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The color is a reddish amber, since my tablet can't slide the color. I am going to describe the palate, nose, and finish in 2 ways neat and with a splash of water. Nose: strong burn, with rye fruitiness…

Peat and more peat plus a little smoke and some sweetness on the nose. Neat palate is peat, some sweetness, and a bit medicinal. Finish is peat and a little sweetness, quickly dominated by BandAids. The…

I got given this bottle about 8 years ago. It was a baking hot summer and a couple of friends and I were helping out one of their elderly relatives with a house clearance. We worked all weekend taking…

Warm full sweet smokey peated arival, developes into a long slow veggietable mouth coating finish.

When I first tasted Ardbeg 10 it was with great expectations. I'm a huge fan of Laphroaig and Caol Ila, with both hail from Islay, like Ardbeg. I was correct in assuming Ardbeg 10 would have a similar…

Penderyn Madeira Finish was another stingy and fruity one (which aren't my 'cup of tea'). But after I saw some potential in it, I thought that maybe water would make it suitable for me. After adding a…

My first review, while these are public they are made mostly for my own reference. So excuse my brevity.Nose: wave of vanilla, some banana, honey and orange zest. Palate: Sweet, strong notes of vanilla…

The story behind this blend is well-known, so here’s the two-sentence version for the sake of brevity and non-redundancy: The late Sir Alexander Walker II, grandson of John Walker, crafted the Swing…

How can something be so good, yet so bad for you? Ardbeg 10 year old captures the true essence of whisky for you. Like many of the Ardbeg range, it gives you feelings of pure enjoyment in a tough palate…

While we are tasting Mortlach, let me continue with the new releases from Malts of Scotland. There is a Mortlach in there as well, the first for this German bottler.Oh, this is a weird nose. Powerful,…