Tastes
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Laphroaig 10 Year Cask Strength (Batch 1)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Oct 2019. Clear medium deep gold. Powerful sweet smoky, old smoked leather, oily bar, cigarbox, heavily charred apple wood, old cedar floor, smoked chilli powder, Korean gochujang, and smoked game meat in nose. Warm rich iodine chicken soup, charred sugar wood, campfire, scorching pancetta, sweet smoky maltose in the aftertaste. Yummy finish with spicy sweet smoky game meat finish. Outstanding. -
Lagavulin 12 Year (2018 Special Release)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited December 8, 2019)Clear light gold. Aromatic oily smoky malt biscuits, cedar leaves, iodine brine, campfire, smoked herbs in nose. Super strong peated smoky dominant. Campfire, healiy burned maple wood, salty oily rich smoky malt biscuits, and sweet smoky maltose in the aftertaste. Just not as sweet as the benriach curious 10, nor the balanced complexity of the ardbeg corryvreckan, but like a go-getter fresh man directly from the island. -
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Oct 2019. Clear medium gold Powerful sweet smoky, Christmas cake, crème brûlée, heavily charred apple word, campfire, scroched game meat in the bouquet. Super strong explosive warm rich sweet smoke, campfire, brine, salty fire fried bacon, smoky malt biscuits, maltose sweet, old leather and old furniture in the palate. Awesome balance long lingering rich sweet smoky finish. -
Old Ballantruan The 'Peated Malt'
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited September 16, 2022)Oct 2019. Clear medium gold. Aromatic plum, brine, ripen critrus, smoky pomelo and overcooked egg white in nose. Warm rich smoky malt biscuits, brine, iodine, and a little sweet vanilla in the aftertaste. Good balance peated malt finish. -
BenRiach Curiositas 10 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited November 3, 2019)Oct 2019. Clear medium gold. Aromatic sweet smoky, vanilla, licorice, honey, maltose, and fired apple wood in nose. Warm rich toffee, peated smoke, mocha and honey cake in palate. Great balance, sweet smoky peat finish. -
Port Charlotte PC7 Sin An Doigh Ileach
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited November 13, 2022)Oct 2019. Clear light gold. Aromatic iodine, farmyard, campfire, oily brine and warm rich peated smoky in nose. Sea salt, shore rocks, seaweed, warm rich oily malt biscuits, and some hospital iodine in palate. Awesome balance high long isle finish. -
Octomore 07.2/208 Cask Evolution
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed October 26, 2019 (edited November 21, 2019)Oct 2019. Clear light gold. Aromatic campfire, brine, Smoky dried herb, oily malt biscuits in the bouquet. Peated Smoky flavor with warm vanilla and dried nuts in palate. Awesome balance with warm peated dried spiciest and tea leaves in the aftertaste.
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