Tastes

Huge peat, but sweet like cotton candy & fried doughnuts. Sweet red fruit undertones -- strawberry danish. Medium-full bodied with an odd, but not unwelcome vegetal note of celery. Ashes in the finish -- buttered toast (maybe a bit overly toasted). This is what my wife picked up on when she said it tasted almost like mezcal. Very interesting. Not as smooth as the quarter cask, but a welcome addition.

The nose is soft & light, mildly sweet fruits & marzipan. A little light heather smoke, maybe. Medium body, still sweet, almond shortbreads. Long, tingling finish. Not bad at all.

Absolutely glorious nose -- vanilla, apricot, soft lemon...very pretty stuff. Apricots and soft fruits reappear on the palate, with something else rich and extremely satisfying, something like buttered French bread with marmalade. Light to medium body, long silky finish. Very impressive.

Lots of yummy vanilla-sweet peat in the nose, followed by an extraordinarily creamy palate, almost like white chocolate. Lovely to roll around & savor. My favorite Laphroaig.

Huge peat up front -- a savory nose with Bruichladdich's signature vegetal astringency. Orange zest perks up the palate and the peat becomes nearly chewable. An almost edible Scotch!