Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey

Flaviar Advent Calendar Day 15: hint of floral notes on the nose, very smokey finish

Smoky vanilla and brandy nose. Flavor is fruity up front and gets a wisp of smoke on the finish. Drops of water intensifies smoke in the nose making it almost bacony. Intesifies the smoke in the flavor as well almost taking completely over.

First sniffs very woody lite smokey whiskey, first taste has notes of white chocolate raspberry and vanilla with a light spicy finish.

Smokiness isn’t overpowering and followed up nicely by some sweeter tones

I have found through my journey that I am challenged with enjoying some of the more traditional peat and smoke flavors of scotch, but this tidy little dram really agreed with me. Upon firs sniff I thought this was going to be like a lot of the scotches I didn't really care for, there was a lot of smoke and peat and a little trace of lilac, but its hard to pull out over the smoke of this bad boy. My first sip felt a little over powered by the smoke, so I twirled it around in my glass a bit and it started to open up with some dry berries and cream. This had a very enjoyable mouth feel, but the smoke is the dominant feature here. Quite bitter, but still smooth. Scotch may not be my jam, but this I can get down with.

Advent D15 Floral and vanilla with a whisp of smoke on the nose. Very subtle flavors not much stands out but still pleasant.

Very smoky in a great way, pretty well rounded with a nice drawn out finish.