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Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed June 6, 2020 (edited June 8, 2020)Drammers Club online pour. Transparency code 20/038. A very nice entry dram highly drinkable. Nose: Vanilla, Flowers, Grass, Honey, Salted Caramel, Brine, Blue Cheese, Coconut, Hay, Cotton Candy, Melon Palate: Vanilla, Honey, Coconut, Banana, Saltwater, Caramel, Apricot, Almonds Finish: Vanilla, Flowers, Honey, Coconut, Blue Cheese, Brine, Cherry, Apricot -
Octomore X4+10 Concept 0.2/162
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed June 6, 2020 (edited July 12, 2020)Drammers Club online pour. Great stuff that can change one’s mind of what they like and don’t like whether cask strength and/or peated. This was my first time trying a quadruple distilled and a hazmat 70%+ abv bottling. Octomore X4+10: Nose: Vanilla, Peach, Caramel, Cherries, Smoke, Iodine, Flowers, Apricots, Sultanas, Pears, Raisins, Toffee, Citrus, Pineapple, Passion Fruit, Mango, Peaches, Minerals, Milk Chocolate, Melted White Chocolate Palate: Caramel, Toffee, Raisins, Sultanas, White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Haagen Dazs Ice Cream, Pears, Citrus, Honey, Flowers Finish: Vanilla, Flowers, Raspberries, White Chocolate, Smoke, Tar, Raisins, Sultanas, Peaches, Caramel -
Port Charlotte MRC:01 2010
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed June 6, 2020 (edited October 5, 2021)Drammers club online pour. Great stuff. Nose: Salted Caramel, Peat, Tar, Smoke, Toffee, Raisins, Dark Chocolate, Berries, Brine, Cherries, Red Apples, Dates, Plums, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Pepper, Blue Cheese, Maple Glazed Bacon, Oranges, Juicy Fruit Gum Palate: Beef, Smoke, Peat, Toffee, Raspberries, Chocolate, Flowers, Cherries, Apricot, Strawberries Finish: Flowers, Chocolate, Toffee, Beef, Smoke, Raisins, Oranges, Apricots, Citrus -
Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine 1991
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed June 6, 2020 (edited July 30, 2022)Drammers club online pour. Great stuff, perfect balance of old Bruichladdich and the Bruichladdich we know today. Nose: Mango, Pineapple, Raspberry, Toffee, Blue Cheese, Flowers, Red Apples, Green Apples, Passion Fruit, Almonds, Banana Bread, Brown Butter Cake, Citrus, Pears, Walnuts, Oranges, Honey, Salted Caramel, Milk Chocolate, Brine, Cinnamon, Nutmeg Palate: Green Apple, Toffee, Apricot, Vanilla, Cherries, Flowers, Citrus, Nutmeg, Red Apples, Cashews, Pears, Sultanas, Blackberries, Raspberries, Mangoes, Bananas, Coconut Finish: Flowers, Vanilla, Strawberries, Red and Green Apples, Grass, Cotton Candy, Sultanas, Raisins, Bananas, Coconuts, Peaches -
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2011
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed June 6, 2020 (edited January 16, 2022)Nose: Honey, Vanilla, White Chocolate, Pears, White Flowers, Green Apples, Blue Cheese, Brine, Sultanas, Oranges, Apricots, Walnuts, Mangoes, Grass, Cotton Candy, Pepper Palate: Vanilla, Flowers, Grass, Peach, Citrus, White Chocolate, Sultanas, Blue Cheese Finish: Vanilla, Flowers, Pears, White Chocolate, Apricot, Honey, Citrus, Peaches -
Glen Scotia 2008 Ruby Port Finish (2018 Campbeltown Malts Festival)
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed June 1, 2020 (edited November 25, 2020)Online drammers club pour. Great stuff but a smidge below the 2020 14 Year Tawny Port Finish. Nose: Vanilla, Grass, Raspberries, Salted Caramel, White Chocolate, Lavender, Orange, Milk Chocolate, Strawberries, Blackberries, Citrus, Walnuts, Blondies Palate: Cherries, Smoke, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Oranges, Almonds, Tar, Iodine, Salted Caramel Finish: Orange, Dark Chocolate, Smoke, Cherry, Apricot, Dried Fruit, Vanilla, Caramel, Cashews -
Glen Scotia 14 Year Tawny Port Finish (2020 Campbeltown Malts Festival)
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed June 1, 2020 (edited September 11, 2020)Online drammers club pour. Great maritime salty, smoky, spicy, and sweet balance. Nose: Blackberries, Blueberries, Salted Caramel, White Chocolate, Raisins, Smoke, Sultanas, Apricots, Violets, Lavender, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cherries, Orange, Butter Frosting, Lemon Cake, Salted Cod Palate: Raisins, Smoke, Salted Caramel, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Tar, Cherries, Flowers, Dried Fruit, Plums, Vanilla, White Chocolate, Salted Cod Finish: Chocolate Covered Cherries, Salted Caramel, Strawberries, Dates, Salted Cod, Vanilla, White Chocolate -
Like a vintage dessert wine 93.78 (SMWS)
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed June 1, 2020 (edited June 7, 2020)Online Drammers Club Pour. The best of the 3 Glen Scotia 25 Year Olds I tried. Perfect sherry bomb maritime flavor balance with a little of that Springbank/Kilkerran campbeltown funk. Nose: Sultanas, Gas, Raisins, Figs, Apricot, Salted Toffee, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Citrus, Hazlenuts, Walnuts, Dates, Prunes, Cherries, Burnt Pineapples, Mangoes, Apple Pie, Raspberries, Blueberries, Lime, Celery, Cream Soda Palate: Apple Pie, Sultanas, Raisins, Cinnamon, Figs, Dates, Cherries, Apricots, Baking Spices, Dark Chocolate, Salted Toffee Finish: Dark Chocolate, Raisins, Sultanas, Peaches, Pepper, Apples, Cinnamon, Strawberries, Figs, Orange Peels -
Glen Scotia 1991 Benchmark (Murray McDavid)
Single Malt — Scotland
Reviewed June 1, 2020 (edited December 28, 2021)Drammers Club online pour. 1/3 25 year glen scotias tried along smws 93.78 like a vintage dessert wine and ob glen scotia 25. 2nd favorite of the 25s just behind SMWS 93.78 “Like A Vintage Dessert Wine”. Doesn’t have much of the glen scotia maritime flavors. Nose: Raisins, Chocolate, Toffee, Cherries, Rasberries, Strawberries, Dates, Prunes, Cinnamon, Pepper, Blackberries, Cookie Dough, Burnt Pineapples, Blueberries Palate: Strawberries, Cherry Starburst; Chocolate, Citrus, Toffee, Figs, Dates, Prunes, Smoke, Salted Caramel Finish: Blackberries, Cherries, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Pepper, Toffee, Blueberries, Strawberries -
Drammers Club online pour, in fact only 1/3 25 year olds tried during the event along with a Murray McDavid sherry and burgundy cask and an smws 93.78 like a vintage dessert wine aged in a 2nd fill Oloroso butt. Great stuff even though my least favorite of the 3 25 year olds. Nose: Vanilla, Peach, Grass, Green Chiles, Citrus, Salted Caramel, Flowers, Banana Cream Pie, Cooked Agave, Pineapple, Mango, Passion Fruit, Cinnamon, Baking Spices, Peanuts Palate: Caramel, Flowers, Citrus, Peach, Vanilla, Grass, Coconut, Banana, Pepper, Smoke, Apricot, Cherry, Peanuts Finish: Vanilla, Apricot, Caramel, Grass, Almonds, Flowers
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