

thanasist scored this whisky 90 points
28 Apr 2018 8:31 pm

Does anyone have any clue why the stated age of this bottle is 16 y.o. while the distillation took place in 1999 and bottling in 2018 ? Normally it should be 18 or 19 y.o.

Tried it end of September. One of the best whiskies I had for some time. No matter if it is 16 or 18 y.o. it is superb and doesn't make you regret the money spent on it. I am not a big fun of HP but this one definitely made me want to try more Orkney IB
LDB scored this whisky 90 points
23 Sep 2018 5:24 am
This is a full legal HP with everything that belongs to it! Removes the 18 year old OA completely, not only because of the alcohol strength (which is almost terribly well integrated, so that there is no desire for water), but simply because of the intense aromas, which is probably due to a very good barrel selection and prudent maturation have come about.

Nose

91 91

Delicate notes of smoke, creamy, honey-like sweetness with salt - fresh sea spray in flowering heather, with excellently integrated alcohol. Dry pine forest with ripe pineapple on top

Taste

90 90

Creamy with significant amounts of smoke, at the same time beautiful sweetness of ripe lemons with freshly cut vanilla pod

Finish

89 89

Smoke and fruit aroma are transformed seamlessly into distinct spiciness with some resinous, ginger-like sharpness
gallfux did not rate this whisky
04 Oct 2019 10:49 pm

Short Comparison between the Cask Orkney (WID: 113256), the Full Volume (WID: 101678), and the Berry Bros & Rudd (WID: 108315)

The Cask Orkney and the Full Volume are almost inevitably similar. The Cask Orkney has a bit more freshness and citrus in it. The smoke feels a bit cooler in the Cask Orkney. The full volume has more grain and oak notes, is slightly muted and fuller. It seems to me that the Full Volume has a little more wood influence.
I tend to like the Full Volume in direct comparison even a bit better, because it works a tick older than the Cask Orkney. Both are really solid malts. There will not be a big bottle, so I do not have to ask myself which bottle to buy.

The Berry Bros & Rudd tolerate some water. Otherwise he seems somehow alcoholic. He opens with water. The water then has herbal, forest and meadow notes. It's such a cross between Cask Orkney and the Full Volume for me. He also has a freshness similar to the Cask Orkney, but this seems somehow elegant in the Berry Bros & Rudd. In addition also wood influence like with the Full Volume. In addition, the smoke may be stronger than the two before it. The sherry is not really something to hear. Overall, the Berry Bros & Rudd is probably the most complex whisky in comparison, as it brings a mix of freshness and wood with it. But it does not necessarily have to be a big bottle.
DerDennis! did not rate this whisky
23 May 2019 1:37 am
He is really good. Very balanced in terms of nose and mouth. Great mouthfeel. He likes me better with water.

Nose

sweet, fresh, citrus, menthol, very pleasant, medicinal smoke and light sherry note. Grapefruit, orange peel, nutmeg, pepper, nutty .... spice cake.

With a little water it becomes fruity ... pickled pears, chocolate

Taste

sweet, oily, spicy ... chili, light tingling, pleasantly woody and smoky, nutty, dark fruit note ... prunes, honey.

Water produces oranges and milk chocolate ... like these orange sticks

Finish

medium long, smoky and earthy, light sherry, pleasantly woody and dry
Eilean a' Cheo scored this whisky 91 points
29 Sep 2018 7:25 pm
Naked characterful Highland Park.. quite peated

Nose

91 91

Wet leaves, earth, verbena, lemon peels,paraffin, peat, cough syrup, heather honey

Taste

92 92

Waxy smoked lemons with a pinch of salt plus liquid herbs.. the peat grows bigger.. wonderful taste..and quite powerful

Finish

90 90

Lemony, waxy, peated with a herbal dry elegance
KayMeertens scored this whisky 88 points
11 Sep 2018 9:38 pm
Nose

Reed, baked apple, vanilla and barbecue ash.

Taste

Grape juice, apple, peat ash, cake and Printen, especially the spices.

Finish

Peat ash, grape juice, apple, vanilla cookie, gingerbread, straw and spices.
Schnappsdrossel scored this whisky 91 points
17 Jul 2018 1:37 am
Pure Highland Park almost without Sherry influence. Who does not need it -> great catch.

Nose

Sharp without water. Already tried - not my thing. With water: green, resinous, sections of plants and coniferous forest, freshly sawn branches, autumn leaves ragged in early November, for HP strong smoke, earthy, and acacia honey. In the second attempt, the last sherry remnants are recognizable, with much fantasy ripe orange. (For the Battler: Something about the empty Strathisla bottle smelled.) A little later wet pebbles and a truckload of malt. Even more acacia honey.

Taste

Soft with enough water. I suspect around 48%. Directly the "smell" of damp earth and old foliage, garden waste, and a smoke, as if someone had left a splash of Laphroaig in the glass. Acacia honey, coniferous forest, linden blossom. No sherry.

Finish

First acacia honey. Fir needles, bark fragments, resin, dirt and smoke in the hair and all garments. Old, dry wood, a burned and smoldering campfire. Later comes out again old foliage.
Whiskinger did not rate this whisky
11 Jul 2018 9:50 am

16 years should be the correct age, no mis-print.

There's another BBR "Orkney Islands" from 1999, bottled for Switzerland from cask 42 in 2018 , with a stated age of 17 years. The cask content was very likely taken from the oak barrels some time ago and then bottled all together in 2018.

Link: http://www.whizzky.net/whisky.php?ref=15833-Berry-Bros--Rudd-Orkney-Islands-1999-17-Year-Old-Cask-42-Charles-Hofer-SA-Switzerland-Exclusive
ted.striker did not rate this whisky
03 Jul 2018 1:19 pm

Green Welly Stop writes: „A Mis-print on the label, this is an 18 year old whisky.“ (https://www.thegreenwellystop.co.uk/orkney-1999-berrys-cask-28.html#additional)
mawean did not rate this whisky
02 Jul 2018 7:39 pm

Are you sure it is a mistake? Sometimes whiskies are removed from the casks to stop maturation (when further maturation would give too much wood influence) and sold at a later stage. This is why there could be a discrepancy between "stated age" and "year of bottling minus year of destillation".

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