Yellow gold coloured in the glass, a little darker in the squat bottle. A peal of sherry and spices ring loud and clear on the nose supported by some apricots, almonds and vanilla, a sweet heady mixture…

A pale malt as befits the cask type used. I remember being very keen to obtain this bottle, but now I’m not sure why. The aromas are strong, plenty of smoke with a medicinal peaty element, some seaweed…

I don’t have a lot to say about this malt from my handwritten notes, but that’s probably because I was enjoying the whisky so much. Rose gold in colour and a rich fruity aroma replete with blackcurrants…

Not a fan of the bottle shape currently in use by this distillery, they used to have very unusual diamond shaped bottle (in cross section) which was very striking. I’m sorry now that I never saved one…

It seemed to take Talisker an age to offer the market something between the accessible 10 year old and the expensive and therefore exclusive 25 year old. I bought this bottle at almost the first oppor…

Equating latitude with alcohol content seems quite a clever bit of marketing to sell a young NAS almost cask strength whisky at a moderately inflated price or am I just an old cynic. It’s a good line if…

Amber gold coloured with a pleasant if uninspiring aroma, slightly fruity with some damson plums, lightly spiced with a touch of sandal wood about it. Well melded flavours greet the palate, very mild…

Pale gold in colour and nicely packaged up in a metal tube, gives a feeling of quality that cardboard can’t. Rich aromas on opening the bottle just get better when poured and savoured, lightly smoky with…

A very dark coloured malt, brown reddish colour in the bottle is hardly any lighter in the glass. The aromas are strong with treacle toffee and muscovado sugar like sweetness with some fruity plumy hints…

The depth of colour in this whisky is very impressive a ruby copper like colour, very rich and enticing. The nose is sweet with molasses and clearly enriched by sherry casks, smoke is presents along with…