sample from a friendNose: Here's a pretty flower. Obviously extracted vanilla, and a touch of the citrus- orange and grapefruit- honey and very fine caster sugar. Really floral, almost like some Borde…
sample from a friendNose: A little varnish at the forefront, but slight. Caramel, syrup. lots of candy corn (really seems to hit the mark as a descriptor, if I do say so). Some orange extract, chocolate…
sample from a friend -- unsure whether this is from the original distillery or from Jim Beam (bottled in 1982)Nose: A little funky and musty, and there's a brief note of peanut brittle. It calms down…
gift sample from a friendNose: Oh man, this is the sort of thing that I go for. It starts very waxy with a bit of clean, light honey. Lemon zest, quince, mirabelle jam. Some wood and vanilla. A few high…
gift sample from a friendNose: I love these things - nothing coy about it. Vanilla, honey, and an obvious, not overwhelming, dose of wood. Some clean peat&smoke combo, and flowers. This has all the…
from a purchased sampleNose: Fresh and nice. There's a very nervous balance between the sweet barley and the sherry. Bright, acidic red apples, pears, melon, orange pith, and mirabelles. On the ex-bou…
from a purchased sampleNose: Easy and fairly pleasant enough. Some coastal creamy quality, with a touch of ashy peat. It's so quiet! There's a heap of lemon and some other apply, acidic fruit. Linseed…
from a purchased sampleNose: Racy wine! Lemon, honeydew, honey, vanilla, wax, fruit zest. Fruity chardonnay and a separate dose of oak, and not an oaky Chard. Grapes, apricots, and slightly spicy brandy…
Cask #5160, sample from a friendBefore kicking this off with the usual notes, I thought that it was appropriate to say that I paid particular attention to the wood influence in it due to interest in and…
from a purchased sampleNose: Not sure exactly what constitutes this expression or from which batch this one hails. Nice smoke and peat with ash and salty coastal notes. Light mesquite bbq, and even some…