from a purchased sampleNose: Nearly inscrutable at first nosing. All the aromas are bound up rather tightly. Honey, wax, salt, and sweet green peppers with sugar snap peas. This could have been called…
from a purchased sample (22 Year Old 1983/2005)Nose: Nearly inscrutable at first nosing. All the aromas are bound up rather tightly. Honey, wax, salt, and sweet green peppers with sugar snap peas. This…
from a purchased sampleNose: Delicately sweet and malty with trace wax, lemon zest, salt, and coastal stones. Perfumy vanilla with flecks of sharp ginger and pepper. We're on pretty solid ground so far…
from a purchased sample (Barrel 3416)Nose: Butterscotch, toffee, and a healthy dose of oak. Honey, and then some of the rye comes out in grain and spearmint. Cloves as well. Brown sugar and just a little…
sample from a friend (S-W distillate)Nose: Light and elegant. It suggests its age with a hint of varnish, and then quickly yields to richer elements. Honey, caramel, gentle spice, and soft cinnamon. The…
from a purchased sampleNose: Lighter and very high pitch. Linseed oil, two or three daffodils, sweet malt. Green pepper and some other green, vegetal notes, fairly indistinct. Not much else going on…
from a purchased sampleNose: Along the lines of the 1981, though perhaps a touch more minerally. Spun cotton candy, sweet glue, and a little more floral. Maybe less complex, though far greater balance…
from a purchased sampleNose: Here we are on sherry, varnished leather, roasted coffee grinds, and attending cocoa. Wax, giving a pseudo-smoky quality, and mustiness. More on chocolate with time, and…
from a purchased sampleNose: Vanilla, cake frosting, sweet flower wax. Oodles of sweet barley. This thing is going to melt teeth. Acidic apple, touches of glue, and sweet lemon zest. Musty peach and…
from a purchased sampleNose: Red berries and malt. Very obvious red (fruity) wine influence. Jammy and some fudge. Smoke in small quantities, bags of oranges - juice and sweet zest, almost as from some…