Aroma: This whisky has a marshmallow sweetness, which is counterpointed with a chimney smoke. Imagine eating Tunnocks Tea Cake whilst emptying day old ashes from a log burner. Call it salty or seaweedy, but there is something maritime about this whisky too. Taste: Delicate, sweet and … Continued
Aroma: This is a rich, sweet, nutty whisky to the nose. The sweetness seems to come from crisp autumnal orchard fruits, which mingle with a creamy Panna Cotta like note. Then there is an underlying toasted nutty aroma, which is dry … Continued
Aroma: Soapy, wooden smoke, which is musty, minty and full of autumnal orchard fruits. This whisky draws my mind to the smoking jacket of an ageing university academic. Taste: Here at the start, this whisky has a sweet, light flavour. It is somehow both cereal led, with a … Continued
Aroma: At first, there are tons of orchard fruits – stewed apples and pears, then raisins and sultanas. With more time, there is a honeyed vanilla sweetness and a nose of sun drying hay. Taste: First, there is a caramelised sugar … Continued
Aroma: The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.2 is a different beast to No.1. It is still fruity on the nose, but there is red wine acidity and sweet sherry fruit competing to come to the fore. There is also a sweet minty … Continued
Aroma: This whisky is super full of apple and pear drop fruity sweetness. There are also creamy, oatey and caramelised sugar notes. Taste: At first floral, gentle and sweet. There is a really honeyed, silkiness to the start of this whisky. Which as you can … Continued
Aroma: As with most Lagavulin whiskies, this whisky is all about the smoke and the salinity combination on the nose. There is a big whack of charcoal smoke, followed by a fruity black spice. Then there is a sun dried hay quality … Continued
Aroma: On the nose, this is a rich, full bodied whisky. There is a rich, sweet boozy Christmas cake fruit aroma, which reminds me of the days in early autumn when my mum used to start preparing that year’s Christmas cakes. There were … Continued
Aroma: This is a sweet, pudding of a whisky on the nose. At first, there is a sweet, salted caramel note, which is delicate and gentle. There are also buttery pastry notes, which combine with stewed apples esters with and warm cinnamon … Continued
Aroma: There is a beautiful nutty, creamy nose that comes of this whisky at first sniff. Then with more inspection you can draw out apple notes, brown sugar sweetness and then tropical fruits. These are all notes that you would expect of a … Continued