Tastes

Nose: sour grapes and lemon. Light generic floral and foresty notes. A dense malty honey starts to develop after a time. Taste: light peat and malt turn into a light floral honey with orange and a denser toffee or caramel.

Nose: spiced malty cake with honey and light raisins. Taste: strong sweet malt and brown sugar with honey and dense figs. Grassy and spicy finish with light nutmeg and cinnamon. Peaches and apples gradually come to the front Fairly average and a good representation of the style.

Nose: cooked apples and dark caramel with cinnamon, chocolate and light tobacco. Taste: apple and cinnamon pastry. Water is needed to open this up. Adds intense oak and tobacco with a light vanilla sweetness.

Nose: intense dirt and oak smoke. A light stone fruit / chocolate with a light honeyed malt. Taste: intense burning green pine and honey with a hint of orange and peach. Water merges all the elements and reduces them down. A chocolate toffee almond note emerges with light vanilla on the taste. The nose adds a burnt grass note.

Nose: intense tobacco smoke with the light hint of mayo and blue cheese. A malty syrupy fruit cake hint is also present. On second pass it becomes fruity with pears, apples, and a slight hint of sharp strawberries. Taste: tobacco and intense smoke with a sharp lemon sweetness and a mild oak finish. A light fruitiness also comes in with pears and a mild honey. Water mediates the nose down. It also makes the taste more melded and adds a spicy finish. Still not as good as the curiositas but still decent enough

Nose: dense syrupy fruit cake, honey, pears and the slightest hint of amaretto. Taste: dense malt and pear with honey and syrupy sherry notes. Intense plum / date finish. Water cuts down everything and collapses the flavors

Nose: figs, cherry, strong malt. Taste: sharp honey, malt, and oak with cherry. Water dampens down the harsh notes, brings out more of the honey and oak.

Nose: honey, lemon, sharp bitter orange. Taste: butter cookie and spicy cinnamon. It has a really sharp and bitter finish. Water does not alter the nose but brings out the taste with more spicy cinnamon and honey with bitter grapes and dates with red wine. It's okay. Nothing amazing. Much better Irish out there.

Nose: sugar cane, apples, red grapes and light amaretto syrup. Caramel and cinnamon. Taste: figs and almond candy. Light cinnamon and oak. Water opens up heavy fruits such as apple and peaches. Taste turns more oaky and burnt caramel and cinnamon with a hint of grape on the finish. A lot of water is needed to bring out and balance the flavors but it’s worth it when you do.

Nose: maple, caramel, tree bark, light almonds and rye. Taste: briny sharp wood turns into fresh juicy apple and honey. Water makes everything flat. Doesn’t really bring out any new flavors.