Tastes

Nose: fresh with notes of plum and sweetgrass. Palate: exceptionally smooth; bright white peach and butter biscuits; sultanna and candy corn. Finish: long and smooth; light honey. Overall: terrific blend; well-rounded; sweet and smooth.

Nose: Sweet pomegranate and vanilla; creamed honey. Palate: Creamy honey, orange and peat smoke; candied yams and black pepper. Finish: Long, sweet creamed honey spread. Beautifully layered peat and wood. Overall: Stellar whisky!

Nose: Salt and green grass, pine, melon, pineapple and waves of peat. Palate: Sweet, peaty, briney, with bbq pineapple and cedar. Finish: Long, sweet, peaty, dry. Water brings out white pepper.

Nose: Heavy cherry and raisin, oak and smoke, leather, and kelp. Palate: Sweet cherry, raisin and pecans, vanilla and oak and peat. Finish: Medium but sweet and smooth, cherry and leather, peat. Water brightens the berry and wakes up the peat smoke.

Nose: Berry compote, vanilla, demerara, spice. Palate: Vanilla cream, bourbon, oats, stewed berries, honey, and light peat. Finish: Long, smooth, and sweet. Water brightens and brings in more berry and sweetness.

Nose: Floral, peach, pepper, leather, hint of smoke. Palate: Smooth, apricot, honey, spice; fruitcake. Finish: Long and smooth finish; honey and figs; hint of smoke and leather. Water opens up the apricot more and brings in more sweetness.

Nose: damper and more subdued in comparison to the regular quarter cask; dates and pecans, note of corn. Palate: sweet stewed strawberries, macadamia, pecan, caramel, allspice, cinnamon and leather. Finish: long syrupy, sweet, raisiny and resinous, with a hint of spice—like a Mackintosh’s toffee bar. Water opens up the spicy notes. Cask 53; Bottle 43167, 56.9%

Nose: Cherries, oak, malt, orange blossom, stone fruit, honey, and peat. Palate: Sweet cream, custard, stewed peaches, brown sugar, layers of peat. Finish: Long, creamy, sweet, peaty with notes of spice. Water opens up the orange and honey notes and tempers the peat; adds in some oak. Compared to the 10.1, the 10.1 has more berry and tobacco, more brine, and the peat is more earthy. The 11.1 is sweeter and has more custard and stone fruit. They’re totally different drams.