Tastes

On the first whiff it is not really different from the Hedonism. The grain is pretty dominant making it very soft, which is not something i personally look for in a whisky. It has the same candy like sugary arome to it but with more body, which is caused by more spicyness, which i think is because it has malt in it. Overall in not really impressed by the nose. All right the malt and caramell show up on the palate with a little bit of pleasent bitternes, which goes on longer in the finish, but it still has the overly soft character of the grain Not impressed by this at all

At first deep dried fruits jumped out from the glass as soon as i lifted it up to my nose, but as i buried my nose deeper, peppery gingery cinnamony notes came alive - hence the name - and as i let it settle down, it became a little softer not as punchy as it was on the first whiff. As this has been sitting here for around 10 mins now, i smell baked granny smith apples, but it is softer, like it was baked in cream. Quite interesting, very voloptuous Very nice sweet and spicy arrival with vanilla, pleasant oak bitterness, little biz of black pepper (maybe, that could be just the 46%) and something that remind me of very slight smokyness, but definetly not peat smoke. Grain wax or oilyness, and more vanilla but slightly metallic Very pleasant experience

This Dalmore is my 2nd favorite out of the 12-15-Portwood trio. 12 is my fav fyi. Nose is very sweet with fresh dark fruits like plums,cherry and some other kind of berries, not like the dried fruit notes in the 12 and in other sherry cask matured whiskies. This very common among the port wine cask matured bottles as i have noticed, they are more fresh juicy fruity, and not oily kinda dry and buttery fruity as opposed to sherried bottles. There is also a little bit of coffe whiff in there, not always but sometimes, its more present in the finish, and some vanilla and caramel gets on top occasioanally. Water bring out a lot more of that caramel. The palate is everything the nose promises with a little added citrus zestiness, you can absolutely feel more heat because of the higher 46,5% abv. Water bring it alive some earthy roasty flavors emerge The finish more coffe but gentle and sour orangey or grapefruity. But like the aftertaste of the grapefruit in your mouth when the juices already passed. Conclusion is that i like this bottle very much, still dont like it more than the 12, but i gotta say im a little bit biases about the 12. Next stop is the 18 which has the same maturation of the 12 but longer.

I bought a sample of this from a fellow whisky lover. The first wiff was full of cotton candy amd vanilla and some not too rough peatsmoke, to refence it to something you have already tried: its far less agressive then a Laphroaig 10. The palate i cant quite grasp. Its some kind of nutty-vanilla taste. I cant decide if the spiciness is from the flavor or just the alcohol burning my tounge a little, since this is a NAS there could be younger whisky in there which will be a little more harsh. In taste it is like less vanilla-y candy-ish that you would expect from the nose, and there is no brine/salt/seaweed taste (which i do like btw). It is more of a gentle oaky peaty taste. Finish kinda the same as the palate, but creamy sweet. Quite nice i have to say

On nose heavy oak, peat and salt hits you at first, like salty peanut but then immediatly comes out some cotton candy too On the palate it is kinda medicinal for me, a lot like Laphroaig but its a little more zesty and spiky The finish is bitter oak, peat just a little sweetness. Very nice

Absolutely love it As soon as i’ve put my nose into the glass it reminded me of Lagavulin 16. Sweet smoke which surrounds the sweet fruites, however this sweetness was more present and more divided from the smoke then in Lagavulin. Also Lagavulin, being an Islay scotch has saltyness/brine to it and a little medicinal-ness. This has none, this peatsmoke is dry and sweet. And this delivers on the palate and finish too. Very great whisky, on a very good price. Totally recommend it

I know most people wont agree with me on this but its nose for me is very fresh, lively, light sweetness aslo very peaty, but wet, fresh peat, earthy, not burning peat. Also salty. The palate felt just as shiny as bright and light the whiskey is on the color. Little buttery, fruity kinda like fresh citrus. This is a beautifull whisky. Do yourself a favor and order one the next time you go into a bar.

Heavy peat, dry burning peat and some dark cherries on the nose, slightly medicinal too, but much less then the Laphroiag 10. Maybe a little bit chocolatey? Definetly darker, heavier elements. Palate is beautiful. You can feel the sherry influence as dark fruits like cherry, berries or plums, not much nutmeg/hazelnut if there is any. One of my best whiskey experiences. UPDATE, Finally bought a bottle I feel much less fruity sweetness both on the nose and palate. I believe because this is a fresh bottle, and the bar in which i tasted it had a bottle which has probably been open for a while. So this smells like a very heavy, intense, oily peatsmoke. Like if you throw seaweed fresh out of the ocean and throw it on a bonfire. I had this reverse experience with Laphroaig 10. The first tasting, was dry ashy burnt out campfire smoke, and tire amd seaweed with barely any sweetness but if there was any it was strongly medicinal. Then i forgot about it for like 4 months, and after that i recognized heavy citrus-ish mango-ish very nice sweetness. So im guessing, after a couple months, i will find the vanilla and cherry like flavora again UPDATE The halfway through the bottles it opens up to delicious tropical fruits like pineapple and mango. Fun Fact: if you taste a Kilchoman Sanaig with this, A-B comparison, the Lagavulin will taste like sour fresh apple juice. Wonderfull

Nose is heavy on the peat, but there is caramel salt and hazelnut in there along with sime dark dried fruits. Very intense Palate is also very peaty, heavy on the hazelnut also some smoked meat in there. Calling it very intense would be an understatement, it is overpowering. It was good, but was overpowering for me. Tbh this was my 4th peated single malt scotch at a whopping 54% ABV, so in not suprised.

Im editing my initial review on this one, after its second tasting. This like the best whiskey i have had so far. Yes the nose is burning campfire, tires, iodine, and seaweed. But this is just the beginning. If you smell this, you know what’s coming next will be the shit. It tastes absolutely wonderfull, the smoke and bright warm sweetness just fills your mouth your tounge. There is no more room for any more flavors, because this thing packs all of them. Its sweetness i cant quite grasp what it is composed of, but the taste is much less medicinal than the nose. More then great whiskey. Do yourself a flavor and taste it.