Tastes
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This is nice. Sweet peat, green apples, pears, a pleasant amount of heat. Laphroaig ashiness, unsurprisingly, wields a pretty heavy hand here. And I think it's funny they dumped Flaming Heart '18, Arcana, and Nectar remnants in there; like they're just cleaning up house. It's very drinkable. That being said, this is a very hard sell for $230. I'm a Compass Box fanboy and if I had a sample beforehand, I would have enjoyed it, but passed on the full bottle. $130? Sure. But all I seem to do these days is complain about price, so maybe that's a me-thing.230.0 USD per Bottle
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Balvenie 16 Year French Oak Pineau Cask Finish
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed October 2, 2022Maple syrup. Thick, long, sweet finish. Pleasant, but nowhere near $200 pleasant.200.0 USD per Bottle -
Ashy tires. A fairly standard Laphroaig and pretty unremarkable given some of the more unique Cairdeas' of the past. I'm pretty sure the "more salty" because of Warehouse 1 is the power of suggestion more than anything; and a few people have suggested that the Maker's barrels had a distinctive influence on this, but most Laphroaig is aged in ex-Maker's so it's not unique in that sense either. Not at all bad, but doesn't really seem special enough to make the Cairdeas line--one of the yearly releases I look most forward to.110.0 USD per Bottle
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