Tastes

Damn this is a very fine dram. It just got better and better. 4, 4.25 and touching 4.5. I reckon with more time it may have gone from 4.25 to 4.5 to solid 4.5. Salty, barbecue, fig, orange fruits, smokey aftertaste which warms your mouth well after the whiskey is consumed. I'd love to work through a bottle as I reckon it could be the next Bunnahabhain 18 type sleeper hit which over a year just keeps getting better. Although saying that after time open I start getting that cat pee flavour unique to bowmore which grows prominant. Still i have to call it on what I have and at $250+USD I think a 4.25 is fair. I could get nearly 3 Bowmore 18s for that price.

Well crafted dram but nothing special. Std middle of the road Kilchoman. Sweet peat and that's about it.

Hard to believe i'm drinking the same whiskey as whiskeyjug and worldwhiskey. It reminds me a bit of the terrible Brenne whiskey I had which had a candyfloss type flavour. This is really not good. Sweet artificial chai latte spicey whiskey. It is well balanced in terms of ethanol and flavor but man urgh I really do not like this. If you are a sweet chai latte type person you may love this not me.

Nice solid drop. Bit of weight balanced with a hint of smoke. Another Friday night poker session so wasn't paying huge attention to the dram but went down nicely.

After coming down off the highs of two rich Armangnacs this on first taste was disappointing however adding water really opened it up. As SH said vanilla, coconut, butter and more. It really is a lovely dram on the palate and lingers long on the side of the tounge. Now a couple of caveats. It says it's the peatiest dram...hmm that I just do not get. I suspect it's a case of measuring the peat levels of the barley then distilling it in a number of ways which miminise the end result. Although as PBM mentioned a while back there comes a point your palate really just doesn't notice additional pbm levels (I just noticed two acronyms with two separate meanings!). I think where this one falls short a bit for me is i'm not a fan of the more lighter acidic peat type drams I prefer the rich full bodied Lagavullin 16 or Laphroaig 10 / Lore approach. The aftertaste is less than the mid taste. It does carry with a nice warming glow but nothing spectacular. Still if you are a fan of this peat style I can see why you would rate it so highly it is excellently blanced and executed on the mid palate. I'd rate this 3rd after the Black Art 4 1990 and Octomore 10 yr Dialogos. 4.25 - 4.5.

Nice effort but older aged stmts are where it's at for me with GD.

Buttertart and lemon some noted which is a good way to sum this one up and I definitely get the later. It's a distillery I really want to love perhaps because it's (relatively) independent and from a great region but it by and large hasn't hit the mark. I just don't really enjoy the profile. The 12 year peaked at 3.75 for me and I'd like to try that again but the progress statements and this just don't float my boat flavour wise.

The last Tojak cask I had (also Benriach) was a collective meh from those at the tasting night. This was an improvement solely because it is a peated Tojak. Now I won't say peat solves all the world's problems (don't want to start another COVID-19 cure rumor) but man throw some in there and it does change the equation. Now it is the thinner more acidic aftertaste burny sensation peat which i'm not a fan of but it does add character. The Tojak is definitely in the background and you could have told me refill bourbon and I wouldn't have picked the difference.