Tastes
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Bowmore 10 Year Dark & Intense
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed March 24, 2022 (edited January 23, 2024)Peat aroma has a good amount of iodine. Good chunk of smokey peat on the tongue, with a hint of sweeter barbeque smoke. Body is medium thin, tail is lightning fast. There is some lingering flavor but the big hit of flavor from the start evaporates almost instantly. Well done, well balanced, not the full journey of many other islays though.Bowmore Distillery -
Cardhu Gold Reserve (Game of Thrones-House Targaryen)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed March 24, 2022Dark woody aroma. Light sweetness but predominantly oak. Very nice. Intricate aged taste, rich wood and mild spice, caramel vanilla sweetness. Body and flavor are balanced perfectly, long tingly tail. Well done.Lagavulin Distillery -
Talisker Select Reserve (Game of Thrones-House Greyjoy)
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed March 24, 2022 (edited October 10, 2022)Strong aroma, mild fruit and strong buttered popcorn. Flavor is equally good, butterscotch and sweet fruit, red grape without the tang. Maybe raisins. It's unfortunately lacking body, the flavor is magnificent but I wish it was much richer. Good amount of salt and wood on the tail. Only points it loses is the body, the flavors are perfect.Lagavulin Distillery -
Mossy floral aroma, peat and must. Flavor is a tidal wave of oak and caramel, perfectly blended. I'm sure there's peat smoke in there too but the balance and high abv just make the flavor one big storm. Rich and fiery, with an incredibly spicy tail. Best lagavulin expression I've ever had. 5+Lagavulin Distillery
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Lagavulin Offerman Edition 11 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed March 24, 2022 (edited November 8, 2022)Heavenly smell. Spicy oak, maybe toffee. Could smell this forever. Deep oakey flavor, so much so that it's borderline bitter. Musty, tastes like it's twice it's age. Estringent tannin notes on the tail, but more pleasant than the 10 year.Lagavulin Distillery -
Lighter aroma, mostly barley and cereal for me. Flavor is rather mild to start, grows over time. Deeper sweetness, toffee and molasses but what I'm mostly getting is black tea that's been steeped too long. Mild tannin bitterness, definitely unique. Don't get much tea flavors in scotch so that's cool.Lagavulin Distillery
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Lagavulin 9 Year (Game of Thrones-House Lannister)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed March 24, 2022Complex woody smell, smells far older than it's age. Like an old wood paneled study. Flavor is wood and spice, but noticably thin. Little richness, flavor dissipates quickly. What tail there is shows a tingly oak spice that's rather nice, black pepper. Still well done.Lagavulin Distillery -
Malty sweet aroma, little bit of fruit. Flavor is immediately a bigger hit than 2017, intense and rich. Not a fiery peat, but a heavy butterscotch sweetness with some kick from the proof. A light pepper spice shows up on the tail, which is wonderfully long. The sweetness lingers there perfectly, you can sit with the flavor forever. Excellently done.Lagavulin Distillery
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