Tastes

Batch #54 - Cask strength 60,7% Nose: Smooth, not very volatile, inviting with caramelized cherries, sherry and chocolate. Let me jump right in. Taste:I was expecting to add water to this, but it goes down dangerously smooth. Might add water next time to free up more flavous. Initial notes are honey and berries. must investigate further, but for now, i love it, and it was as steal aswell!

Cereal, pears and oak, easy drinkable but with a slightly sharp whip of the alcohol.

Nose: Candied apples, raisins & cherries. deep dark fruitiness. Wow, extremely voluminous mouthfeel, it sucks the oxygen out of your mouth it's so overwhelming. Eventually notes of cereal and bittersweet grapes comes through. Peppery and pleasantly oiled finish

My goto for Old fashioned

Mild nose: acidic fruits, lemon, seaside, bit of clove. Taste: Smokey lemon that quickly explode in pepper and an oily mouthfeel. After a while lemon and toffee make a comeback. Recommendable? Possibly, but it's a bit of an aquired taste for me, and not a "classic".

Konichiwa Yamazaki san. Sweet but complex on the nose, rice crispies, vanilla and orange mixed in with a bit of honey set on a backdrop of sherry and wispy smoke. Taste is incredibly smooth, sweet yet balanced. ginger root, orange blossoms and possible samurai blood? I receive with great honor.

This note is for the very last dram of the bottle, and it seems to have lost some of it's initial bite over the 2 years since opening. (I know, shame on me, I have been in other bottles) Nose is still good and smokey, but it doesn't overpower the room anymore. now it's just deep and delicate, still complex with peat and wood notes, bit of vanilla and iodine. Taste is now quite smooth, almost refreshing, and while i might miss the initial jolt of tar on the tongue, it's still damn good. it's peaty and salty how i like it and more toffee than i remember. Mouthfeel is somewhat oily, but not quite, aftertaste seems a little off. Good warm stomach feeling.

Nose is sweet and fruity, munch banana, reminds me of Pisang Ambon, but also notes of malt and fresh green leaves. Alcohol is quite sharp and almost burns the nostrils. Sweet on the tongue, again with banana notes, quite smooth, but still with an edge. It's interesting but not quite up my alley, maybe for a dessert mixin?

Ah, the Laphroaig PX triple whammy. If you like islay drams, this is one of the finest. The nose is surprisingly delicate. Yes, it is peat and bogwater, but it's so well balanced with hints of seaspray, seaweed, citrus, iodine and a rich sweetness from the PX sherry, quite floral actually, and not super smokey like Lagavulin 16. The mouthfeel is light and smooth, almost refreshing, but don't be fooled, it kicks in after the jump. Taste is quite smokey, but still sweet, complex and rich. Leather, tart red berries, salt and a bit of toffee - and i love it.