Loch Lomond 18 Year

Not very smooth for an 18 year.

viscous, very light peat, raisin, rich, Sherry - however not terribly complex

Hay, malted cereal, dried fruit and hint of smoke on the nose. The palate is somewhat sweet, with some honey and toffee notes there. The finish is dry, oaky and of medium length. Pretty good stuff.

What a peculiar marriage of flavors... and so well-crafted and put together. Delicious! Maybe I'm crazy, but the combination of dates, rubber, peated barley and oak make for a whisky I'm really enjoying. Having said all that, I can recognize that this expression is quite polarizing. It's like sushi, you either love it or hate it.

Loch Lomond 18....Cask used is oak... quite non descriptive. Started off not to bad, but then got a hit of acetone, almost bitter grapefruit. There is more there but difficult to get past. Musty oak. Well it's cheap for an 18 year old at $75 USD. Not for sale in nz but that's not issue as I wouldn't buy a bottle. Initial sip I thought maybe a 4 but then as the acetone hit and santised my taste buds and as I got further into it it went down down down. 3, 2.5, and then finally when I poured it down the sink instead of my throat a 2. An unbalanced dram if ever there was one. As I felt sorry for inflicting it upon my poor tongue I treated it to a Laga 16 which immediately made it feel better :-). I looked on the internet after and there are 46% and 43% versions which maybe different? Mine was the 43% not the 46 reviewed by distiller.