Tastes

Nose: dried tropical fruit, lump charcoal, minimal peat, light nectar, dry smoke Taste: sweet mango, light warm grains, background barrel spice, graham cracker, light pleasant cheese Finish: banana pudding, cinnamon, clove, lemon zest, apple sauce waaaaay at the end

Nose: warm caramel, salt spray, vanilla, warm light spices Palette: spice forward, reminiscent of Uigeadail up front, warm toasted grain, orange cupcake, ardbeg de-clawed, still complex Finish: relatively short and succinct light spice and oil lingering

Nose of: Fresh pepper, herbs, pine and light salty leather. Palate: rich, light oil texture, smoked meat, and grass. Finish: long smooth smoke and oil salty dark chocolate tobacco.

Not generally a bourbon drinker, pretty decent. Brown sugar, cherry and barrel spice on the nose, punches you in the face with vanilla, molasses/dark caramel, and some background dark chocolate and coffee on the taste. Finish is alcohol bite, giving way to smooth wide vanilla sweetness, and a bit of tannic bitterness from the barrel.

Slightly sweet smoke and light baking spices cover you like a warm blanket in the middle of winter, fades into savory smoked meat. Exceptional dram.

Honey and malt on the nose with a bit of ethanol bite. Pretty tame on the palette with a bit of char coming through towards the finish, relatively disappointing finish and overall nothing extremely interesting.

Classic speyside flavors, nice light smoke and peat on the sea side.