Tastes

Nose: Sweet golden raisins, red apple and berries, tropical fruits, some spices. Oak appears on the retro. Palate: Super creamy and soft like butterscotch candy. Baking spices and vanilla pod. Dried green fruits. Finish: Pineapple and a peppery oaky spice. Stewed apples right at the end. Delicious.

Nose: Incredible aroma of apple cider or calvados, vanilla, conference pear and subtle baking spices. Palate: Nice full, creamy mouthfeel. Lightly stewed apples with sweet cinnamon and brown sugar. Some vanilla cream adds to the ensemble. Finish: Packs a bit of heat at first but it dampens down after the first sip. Gentle oak spice that melts away leaving a beautiful finish of apple crumble and custard. The bourbon influence on this is very prominent and delicious. It carries the typical bourbon notes but without the heavy oak. I was worried about the ABV at first but it's surprisingly light. It's easily the best whisky I've had to date.

Nose: Wood. Sweet, dried red fruits. Maple syrup. Palate: Light and thin body. Raisins. Some very subtle jamaican ginger cake notes or maybe soreen cake. Finish: Gentle barrel wood. Developing baking spices. The aftertaste is that of a tawny port with a tannic dryness. I wasn't sold on this at first but it got a little more complex in a short amount of time. It's easy to dismiss this as cheap swill but it has its place.

Nose: Sweet peat and salty brine. Cracked black pepper. Some light cereal notes. Palate: Sweet and jammy straight off the bat. Stone fruit and icing sugar. Tastes like a sweetened lapsang souchong black tea. Finish: The sweet smoke lingers on with sticky stone fruit jam and the black tea notes wander in and out.

46% ABV Nose: Fig and dark sweet cherries. Some chocolate notes. Palate: Loads of baking spices. Dark chocolate. Dark plummy fruit. Malt. Finish: A wave of cinnamon spice that leaves behind a dry grape-skin tannic finish. I'm left with raisins.

Nose: Zesty and green orchard fruits. Light honey and prominent cereal sweetness. Some floral and white wine notes. Palate: A touch oily and rich. The flavour of sea air and milk chocolate digestive biscuits. Finish: An initial musty woody spice that melts into a spicy sweet chocolate covered ginger. Dry with a slight aspirin finish. A stone fruit flavour appears on the aftertaste.

Nose: Big dried pineapple presence. Sultanas. A sweet wood note. Some bakers spices. Palate: Stewed sticky orchard fruits. The spices come through a bit more. Sweet cinnamon bark. Finish: Warming spicy finish. Some raw chocolate comes through. The dried fruit sherry cask flavours are the main influence on the finish.

Nose: Loads of vanilla custard and brown sugar. Slight almond note. Palate: Honey, red berries, red apple, vanilla cream. Good cinnamon spice. Finish: Red fruits, tawny port very prominent which leads to a lovely long dry finish. Notes: Delicious. That is all.

Nose: Stewed apples, floral, light honey notes, fresh cut green apples on the high notes. Palate: Loads of cooked apple and brown sugar. Finish: An instant developing spice heat. The apples roam around as an aftertaste and just wont let go. Notes: Drinks much lighter than its ABV.

Nose: Diluted antiseptic, sweet smoke, pear skin, stewed apple. Retro gives off some briny qualities. Palate: Rich and slightly thick mouthfeel. Some oak wood spice. A touch of cashew. Finish: Good length with flavours of pork sausage and sweet BBQ smoke, dried fruits like sultanas. Drinks like a lower ABV whiskey but in a good way. The peat and sherry are quite nicely balanced. It won't excite those looking for a peat or sherry bomb but it ticks the box for anyone that enjoys those flavours.