Tastes

Light and coastal on the nose. Strengthens with some smoke on the finish.

Lemon first, then a sweet vanilla and green apple on the palate. The smoke is in the ashy finish. A very pleasant drinker.

Vanilla custard and stewed apple in the nose. Rich and fruity with burnt sugar on the palate - its quite aggressive here but mellows into a long, sweet pineapple cube finish.

Light peat and Bread and butter pudding on the nose. On the palate there’s a sweetness… a bit of cinnamon? Yes, its like apple pie and custard. The peat lingers nicely and warmly. Really rather good.

Rather pleasant light, buttery and bright dram with hints of spice, vanilla and citrus on the finish.

Sherry dominates the nose - boozy Christmas cake. On the palate there’s the warmth of orange marmalade and wintry spices - cloves, cinnamon, mace and then some chilli. The finish is sweet and fruity, with the return of that Christmas cake and hazelnuts. Water opens the nose to more dried fruit and the palate becomes a softer, more delicate teacake with butter before a long, raspberry jam finish.

Apples and pears on the nose, alongside pear drip sweets and grasses, give way to sharp mint and citrus on the palate. Its giving sherbet lemons! The finish is long, sweet and coconutty with a lingering salty tang.

Get beyond the plasters, TCP and peat and this is a sensational introduction to peated whisky with notes of vanilla, hints of oak and a lingering hint of salty seaweed. Its fantastic whisky and, whilst a Lagavulin 16 has more refinement and prestige, bang for buck Laphroig 10 is hard to beat.

Classic Islay iodine and salty sea notes on the nose give way to tonnes of oak and sweet nuttiness on the palate. An exceptional malt.

A very approachable and light whisky with a golden straw colour and grassy, piney notes on the nose. The palate opens to vanilla ice cream - there’s a fatty quality - before some spearmint cuts through.