Reviews

Nose: Beach bonfire, strong sea spray, a bit of smoked meats and tarry rope. Pungent coastal peat, black pepper, a gentle sweet cinnamon note lingers here too along with vanilla and a bit of citrus. There's a hint of rubber and of mint as well. Palate: mildly oily, a bit of tobacco, a notable sea spray throughout and a vegetal green peat. A bit of black pepper and ginger alongside some seaweed. A bit of poached apple. Finish: a little bit of warmth, a rugged salt air weathered oak.

Nose: rich dark chocolate, dark fruits, chocolate covered raspberry, leather. Heather honey, lightly floral. Black cherry, chocolate covered raisin, a lasting earthy Sherry sweetness, a touch of burnt orange peel Palate: rich, full. Sweet syrupy dark fruits, dark chocolate. Getting some mixed berry jam with just a tiny hint of more acidic red fruit (e.g. raspberry, cranberry). As it transitions to finish, more prominent oak and leather. Finish: a bit of leather, gently warming Oak, lingering sticky dark fruit sweetness

Nose: strong ashy campfire, robust seaweed peat, a bit of smoked meat, brown sugar glazed ham, smoked/BBQ apple. Palate: nice strong coastal peat and salinity with a slight sweet oak. A bit of seawater, charred oak smoke. Finish: a bit of heat, black pepper, resolves into a phenolic peat you're going to taste tomorrow morning.

Nose: tarry rope, black pepper, vanilla cream, underlying vanilla bean, sea spray coming from a wave crashing into a jetty. A touch of smokey charred oak and a hint of seaweed. Palate: coastal, oceanic. Sweet, caramel and vanilla. Black pepper is notable here too. A nice little bit of campfire embers, charred oak. A hint of cayenne/chili spice. Slight nuttiness. Finish: charred oak both tannic and sweet, peppery. Warming.

Nose: sweet dark fruit sherry, honey, apple crumble, a little bit of orange peel and oak sweetness. A bit of vanilla and a hint of cola? Palate: thinner than the nose would lead on. Begins with an initial hit of fruity sherried sweetness with a bit of orange peel that quickly transitions to a slightly bitter cereal/malt note with supporting honey and oak. Finish: thinish and short. A little bit of dark fruit and a bit of spice.

Nose: cocoa powder, honey, chocolate covered raspberry, Orange peel, warming baking spices, a bit of jammy dark fruit, a little bit of vanilla cream. Palate: sweet and fruity without venturing into a sticky sherry bomb territory. Gives jammy dark fruit notes without overpowering some of the lighter honey and vanilla elements. Orange peel translates well here from the nose. A bit of marzipan. A nice hint of spiced/Aztec hot chocolate. There's a nice chewy/cerealy honeyed malt at the core here too. A nice but subtle mixed berry jam note (think both blackberry and raspberry, with maybe a hint of redcurrant thrown in). Finish: warming and cozy, dried Christmas spices, drying oak tannin, lingering dark fruit skin.

Nose: ethanol, hospital disinfectant, corn, brown sugar. Palate: buttered popcorn, spicy oak, hint of ginger. Cinnamon. Brown sugar. Vanilla. Finish: a bit hot. Charred oak.

Nose: vanilla, honey, maple, a nice bit of candied/dried fruit. Caramel. A slightly floral/herbal tone Palate: sweet honey, chewy malt, a nice sherry influence but not overly sticky. Vanilla. Finish: mildly tannic oak, a lingering sherry spice.

Coming into this after a pub trivia night so the palate is not very clean. Nose: sweet and creamy, black pepper, smouldering wet coastal campfire/peatfire. Vanilla, fragrant charred oak. This time I'm getting a slight touch of lambic touched oak? A nice coastal salinity. Palate: coastal, briny, roasted peanut, pepper. Charred oak bitterness. An undergirding bit of sweetness. I almost think I like this bottle more when it oxidizes a bit? While it brings out some notes I love I think it also it makes it sharper and less enjoyable overall. Finish: phenolic, salty, lingering smoke, a bit of metallic acridity

Nose: sweet caramel apple, honey (and also some floral honeysuckle) peach, lemon zest, a little creamy vanilla and a hint of spice, specifically a candied ginger. Splash of water makes this much more floral. Palate: a bit of sharp oak spice, citrus zest, candied ginger, red apple, chewy malt. Adding a splash of water retains most of the flavor, brings out a bit of caramel and obviously brings the heat down from 100°. Apple comes a bit more to the forefront and cerealy notes are more noticeable, floral tones also increase in prominence. Noticeable flamed lemon peel as it transitions to finish. Also brings out the salinity a bit more. Finish: a very slight sea breeze, lingering bitter and spicy oak, a bit of cereal