Duncan Taylor – Octave – The Iconic Speyside
Aroma: Rich, sweet, fruity and spicy. On the nose, this is a whisky to get lost in. It has a polished oak sideboard like quality, which is full of acidic red berry […]
WhistlePig – Ten Year Old
Aroma: A huge waft of green spearmint, that is followed by a sweet, fruity note, which I searched for a name for for quite a while. However a fellow taster […]
W.D. O’Connell – PX 17
Aroma: On first waft, this whiskey is sherberty sweet and full of tropical fruits. Think tinned pineapples or peaches. As you nose further, there is a mustiness that is accompanied by dried stone fruit […]
Cù Bòcan – Signature
Aroma: Initially a huge whack of raisin and apple fruity sweetness. Underneath this is a musty, tobacco leaf greenness and a cinnamon spiciness that is rich and somehow nutty. These aromas […]
Kilkerran – 8 Year Old – Cask Strength Sherry Cask
Aroma: Dirty sherry with a salty leathery quality that hangs over the top and fills your nasal passages with rich, deep aromas. It is musty, with a deeply earthy, yet citrus sharp quality. […]
Talisker – 8 Year Old – Cask Strength
Aroma: This has a distinct medicinal aroma that hits you at first waft. For me, I smelt moments of my childhood, when forced by circumstance I had to wait for my mum to […]
Whisky Broker – Glen Grant – 28 Year Old
Aroma: This a honey sweet whisky, full of buttery sweet pastry aromas. There is rich, tart apple aroma that combines with a round wide woodenness. Something about it is musty and minty at the same […]
Campbeltown Loch – 21 Year Old
Aroma: At first there were ethanolic aromas, which mingle with stewed apples and vanilla cream. Then there is an oaky furniture polish note that comes later that is accompanied by a fruity sweetness, which […]
AnCnoc – 18 Year Old
Aroma: Leathery, fruity heather notes linger over the top of stewed apples and caramelised sugar. There is spice, but it is gentle and twisted with an oily citrus note. Taste: Sweet sherried dried […]
Glen Moray – Rhum Agricole
Aroma: When I first nosed this whisky, I found classic Speyside whisky aroma notes, such as apples and pears, brown sugar and vanilla. But with more nosing, there is a […]