Tastes

Months later, pretty much the same opinion. Its decent like macallan even more prominent orange note than macallan but doesn’t hold a candle to better sherry drams like glendronach, bunnahabhain and redbreast.

First taste of the sample, not impressed but might need to oxidize in the bottle. The scent is amazing, the most beautiful oloroso notes but it tastes like a slightly less astringent, more viscous, more integrated Kilchoman Sanaig. It doesn’t measure up to ballechin stfc bourdeaux or even ballechin 10 yr standard.

Top notch peated label from a top notch distillery. Even though this is the bottom shelf ballechin, it’s excellent. Highland peat and sugar. Thin mouthfeel and fast finish due to low abv but comparable in quality to ardbeg 10. I would get this again even though there are phenomenal cask strength finishes in the SFTC series. Great representation of Highland peat, unlike the mediocre and forgettable highland park 12.

Well made whisky as is always the case with Laphroaig expressions but I can’t get pass the unappealing cherry cough syrup which is the dominant note.

Second tasting just not very good sherried malt. Doesn’t compare to the other scotches i named in prior note. Amateur shit.

Too young to be good, some burn and too malty. But a much older version of this preferably at cask strength might be amazing, an orchard fruit salad a la balvenie tun. Is that why peeps go bananas for black art? Is that a cheaper version of tun?

This is a good expression of a great wheated bourbon but there are so many cask strength expressions out there at the same price that it doesn’t make sense to settle for this one

Meh. Standard highland. Orchard fruits, no sediment/peat. Ok viscosity.

Another tasting, apple/pear notes on the palate with nice sediment and viscosity. Still meh though.