Bonfire in your mouth Laphroaig Lore
Nose: Smoke, ash and salt. Work at it and some light fruits come through (pear/grape) along with hints of cut grass and vanilla. Something else is there... sticky dates maybe.Palate: Bonfire night. Very…
Clever, clever stuff Balblair Crozes-Hermitage Wood Finish - 20 year old (G&M)
Nose: Powerful stuff. Fantastic. A delicious fruit punch of blood oranges, apples and raisins. A subtle hint of that red wine is also there.Palate: Spicy with red fruit, plums and a little vanilla.Finish…
It'll do Glen Moray Chardonnay Cask Mellowed
Nose: Interesting. Toffee, fizzy sherbet and water melon. Slightly floral.Palate: Sweet with some citrus fruit. A hint of cream, toffee and honey then turning slightly vinegary.Finish: Dry oak, more…
Cheap whisky... buy some quick. Ben Nevis 22 year old (1991) Sherry butt (Signatory) Cask 2910
Nose: Interesting. You can detect the Sherry but it's not overkill. There's a hint of oranges, raisins, toffee and spices.Palate: Lemon, oranges and raisins.Finish: Fruity and warm. Dry with spice late…
Young Smokers Delight Glenkeir Treasures Islay
Nose: Smokey brine and vanilla.Palate: Utterly delicious. Bonfire smoke and honey with a creamy vanilla custard.Finish: Warming. Smokey and smooth with chocolate notes and hints of coffee. Dry oak.Bal…
That's the way to do it. GlenDronach 1994 20 year old cask 2822
Nose: Bursting with sherry. Raisins, candied orange and chocolate. Plenty of thick treacle and, you know something, even a hint of smoke.Palate: Wow! What a mouthful. Warm, oily and chewy. Sherry, ora…
A sweet, young, tasty 16-year old. anCnoc 16 Year Old
Nose: Grassy and floral with sweet honey.Palate: Bursting with barley, vanilla and sweetness. The grassy notes continue and there's some lemon as well. Oddly I even detected the slight hint of smoke…
Oh dear me... Snow Grouse
Nose: Well... alcohol is present. Maybe something citrus. Hard to tell really. Poor seems a good word.Taste: Caramel abound.... and little else.Finish: I do believe that somebody forgot to add a finish…
Rather Rum-drum Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask
Nose: Rum for sure but also hints of toffee. Spices and vanilla present as well.Taste: Spicy with ginger present. The sweet flavours of toffee and vanilla are present and, again, you can detect the rum…
Sweet oak Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak
Nose: Sweet with honey, vanilla and butterscotch. A hint of citrus fruits and barley before the oak.Taste: The sweet theme continues with vanilla and then light spices mixed with the oak.Finish: Dry..…