First vapor: Fruit sherbets (pina-colada or maraschino-cherry) and sophisticating lemon & almond bitters.Nose: Soft lemon cream, with sea-salted Brazil nuts and banana. This is supported by malty cereal…

Fresh bottle: An "old sneakers" smell, like I've found in the HP 12 and Juras.Nose1: Strange but not unpleasant. Creme fraiche (or sour cream) from a fresh pour. Then the sneakers aroma shows other…

I think this is my first "re-review". After an initially poor experience with HP18, which I reviewed here earlier (http://www.connosr.com/reviews/highland-park/highland-park-18-year-old/on-a-sour-note/…

First vapor: Malt and milk coffee.Nose: Pleasantly light with wood notes, like fresh, fine-ground coffee. Malty but with an intriguing "edge": like molasses or dried figs. Breathing time brings a touch…

My 7th Arran review, of the oldest official bottling available, at the moment. This is a temporary expression as the 18th year approaches, and so is limited to 9000 bottles. I wonder whether I will…

First vapor: Cherry & soft salty smoke. Nose: Soft and sweet peat of smoking olive oil or butter. Lemon curd and a soft vanilla-cherry; a bit of grassiness shows its age.Palate: Grass/lemon and sea salt…

My 5th Arran review, after the Original, the 10yo, the Amarone, and an IB. Overall the 14yo falls only behind the IB.First vapor: Floral and grass; the sweet scent of walking into a florist's greenhouse…

First vapor: Pumpernickel date bread.Nose: Rubber at first: rubbery cocoa, rubbery walnut oil. A faint sense of a next-day glass of merlot (which can share that rubberiness), and perhaps liquorice root…

My first Arran was their "most entry" expression: their "approximately 8 year old" Original, which I have reviewed previously. Whereas the "Original" is only distributed in non-UK northwestern Europe …

As I just reviewed the 'Livet 12, I figured I should cover the 'Fiddich 12 as well. So I'll start the New Year back to basics.Nose: At first like watching your computer boot: loading... loading... but…