Tastes

Lots of apple juice, and light flowers on the nose. Palate is buttery and earthy, with malty sweetness, and a finish with just a tiny bit of barrel spice and more vegetal earthiness. Noticeably young, but really quite tasty!

Dark, earthy, rich nose. Buttery palate, with tons of roasted malt that melts into a dark chocolate finish. Like a slightly burnt, sweetened butter. Lots of dried fruits, and a little baking spice too. My favourite of the Lohin McKinnon malts!

This malt is funky and fun, luscious on the palate with agave and bright vegetal notes pairing with malt sweetness. Totally unique, and pretty great.

The youngness of this malt is the most apparent of Lohin McKinnon's whiskys. It's fairly ethanol forward, which is unfortunate because it has some really interesting earthy and wine tannin flavours. It just didn't hold up so well against the lovely luscious texture of their other malts in a flight.

I think this is a really great balance between sherry sweetness, brine, some herbal notes, and the tiniest bit of peat. I bet I would love it at a higher proof... alas it's still a treat at 43%. The first bottle of scotch I ever bought still holds up as it nears empty.

I like the proof on this dram. It's got a nice sherry sweetness on the front end of the palate, with salt and some Highland Heather floral notes coming on the finish. The nose is malty and a little salty. It's tasty!

On the nose, this was very similar to how I remembered Buffalo Trace. Very corn forward, but with an added depth from the barrel. On the taste though, totally different. Very oak forward, though not lots of tannins. It also had this sour and astringent note... I'm not sure if it was just the the bottle I tasted from, or just how I was feeling at the moment, but I found it off-putting. Or maybe it was just not what I was expecting--i didn't get the fruitiness other tasters described. Maybe I'll just have to try it again another day...

The nose is campfire, with green apple and lemon zest. Palate is a meaty smoke, sulfur, white wine, and pear and apple cider. The finish is oily, with lots of smoke and honey sweetness.

on the nose, heathery smoke, flowers, brine, vanilla cream, honey and apple. The palate is bitter, with peat, light stone fruits, a bit of brine and grassiness. The finish has light oak vanilla, brine and more smoke.