Tastes

(Lot 60135, bottled 15.01.2015) Tasted 6 April 2016. Appearance: Light amber / light tea colour. Nose: Not very pungent, rounded, butter caramel (but still rather dry), wood, spices, some fruitcake. Even just a few drops of water seem to literally water down the nose of this whisky. Taste: Fruity, a bit spicy, initially quite dry. Fruitcake, wood tannins. Not very complex. Sweetness arriving in the finish, which is long. With a few drops of water it retains and even increases its wood spiciness and the finish seems less sweet. Overall: Nose and finish are its best features. Add no (or very, very little) water to this one. Overpriced.

Honey & sherry on the nose, smooth & sweet in the mouth. Very enjoyable.

More interesting in the mouth than on the nose. Smokey but not very peaty.

Quite nice. Much more flavour than the regular Tullamore DEW. The 55% ABV helps of course but it's also richer, more sherried and creamier. However at 3 times the price of the regular version I'm not convinced that this is value for money.

Very smooth and long. Little peat and even less of the typical Islay seashore related notes.

The peaty, medicinal, iodine & seaweed rich nose is An Cuan Mor's strongest feature, followed by the mouth coating, peated, sherry-sweet taste second and finish third. Good, expensive and not entirely balanced.

Nose: Peat, sherry, honey, vanilla and some citrus. Also, further into the smell, some not so attractive synthetic notes. Taste (needs a few drops of water!): Peaty and peppery. Traces of mint and chocolate. Quite nice. Finish: Medium long with pepper, chocolate and cereal but also some bitterness at the end.. All in all a very nice (for the price) everyday, peated dram! Good value at DKK 139 / EUR 18.50 (less than half the price of Johnny Walker Black Label).

Traditional Islay & Laphroaig notes of peat, boathouse, iodine etc. combined with vanilla (from the new American oak casks I suppose). Not quite my cup of tea.