Scotch Whisky reviews

Thanks to @Victor for sourcing this bottle for me. This bottle gave us an excuse to meet up, and I am very grateful. I opened this bottle on Father's Day this year. This tasting was done on 9-9-2013Nose…

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…

Glenmorangie is the brand that first pulled me away from peaty lands of Islay after I tasted both the Qunita Ruban and Nector D'or at one of the few whisky bars in Perth called Helvetica's and enjoyed…

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…

The pretty box says that this is a limited edition first bottling of the sherry finished peated single malt from Ledaig for the year 2000. The carton smells like my grandpa's schoolbooks! I found it at…

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: 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: 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…