Tastes

This is lighter and a bit sweeter than other Islay single malts that I've had. The salty iodine is there on the nose, and the finish is a nice warming barbecue smoke cozy blanket. In between, modest peat and sweet grain are most prominent, along with a bit of seaweed. There is a bit of a drying aftertaste. Definitely pleasant, but not amazing.

Warming scents, very up front with toasted oak. Flavors of caramel, golden raisin, graham crackers, and soft peat smoke - this is no Lagavulin. Always a pleasant experience to have a bit of Johnnie Black - middle of the road, but in a good and familiar way.

Loved it. Caramel, vanilla, burnt orange peel, fresh cracked black pepper, and a bit of golden raisins. Lots of power, with flavor that pops but is very smooth at the same time. This is the cask strength, unpeated bottling - very different than typical Caol Ila.

Sweet and light (by liqueur standards). Benefits from ice or mixing. I can barely detect the tequila flavors, but they are there. Good with coffee. This is a distant, Mexican cousin of Drambuie - nothing wrong with that.

This has a fair amount of peat and iodine in its scent and flavor, a bit like Laphroaig in that way. There is also some smoothing sweetness from cask aging - vanilla and caramel, a bit of citrus too.. Very little of the pepper flavor I usually associate with Talisker. Not bad, and not what I expected. That said, for this sort of whisky, I would prefer Highland Park.