Rock Oyster 18 Year

Lovely dram, very subtle on the smoke. Peach, orange and more going on. Doesn't need any water to open up. I had to strain a bit to get what was in there out but was worth it. Nice blending effort.

Faint smoke, but sharp and succulent peat on the palate. powdered hard licorice candies fresh sour apples pronounced bitterness, bitter oranges blood oranges, peaches, pineapples, grapefruit, pomegranate bananas, banana peels green pepper, black pepper honey and treacle marzipan Medium dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa powder, dusty, gets very rich and chocolaty that un-chill filtered frozen yogurt note bit of waxy malt Salty and has kind of a fresh mineral-y sea air presence - Half a teaspoon of water, give it half an hour to really bring the age out. Tremendous age. Does a flip - turns itself completely inside-out about three weeks in. Goes from sharp and zingy to birthday cake: milk chocolate, whipped cream, huge yellow fruit. Very full and soft. One of the most outstanding and delicious malts I have ever tasted. Very well vatted.

Assez déçu au final, rien d'exceptionnel. un bon whisky qui ne vaut pas ce prix.

I love this. hard to find but worth the search.

North Shore Whisky Club: very different from the non-age. No sense of it being an island. Good flavor, but too expensive for what it is ($150)