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First Vapor: Rubber and cashew and toffee, becoming...Nose: Wonderful and sweet. Nougat and vanilla wrapped in milk chocolate laced with orange zest. Develops depth from dates and salty caramel, which…

This is my first review so go easyWhile nosing this whisky I instantly get the peat and smoke that defines Talisker. Right off that I get a slight sweet scent infused with the smoke. It instantly reminds…

Nose: Raisins , cereals and sweet honey, with a nice lemony touch , quite floral as well, with red apples and touch of vanilla, not overly sherried, but the raisin and maybea hint of fig gives it away…

Nose: Sweet toffee layered upon peat , ash and salted toffee. A bit herbal too. Ash. Sweet peat and earthy notes in addition to smoked ham and salted cashew nuts. Sweet savoury yet medicinal and earthy…

from a purchased sample.Nose: Fabulous. This is all on waxy and lightly fermented dried fruit at first. Apricots, dates, peaches, mango, seville oranges, clementines, and, well, you name it. Eventually…

And so departs The Maccallan Cask Strength from my shelf. This one, I'm sad to see go. An outstanding Single Malt. This one is probably one of the fruitiest whiskey's I've ever tried and this bouquet is…

Have read several reviews of this bottling, some pro some con. The outside of the container reads "powerful, Briny.toffee, smoky, peaty,outrageous, phenolic etc. The descriptors hit me right in my sweet…

BOTTLED AUGUST 2012Not sure which version I have here, but this scotch deserves some thoughtful analysis.Firstly, I'm quite happy with the ABV up rather high. Not only is it a terrific value for my…

The Caol Ila distillery is located on Islay, near Port Askaig, overlooking the strait between Islay and Jura, and was founded in 1846. Its name derives from the Gaelic for ‘Sound of Islay’. The distil…

This Highland Park is a bottling by the Scottish Duncan Taylor, well known for its series Peerless, Rarest of the Rare, NC² and Octave, to mention but a few. This 17 Year Old HP was bottled in the Rare…