Nose: Old wooden furniture lacquer , with some fruit and sugared peel of red grapefruit. Chocolate coated citrus candied fruit. Spices and gentle cinnamon and clove. Hint of apple peel, and maybe a drop…

Nose: Ah! This is a nice one. Sherried and lovely. Rum soaked sultanas , dates and figs. Lovely fruit salad effect. Yumm. Some old furniture and cigar leaves. A certain earthiness and peat with wood…

Nose: starts spicy – sweet with peppermint cinnamon gum , peat , BBQ smoke as in sweet BBQ marinade some vanilla too. Soot and wee soapiness with brine and smoke. It’s young and Alive!Palate: very nice…

Nose: Lemon pie, mixed with peat reek, leather, smoke, sweet peat and fruit (apple, pear) , some tar too. very typical Caol ila, on the citrusy side.Palate: the citrus is quite pronounced here, with…

Nose: Very sweet, with lots of sherry but also bourbon influences, with creamy vanilla, crème Brule , ripe oranges, honey and a lot of spice, very very nice. on the 2nd wave of aromas: some wood, and a…

Nose: Lots of vanilla, butter, and some acetone (not a bad thing when it comes to bourbons) , the odd tobacco leaf, and a hint of mint, quite spiced and a few maple notes well. given it’s high Rye per…

Nose: a very interesting nose. With a lot of sweet sherry almost honeyed. Not meaty at all and very clean with no sulfur or balsamic not a monster by all means. Spiced with ginger cloves and some cinn…

ose: Zesty with lemon drops, sweet wood , peat smoke , earthy peat camphor. Wax and dust.Palate: Malty, smoke and peat and dirty earth with some zest. Not very complex.Finish: medium. Bitter earth with…

it all started with a wee sample swap with fellow whisky lover and blogger David Carson of ‘glenuntitled’. i fancies this one immediately, as a big Longrow / SB fan, and quite keen on the wine finishes…

Nose : Classic textbook Ex bourbon goodness with hints of banana. Pear and apple fruit salad add a generous dash of vanilla. Wood and Spice sprinkle some Honey and Nuts & Muesli and wee citrus to make…