Tastes

Aroma of crisp green apple, honey, and some oxidized sherry notes. Flavor is toffee, black pepper, and a bit of apple as well. Quite soft, the bottle dubs it “the Gentle Dram,” and it’s not wrong.

Nose is chocolate, chiles, campfire. Definitely makes sense as an Islay whisky finished in stout casks. Taste is pretty classic Lagavulin up front, albeit with the volume turned down. Honeyed smoke with some medicinal notes. The finish is really something though: those chocolate and coffee notes from the Guinness show up and you get a bitter beer finish. Tasty stuff, and a great dram to celebrate my first Father’s Day, especially given the production story!

Nose - marzipan, golden syrup, apple, a bit vinous Taste - pretty soft/mild. Lightly sweet with a bit of holiday spice Perfectly pleasant, but not very complex. Best neat.

Nose - pear, clove, honey, toast Taste - vanilla custard, clove/allspice, maple Not bad, pretty tasty after dinner whisky. Doesn’t live up the Talisker or Oban bottlings in the GOT line, but is up there.

Nose - I get burnt sugar and pepper spice. Maybe poached pear as well. Taste - Sweet and salty to start, with that distinct maritime Talisker flavor. Finishes warm and spicy, almost like smoked paprika. Good stuff, reminds me of the 10, but with the volume turned down a touch. Probably my favorite of the GoT single malts. Enjoyed neat or with ice.

Nose: Honey drizzled apples, iodine, freshly cut grass, wisp of smoke Taste: Well-balanced up front with some fruity and grassy notes. Just a hint of peat with a vanilla finish.