Tastes

Nose: peat, some tiny floral notes, baked apples with cinnamon. Palate: robust, chewy, caramel, a hint of heat. Nice medicinal peat notes. A nice bit of sweetness. A little bit of oak. Hint of fruitiness. Oily but not as oily as i remember it being. Finish: lingering, a little rubbery and phenolic.

Nose: slight phenols, a bit of peat, slight smoke. A slight hint of fruit (berry?) from the sherry casks. A touch of charred wood. Palate: a strong malty note, getting a tiny bit of the iodine/medicinal notes but way more toned down than normal. Sweeter than the 10 I remember. A tiny bit of fruit here. A hint of oak here too. More flat than the 10. Mild vanilla. Really low ABV. Finish: not as lingering and oily as the 10, but still there a bit.

Nose: bright fruity and light. Bit of butterscotch. A hint of vanilla Palate: simple, malty with some oatmeal. A bit fruity. Simple Finish: a bit flat and drying.

Nose: Strong earthy sherry notes, mild licorice, some woodiness. A hint of caramely malt Palate: Some really strong earthiness, dries into oak. Some strong/sweet sherry here too. Fruity but in like a fruit peel/pomace kind of way. Finish: tiny bit of astringent malt, and a bit of drying oak. Lingering fruit sharpness

Nose: peat, smoke, vanilla, molasses, Palate: slight peat, vanilla, a hint of smoke. Molasses, oak, a mild cherry. A bit of rye spice Finish: mild phenols, oak tanins

Nose: can see the anise here, oak, cinnamon, nutmeg Palate: fruity, chewy, a little bit spicy. There's a note that i can only describe as Glenlivet-y. Finish: full bodied yet a little thin, oaky.

Nose: dusty corn, a slight vanilla, oak Palate: cherry, vanilla, maybe slight cherry blossom or honeysuckle definitely a floral note. A tiny bit of cinnamon/baking spice. Finish: some cherry and wood. Smooth, not lingering super long.

Nose: some fresh mint, candied orange, Palate: a very strong dry woodiness. A dusty corn note. Slight molasses. Very smooth with a hint of heat. A tiny nuttiness. Finish: drying and mildly woody.

Nose: peat, some slight bacon fat. Palate: less viscous than the cask strength. Peat is balanced well with the malt notes. Has mild salinity, a strong full mouthfeel. there's some more sweetness here. This is a much more well rounded expression (at least compared to the cask strength from Tuesday). Actually love this. Some small notes of brown sugar. There's some mild salinty, and a tiny bit of meatyness à la ardbeg Finish: some barrel char, wood tanin, mild peat phenols.

8/13/21. 55.95% ABV; 111.9 proof; Barrel 708 Nose: initially a salty buttery popcorn, some peat, salted caramel. Maybe a tiny hint of plum or dark fruits. Palate: initial hit is a mix of smoke, sweetness, and wood. Does have a solid viscosity. Peat comes out more as you sip, its a strong earthy note. Peat here, while strong, is a very different experience from islay peat. This is a distinctively stronger decomposition notes. Adding a decent amount of water tones down some of the harsher peat decay and brings out the barrel and malt notes more. Definitely get more caramel, toffee, and butterscotch here. And a tinge of something brighter, not quite a citrus but something mildly floral. Finish: woody and peat oily. Woodier once water is added