Tastes

The color is a rich gold and it clings to the glass while slowly dripping down. The nose is very peat forward and has straw, ripe fruit, brine, campfire smoke and leather. The palate is rich and mouth coating with plenty of peat, along with the straw, strong campfire smoke, some brine and the slightest hint of the fruit. The finish is long with peat that never seems to go away, with straw and brine that gently linger and fade.

The color is a vibrant gold which irregularly coats the glass with a nose that starts with a floral rye spiciness, vanilla, cherry liqueur, charred oak and a hint of caramel. The palate is somewhat rich and fills the mouth with a smooth rye spiciness that is balanced by vanilla, along with charred oak, cherry liqueur, caramel and a slight astringency mixed with cinnamon. The finish is medium long with fading rye and vanilla, while the astringency blends with cinnamon and the charred oak.

The color is rich golden and clings to the glass with a nose that is subtle, with dark chocolate and baking spices along with hints of ripe fruit, brine, charred oak and green apple. The palate is somewhat rich and fills the mouth with dark chocolate and charred oak, with subtle baking spices balancing it out while the fruity notes linger underneath. The finish is medium with dark chocolate and charred oak that slowly fades, while a hint of fruit gives you a reminder it is still there. The aftersniff has the smokiness of a blown out birthday candle, and the sweetness of grandma pearl’s lingering vaporub after she embraces you in an uncomfortably long hug.

The color is a rich amber, just as you would expect sherry to be with legs that immediately coat the glass. Sherry dominates the nose, along with smoke, seaweed, brine, ripe fruitiness and a hint of straw. The palate is rich and smokey, filling the mouth with the traditional Laphroaig flavor, but much smoother than the usual, younger offerings. The sherry sweetness balance the peatiness perfectly with the two flavors blending so that they keep each other in balance. The finish is medium long with the mouth staying smokey while the fruit sweetness subtlety fades.

The color is a rich amber, just as you would expect sherry to be with legs that immediately coat the glass. Sherry dominates the nose, along with smoke, seaweed, brine, ripe fruitiness and a hint of straw. The palate is rich and smokey, filling the mouth with the traditional Laphroaig flavor, but much smoother than the usual, younger offerings. The sherry sweetness balance the peatiness perfectly with the two flavors blending so that they keep each other in balance. The finish is medium long with the mouth staying smokey while the fruit sweetness subtlety fades.

The color is a deep, vibrant amber, almost red, with thin legs that cling to the glass. The nose is a wonderful mix of oak, cinnamon, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar and chocolate. The palate is rich and dry with cinnamon and chocolate that coats the mouth, with oak, vanilla, caramel, fresh bread and a nice creaminess. The finish is long and hot and spicy with oak and chocolate that linger while the rest of the palate fades to a nice sweetness.

The color is a dark amber/gold that costs the glass with oil. The nose is full of baking spices at first that gives way to ripe tropical fruit, vanilla custard, fresh cake and subtle hints of oak, dark chocolate and sea salt. The palate clings to the tongue and fills the mouth with leather, tobacco, cake, fruit, baking spices, straw and the subtle dark chocolate and oak. The finish is medium long with lingering straw, cake and vanilla custard, while fruit, dark chocolate and sea salt slowly fade.

The color is a medium gold, full of oil with a nose that is fruity, with subtle oak, vanilla, straw, sea salt, pineapple and grass. The palate is slightly spicy, with brine, vanilla, oak, leather, some cigar tobacco, all with underlying fruit. The finish is medium long, with the mouth tingling while straw, salt and oak fade gently. Classic Glenlivet flavors.

The color is a vibrant, rich amber, with a nose that is full of dry oak, leather, cinnamon, clove, campfire smoke, molasses and hints of vanilla and burnt caramel. The palate is dry and full of campfire smoke, dried oak, leather, tobacco, cinnamon, clove, vanilla, and some interesting hints of rye spiciness. The finish is medium long with a mouth full of campfire smoke and dried oak while the spiciness fades and reveals more of the vanilla.

The color is a rich amber with oil that quickly coats the glass. The nose spicy in a good way if you’re careful, with cinnamon, allspice, pepper, leather, rye, oak, vanilla and cooked brown sugar. The palate is dry but rich, with the spiciness being dominant, along with oak, sweet vanilla, brown sugar and caramel. The finish is long and spicy with lingering oak, vanilla and caramel that all keeps the mouth feeling hot and sweet for an eternity.