Reviews

It is a pleasant entry irish blend. Leagues beyond the bottom shelf irish whiskies, but still not very memorable. Good flavors, just muted by the 40% abv. Short finish, but still nice and good at a party!

A pinnacle of Irish Whisky! The 15 takes all that makes the 12 a classic and adds more maturity, while adding a thicker and stronger bite to it, in all the right ways! Needed more time to disect all the flavors, but was blown away by this kne right away. And man does 46% make a difference!

A fun whisky to taste and compare. The nose was a bit too floral and perfumy for me. But the palate had a nice density, and weight that surprised for a younger (NAS) Japanese whisky. The flavor profile is unique, the vanilla and floral notes play well with the soft smoke in the background. Nice very enjoyable, but didnt have any one note that made me need to come back to it. But still very fun to try, look forward to conparing this to the yoichi!

A great expression from Arran! I found this more viscous, full boddied, and more rounded than the 10. The red wine cask added a good depth of flavor that i felt improved upon the 10 considerably, while not rounding off the edges to much. Good finish, great experience.

A great addition to the Ledaig range. I prefer this to the 10 because of the sweetness from the Rioja cask. Also a celebration whisky, opened with some if my best frinds to celebrate the birth of my daughter! Nose: great roasting pork smoke, and a perfumy sweet red wine. Palate: a mouth covering syrup sweetness, peat in the mid palate, and ending with a spicy black pepper.

A surprising, fantastic, and way overdue release from Ardbeg! Nose: must, sandalwood, saw dust, mango Palate: so smooth for 61%! Not a typical Ardbeg bacon, but sweet burning wood chips, Mangos, a Springbanky surprise if flavor Finish: Shorter than expected for the high abv but I also don’t seem to care because of how tasty it was. Dangerously smooth for a CS Ardbeg! It’s hard not to compare this to a CS Springbank, and although different, the mango, and burnt notes wrapped together so perfectly are hard to ignore. Far to easy enjoy for 61% but with complexity and power to keep you going back again and again. Great scotch! Even better friends!

A revisit of a classic. Nose has a tropical fruit mixed with sea side smoke. Palate is short, but a nice peppery note and salty. No sweatness Finish is bitter, and short. But the bitter note that comes at the end is the longest lingering note and kind of leaves it on a less than great note. Strong start, but gets less great as it goes along.

A musty warm corn tennessee whiskey with a nice cinnamon nutty finish. Simple, pleasant, a bit too musty for my preference but enjoyable.

Incredible! The nose is full of beautiful mangos, lovely soft crushed pepper, a hint if pineapple and that fantastic cambletown funk! The palate is a thing of beauty, packed with everything in the nose, but ramped up with that 54.1% abv! It drinks so smooth for cask strength but so full and oily. The sherry is incredibly well integrated to the point that sweetness comes light rather than classic dark raisins and prunes from a typical sherry cask. A fantastic finish, long and powerful that makes me immediately miss this dram!

A fun nose, full of various fruits, sweet with less sharpness than expected for CS. Palate is incredibly balanced, combining the sweet thick sherry with the spicy and bold Madeira. Great finish!