Easy bitter-sweet CB Compass Box Oak Cross
from a purchased sampleNose: Light, crisp, and very malty. Honey opens, but quickly yields to dominant malt and sugar-coated barley. A touch of wax with lemon, and a slightly funky fruit note. Vanilla…
Standard, straightforward HP Highland Park 12 Year Old
from a purchased sampleNose: Good HP fun and smoke. Very lightly sweet, honey, and malt. Sprinkle of salt. Floral and heather. Pineapple, ginger, and vanilla. Nuts and off-putty, with sour cherries, of…
Stunning and gorgeous Brora 27 Year Old 1981/2009 Duncan Taylor cask #291
from a purchased sampleNose: Ah, really something. Almond skins, waxy, damp pebbles, lemon, putty, and oily. Superbly balanced. Ginger and very lightly peaty/smoky. Very lightly sweet, too, almost on…
Brutal but Brilliant Brora Brora 30 Years Old 1976/2007 Douglas Laing Platinum
from a purchased sampleNose: Lightly peaty with that perfect Montrachet that's got a touch of sweetness. Lemon, a gorgeous waxiness. Pepper, ash, and putty. Oh, Brora, how I love when you do this. Ginger…
Farmy and acrid Brora splendor Brora 30 Years Old The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2011
from a purchased sampleNose: Ash/coal, mixed along with those farmy notes -- both cheese and dung. A bit more waxy lemon, oil, almonds (dull, raw slivers), custard, and menthol. Almost orange sherbert…
Balanced and Great Combo Springbank 2000 12 Years Old Calvados Wood
from a purchased sampleNose: Do you like Calvados? I sure do. And that's a good thing. This strikes me as being similar to a 10-15 year old Calvados that's rather smokier than usual, and a healthy spr…
Excellent atypical sherried 'bank Springbank 1999 13 Years Old Cask 123 (Duncan Taylor)
from a purchased sampleNose: Smoky, sea water, salt, and very fruity. Apricot compote, dates, orange, fudge, and some chocolate. Aged balsamic. Deep, dark, and smells like an older heavily sherried…
Rich, full sherry with sharp ABV Aberlour A'bunadh
from a purchased sampleNose: Rich, oxidized sherry. Very vinuous, no surprise. Salty nuts. Grapy. Christmas cake, light chocolate malt, and a little vanilla. Obvious red wild fruit and berries, something…
Good, but disappointing - 2013 rel. Springbank 21 Year Old
This is from the 2013 release.from a purchased sampleNose: Hmm. Not quite what I expected, which was more sherry notes like some of the older Springbanks. It's obviously very good and well made. Sweet…
Qualitatively Quaffable Shandy Bailie Nicol Jarvie 8 Year Old
from a purchased sampleNose: Next up is a change of pace! Straightforward. Malty, grainy, a touch of lemon, a touch of wax, and then some sour flowers. Turns a bit to honey and a lightly lemoned (that's…