Tastes

Nose: butter, citrus (mostly orange), caramel, rubbing alcohol, hickory smoke Palate: Heat up front, corn, nice peppery spice, light to medium oak, slightly sour, sugary, vanilla Finish: most oak is on the finish, heat and spice carry through, slightly creamy finish, slightly metallic at the end

Nose: honey dew melon, green apple, very floral, wet dog, lime zest, soft nose, key lime pie, rubber, slightest peat Palate: cough syrupy, cool mouth feel, plum, fast fading oak, mint, dates, anise, cherry, cantaloupe, late peat Finish: plum sweetness, slight wood, very slight pepper, mouth feel warms up on the finish.

Talisker Distillers Edition 2019 Release Nose: dark plum, dark cherry, slight peat, sunscreen, rubbing alcohol, banana bread, warm compost, salt water taffy Palate: dark plum, lemon cough drop, artificial cherry, slight peat, thick mouth feel, molasses Finish: cough syrup, dark chocolate, earthy

Nose: brine, green apple, peat, buttered biscuits, vinegar, almond paste, graham cracker, WET ASPHALT, seaweed, my own armpit, floral soap, latex Palate: black pepper, anise, oak, slightly metallic, burnt salty biscuits, apricot, citrus, blood orange Finish: metallic, salty oak, slight mint, GRAPEFRUIT

Nose: copper, slight gingerbread, honey baked ham, almond, lighter peat smoke than expected, anise, teriyaki sauce, citrus, salted caramel Palate: very warm mouth feel, upfront brine that fades quick, woody, slight citrus, peat smoke, clove spice, vanilla, maple bacon Finish: a fruit leather sweetness, clove spice, lingering oak and peat smoke

Nose: butterscotch, vanilla, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar, green apple, sweet nose with ample spice, slight lavender Palate: warm mouth feel, great spice, cloves, cinnamon, charred oak, medicinal cherry, molasses Finish: lingering warmth, sharp crisp oak, smooth spice, molasses

Nose: vanilla, crisp oak, light mossy smell, ginger, slight apple, caramel, pear Palate: cool mouth feel, slight crisp oak, apricot, persimmon, vanilla, cardamom, pear Finish: crisp oak, baking spices

Nose: honey, toasted almonds, apple fritter, dried apricots, brown sugar, marzipan, very pleasant nose Palate: pear, nice late spice, warm oak, molasses, blood orange, very light smoke, cinnamon Finish: warm oak and spice, slight prune, dried apricot

Nose: strawberry, powdered sugar, hay, raisins, anise, pear, prunes, slightly musty Palate: honey, raisin, prunes, very sweet, very syrupy, slight oak, black licorice Finish: sweet, warm, slight black licorice, very slight oak

Nose: floral, medicinal, slight citrus, sunscreen, honey, pear, dark sweet berries Palate: very syrupy, medicinal, artificial cherry, very sweet, slightly metallic, malty, light spice Finish: short finish, woody, honey