Tastes

Batch 10 / Year 2021. 63.65% / 127.3 Proof. Sample bottle Nose: Sweet vanilla, stewed apples and baking spices. Like fresh baked apple pie. Honey, bright and floral. Palate: Slightly buttery with salted caramel and a hint of honey. Stewed apples, baking spices. Some mild black peppers which trail into hints of oak and tobacco. Final Thoughts: Very enjoyable, on the nose and palate. It's subtle, yet rich in flavor. At times, it brought back childhood memories of Werther's Original Caramel hard candy, caramel apples and fresh baked apple pies.

Nose: Cherry syrup, with sweet vanilla, cinnamon, cloves and stewed stone fruits. Palate: Taste as it smells. Cherry, stew fruits, red berries, sweet vanilla and baking spices. Slightly buttery on the mouth with sweet, salted carmel and a touch of mild oak on the finish. The pour is complex, finding different notes with each sip. Mouth coating long finish and quite enjoyable. Final Thoughts: Very enjoyable pour. It doesn't drink like it's proof with very little burn, and has the complexity and rich flavors as you would want from something straight from the barrel.

Nose: Sweet honey, butterscotch, cinnamon, cloves, bananas, pears, and golden raisins. Palate: Sweet honey, butterscotch, oak spices and malts. Vanilla, stone fruits, and golden raisins. Finish medium with sweet vanilla, oak spice, and hints of tobacco. Final Thoughts: Good dram. Complex with good viscosity and well balance.

Nose: Sweet vanilla, pears, green apples, orange zest, cinnamon and hints of oaks. Palate: Sweet honey, vanilla, citris, cinnamon, rye and oak spices. Finish is medium with sweet vanilla, oak, rye spice, malts and mild tobacco. Final Thoughts: Good dram. Bright, a bit young but balanced and enjoyable.

Nose: Sweet honey, stewed fruits, cherries, prunes, raisins, cinnamon, and hints of peat smoke. Palate: Stewed fruits, prunes, raisins, malts, oak, and baking spices - cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom. Leathery, and sweet tobacco. Finish is medium, with sweet vanilla, baking spices - ending with leather, sweet tobacco and hints of oak. Final Thoughts: Good dram. Complex with good viscosity and well balance.

Nose: Sweet honey, stewed fruits, cherries, prunes, raisins, cinnamon, and hints of peat smoke. Palate: Stewed fruits, prunes, raisins, malts, oak, and baking spices - cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom. Leathery, and sweet tobacco. Finish is medium, with sweet vanilla, baking spices - ending with leather, sweet tobacco and hints of oak. Final Thoughts: Good dram. Complex with good viscosity and well balance.

Nose: Butterscotch, red cherries, raisins, bananas, apricots, cinnamon with hints of chocolates. Palate: Pepper and oak spice. Buttersotch, raisins, cherries, bananas and apricots. Finish is long rich chocolate with oak, leather, and sweet tobacco. Final thoughts: Good dram. Complex with good viscosity and well balance.

Nose: Iodine and sweet peat upfront. Sweet honey, vanilla, briny salt, stewed fruits and baking spices. Heavy on the iodine, peat and salt brine. Palate: Rich, peat smoke, saltwater, with malts. Sweet honey, vanilla, with stewed fruits. Long finish with baking spices vanilla, honey, leather, sweet tobacco, licorice and cardamom. Final Thoughts: Tasted this against batch 12 and prefer the batch 12 slightly over this batch. Both are wonderfully complex, but this batch seems a bit less balanced with more heavy on the iodine and salt brine. That said, this was still great and incredibly complex. Each sip reminds me of roasting marshmallows (semi-burnt), on a seaside beach, over a hickory wood campfire.

Nose: Sweet peat, honey, vanilla, stewed fruits, baking spices, hints of briny salt and iodine. Stewed fruits has apples, pears, apricots and red bearies. Compared to batch 11, the floral and fruity scent is more pronounce due to the subdued iodine, and salt brine. Palate: Rich, peat smoke, saltwater, with malts. Sweet honey, vanilla, with stewed fruits. Long finish with baking spices vanilla, honey, leather, sweet tobacco, licorice and cardamom. Final Thoughts: Tasted this against batch 11 and prefer this slightly over batch 11. Both are wonderfully complex, but this batch seems a bit more balanced. Each sip reminds me of roasting marshmallows (semi-burnt), on a seaside beach, over a hickory wood campfire.

Nose: Sherry, brown sugar, baking spices, stewed apples, pears, plums, and raisins. Palate: Rich, peat smoke, saltwater, brown sugar, vanilla, with sherried fruits. Apples, plums, raisins, and red berries. Long finish with baking spices, brown sugar, vanilla, leather, sweet mild tobacco, and licorice. Final Thoughts: By itself it's an interesting bottle. Tasting it with a Laphroaig CS batch 11 and batch 12, I can't help but notice that it does subdue the typical notes that I love about Laphroaig. That said, it's complex and I find differents notes with each nosing and tasting.