This list is a work in progress, so let me know if you see any distilleries that are missing and I'll be happy to add them.
| Distillery | Expression | Is Caramel Coloring Added? |
| Aberfeldy | 12 Year | Yes |
| Aberlour | 10 Year | Yes |
| Aberlour | 18 Year | Yes |
| Ardbeg | 10 Year | No |
| Ardbeg | Corryvreckan | No |
| Ardbeg | Uigeadail | No |
| Ardmore | 12 Year Port Wood Finish | Yes |
| Auchentoshan | 12 Year | Yes |
| Auchentoshan | 18 Year | Yes |
| Balvenie | Cuban Selection 14 Year | Yes |
| Balvenie | Double Wood 12 Year | Yes |
| Balvenie | Port-Wood 21 Year | Yes |
| BenRiach | 12 Year | Yes |
| BenRiach | 15 Year | Yes |
| BenRiach | Albariza 18 Year | No |
| BenRiach | Dunder 18 Year | No |
| BenRiach | Latada 18 Year | No |
| BenRiach | Pedro Jimenez 15 Year | Yes |
| Benromach | Organic | No |
| Benromach | Peat Smoke | Yes |
| Benromach | Traditional | Yes |
| Bladnoch | 19 Year | Yes |
| Bowmore | 12 Year | Yes |
| Bowmore | 18 Year | Yes |
| Bruichladdich | Hart Brothers 20 Year | No |
| Bunahabhain | 12 Year | Yes |
| Bunahabhain | 18 Year | Yes |
| Caol Ila | 12 Year | Yes |
| Caol Ila | 18 Year | Yes |
| Caol Ila | 25 Year | No |
| Cardhu | 12 Year | Yes |
| Cardhu | 15 Year | No |
| Cardhu | 18 Year | Yes |
| Cardhu | Special Cask Reserve | Yes |
| Clynelish | 14 Year | Yes |
| Cragganmore | 12 Year | Yes |
| Dalmore | 12 Year | Yes |
| Dalmore | 15 Year | Yes |
| Dalmore | 18 year | Yes |
| Dalmore | Cigar Malt Reserve | Yes |
| Dalmore | King Alexander III | No |
| Dalwhinnie | 15 Year | Yes |
| Deanston | 12 Year | Yes |
| Dufftown | Singleton 12 Year | Yes |
| Edradour | 10 Year | Yes |
| Fettercairn | Fior | Yes |
| Glen Deveron | 10 Year | Yes |
| Glen Elgin | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glen Garioch | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glen Garioch | Founders Reserve | Yes |
| Glen Grant | 10 Year | Yes |
| Glen Moray | 10 Year | No |
| Glen Moray | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glen Moray | 16 Year | Yes |
| Glen Moray | Peated | Yes |
| Glen Scotia | 10 Year | No |
| Glen Scotia | 12 Year | No |
| Glen Scotia | 16 Year | No |
| Glen Scotia | 21 Year | No |
| Glen Spey | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glencadam | 10 Year | No |
| Glencadam | 15 Year | No |
| Glencadam | 21 Year | No |
| Glendronach | 12 Year | No |
| Glendronach | Allardice 18 Year | No |
| Glendronach | Hielan 8 Year | No |
| Glendronach | Parliament 21 Year | No |
| Glendronach | Peated | No |
| Glendronach | Tawny Port 18 Year | No |
| Glenfarclas | 10 Year | Yes |
| Glenfarclas | 105 Cask Strength | Yes |
| Glenfarclas | 15 Year | No |
| Glenfarclas | 17 Year | No |
| Glenfarclas | 21 Year | Yes |
| Glenfarclas | 25 Year | Yes |
| Glenfarclas | Heritage | Yes |
| Glenfiddich | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenfiddich | 18 Year | Yes |
| Glenfiddich | Rich Oak 14 Year | No |
| Glenfiddich | Small Batch Reserve 18 Year | No |
| Glenfiddich | Solera Reserve 15 Year | Yes |
| Glenglassaugh | Evolution | No |
| Glenglassaugh | Revival | No |
| Glenglassaugh | Torfa | No |
| Glengoyne | 12 Year | No |
| Glengoyne | 15 Year | Yes |
| Glengoyne | 21 Year | Yes |
| Glenkinchie | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenlivet | 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenlivet | 21 Year | Yes |
| Glenlivet | French Oak Reserve 15 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | 10 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | 18 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | 25 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | Lasanta 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | Nectar D'Or 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | Quinta Ruban 12 Year | Yes |
| Glenmorangie | Signet | Yes |
| Glenrothes | Alba Reserve | Yes |
| Glenrothes | Robur Reserve | Yes |
| Glenrothes | Sherry Cask Reserve | No |
| Glenturret | 10 Year | Yes |
| Glenturret | 8 Year | Yes |
| Isle of Jura | 10 Year | Yes |
| Isle of Jura | 16 Year | Yes |
| Isle of Jura | Prophecy | Yes |
| Isle of Jura | Superstition | Yes |
| Knockando | 12 Year | Yes |
| Lagavulin | 16 Year | Yes |
| Laphroig | 10 Year | Yes |
| Laphroig | 18 Year | Yes |
| Laphroig | Quarter Cask | Yes |
| Laphroig | Select | Yes |
| Longmorn | 16 Year | Yes |
| Macallan | 10 Year | No |
| Macallan | 12 Year | No |
| Macallan | 15 Year | No |
| Macallan | 17 Year | No |
| Macallan | 18 Year | No |
| Macallan | 21 Year | No |
| Macallan | 25 Year | No |
| Macallan | 30 Year | No |
| Oban | 14 Year | Yes |
| Old Pulteney | 12 Year | Yes |
| Royal Lochnagar | 12 Year | Yes |
| Scapa | 16 Year | Yes |
| Speyburn | 10 Year | Yes |
| Springbank | 10 Year | Yes |
| Springbank | 15 Year | No |
| Talisker | 10 Year | Yes |
| Talisker | 18 Year | Yes |
| Talisker | 57 Degrees North | Yes |
| Talisker | Port Ruighe | Yes |
| Talisker | Skye | No |
| Talisker | Storm | Yes |
| Tamdhu | 10 Year | No |
| Tamdhu | Tamdhu | Yes |
| Tobermory | 15 Year | No |
| Tomatin | 12 Year | Yes |
| Tomatin | 15 Year | Yes |
| Tomatin | 18 Year | Yes |
| Tomatin | Cu Bocan | No |
| Tomatin | Legacy | Yes |
| Tomintoul | 10 Year | Yes |
| Tomintoul | 16 Year | Yes |
| Tomintoul | Peaty Tang | Yes |
You bloody Yanks should mind your own business! The reason we do it is to satisfy your unsophisticated American palate. I'll give you the ole Glaswegian kiss if you ever show up on the my side of Lanarkshire.
