Tastes

Nose: peat, tangerine, salt water pool Palate: thin mouth feel, peat, sea salt, tangerine, faint oak and tropical fruits like guava and passion fruit. Surprisingly mellow and agreeable for such a young islay Finish: long lingering finish. strong peat, mild smoke, dessert orange/chocolate combo. Overall: like Laguvulin 8 but fruitier and less aggressive peat

Nose: perfumey and light. Fruit salad, mango, papaya, tangerine. Palate: hits a little higher than the proof. Rum finish shows with vanilla extract, honey and passion fruit. Classic speyside barley flavor rounds out all the sweetness to make it well rounded. Finish: short-medium finish. Barley, vanilla and tangerine. Overall: great well rounded daily supper. Will be great out on the porch in the summer. Good value.

Solid whisky, it’s off the beaten path. Combines rye, bourbon and islay scotch in a nice way. The good characteristics of each part of the blend shine. Herbal spicyness from the rye, some barrel char and honey from the bourbon and some peat from the islay.

Candy corn, rye and a little grassy/herbal. Mellow at 86 proof, good background whisky. Very good value at $30

This bourbon reminded me of an older Jefferson’s ocean. Nose is heavy on oak. Taste is sweet, has a light vanilla frosting and sprinkle taste. Very prominent charred oak flavors that balance out the sweetness nicely. A tiny bit of barrel bitterness on the finish. Finish is medium-long. Amazing bourbon for the price, will buy again.

Herbal and grassy with a big amount of rye spice. Sweet but not too sweet, it reminds me of sprinkles but I’m not sure if that’s how to put it. It was good, but left a little to be desired in terms of flavor intensity. A lot of good flavor but it was pretty mild except for the rye spice.

Like a love child of sherried scotch and Irish whisky. Prominent buttery vanilla and biscuit taste. Some sherry in the background. Really unpleasant mouth feel. For 43% alcohol it has a shocking amount of alcohol bite that stings the tongue with a long bite-y finish

A great daily sipper. Very classic bourbon flavors: oak, honey and vanilla. Smooth as hell, no bite. At 40% the nose is thin. Nothing crazy but it’s an incredible deal for the price.