ReplyDeleteYours in Braveheart,
Angus
Funny how American whiskey doesn't need coloring. What is it that Americans know that Scots just can't quite figure out about distilling? Maybe it's something to do with being able to successfully kick out the English. Cry some more, please.
DeleteTemperature. No, seriously. What does America do to make dark whiskey without coloring? Literally, it's just hotter in America, meaning the whiskey from America interacts more with the wood in the barrel than the whisky from Scotland when aging for the same amount of time. There's actually more to it than that, but on another note:
DeleteBy American law, not only can you use E150A in whiskey, but you can ALSO use E150B (banned in Scotch whisky). E150B is a caramel coloring of slightly lower quality that has a slight flavor of its own (while E150A is considered tasteless). The only term (by law) that requires no artificial color be added if you want to use it is "straight," as in "straight bourbon whiskey" or "straight whiskey."
So, it's not as cut and dry as you might think. Do a little more research on it all and you might be surprised all that you unearth.
This list is absolute bullshit !!!!!!
DeleteYes, this list very inaccurate and misleading.
DeleteBy American law Bourbon can NOT have any additives legally including coloring agents. The reason American whiskys are darker is because they use new charred barrels whereas Scotch uses used barrels that have already imparted most of their color into a different spirit. It has nothing to do with temperature. And the term "Straight" refers to it being aged a minimum of two years in new oak barrels, except corn whisky which can use used barrels. Do some research yourself. Also this list is bullshit and highly inaccurate
DeleteThank you for this list. After finding out Laphroaig was artificially colored, I decided to try out a naturally colored Islay malt. Your list helped make the task considerably shorter. To hell with E150a. And to Angus Campbell, bite your tongue boy or we'll keep our bourbon casks.
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THIS LIST IS WRONG
DeleteThis list is VERY wrong. Not even close, really.
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ReplyDeleteDalmore King Alexander III ingredients from distillery:
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Demineralised water, alcohol, caramel E 150a(.0 / 1%).
DO NOT BELIEVE THIS LIST JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INTERNET
Can you provide the link? I'll make the correction if this is accurate
DeleteAll this does is 1 highlight Tasting notes colour. Taste is it Caramel yet E150A is said to be tastless Glenfarclas for years has been dark and carmelized in taste. So are the distillaries being upfront with the ir consumers? Who does the QC on these products or is it self regulated and prone to deceit?
ReplyDeleteThanks this list. It is a good starting point but I think we will see more yes in the future. We have to talk about it and press distilleries to not to use any additional thing instead of pure water.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it cheapens their product IMHO
DeleteChivas Regal 12 years, also adds caramel. If it´s so good. Why do they need to add anything else ,than scotch?
ReplyDeleteThank for this! This is great!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, famous grouse also has e150, just had an allergic reaction so that’s that.
Definitely saving your list in my favs!
Fag
DeleteFamous grouse also has e150, just had an allergic reaction to it...
ReplyDeleteI believe this list to be incomplete, and possibly too out of date to be currently accurate.
ReplyDeleteIt has been helpful in selecting brands, though many are missing.
How do we know this list is accurate? There's a lot of whisky misssin'. Adding color can be innocent - so the whisky looks consistent to uninformed customers - or it can be nefarious - to make a whisky look older and richer than it is.
ReplyDeleteWe don’t know shit. This is the internet.
DeleteHmm...A real eye opener to be sure. That's marketing for you. Regardless, it's all about your pallet preference and naysayers be damned! I will still drink my Cardhu 12, Dalmore 15 & Lagavulin 16 with bliss!
ReplyDeleteGlengoyne 21y state on the label of the bottle natural colour so that´s wrong in the list
ReplyDeleteThis list is flawed and was already out-of-date by at least 5 years when it was published. For instance, Bunahabhain USED to use e150a caramel coloring but stopped doing that in 2010 and has sold only naturally-colored scotch since then.
ReplyDeleteBloody Scottish wankers
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The bottom line is the majority of scotch whiskey uses artificial coloring which is pathetic and misleading and we Americans use NO coloring at all in our bourbon whiskey.
ReplyDeleteScotch = FAKE…..
This list is very random. You need to cite your sources, because some misleading info on here 🤦🏾♂️
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