The Dailuane 16 wasn't my cup of tea

Nose: woody and earthy. Very dry. Dark dry fruits. With water brown sugar sweetness comes out.

Taste: funky sweetness, like stale brown sugar syrup.

Finish: sour, with a certain funkiness in it.

Not my cup of tea. It is definitely a different malt, and has some interesting notes, but the taste is not what I normally enjoy.

this baby comes out of a refill butt.

nose:cinnamon,sugar crusted apples(the stuff you get at lunaparks),malty(like if u pass a bakery),sugard popcorn ,nutty

taste:caramel,vanilla,chewy,applestrudel(so raisins with apples and cinnamon),some almonds,some pears(the yellow sweet ones)

aftertaste: long,espresso with cinnamon and white pepper but ends in forrest honey

not your typical sherry cask whisky,but its from a refill cask.
i like it alot and 50% gave him some power too !

ps: on the bottle is written that there should be some peat in the aftertaste.but i got none
so in the end if u read whats on the bottle u will get 2 tasting notes for the same whisky

Mann, I don't know if it's because I've gotten used to heavily peated whiskies, but sometimes I can't detect the peat in some bottles. Like Highland Park, for example, I don't remember getting a peaty note from it anymore.

Tonight I tasted two whiskies from Campbeltown, reviews incoming.

Kilkerran work in progress 6th release - Bourbon wood (46%)

Nose: wood, slightly earthy, acetone, subtle peat in the background. doesn't smell like a typical young spirit. With water the springbank character comes out (kilkerran is owned by springbank's owners and also in campbeltown). Nose very refined for such a young spirit.

Taste: a bit sweet at arrival, then spicy. Slightly woody and bitter. Some honey that turns bitter right away.

Finish: rough at first. Not too much going on outside of wood and some pepper. The bitterness of the taste lingers after a few sips.

Interesting whisky, very similar to a springbank, which I like. I wish the bitterness at the end would be less pronounced. Looking forward to future releases when the spirit has more time to mature.

Longrow 10 (50%)



Peated whisky from the springbank distillery. Bought it at k&l wines for $65.

Nose: smoky with a distinctive sweetness to it. Closer to a talisker than to an islay Scotch. Even though it's bottled at 50% abv the nose is not overpowering. Grassy underneath the peat. Refined alcohol, I can't smell a lot of cask influence in this. Adding water makes citrus and honey notes come out.

Taste: spicy arrival, smoky, sweet. Gets much sweeter with water, very tasty like a fruit tart and with a bit of bitterness at the end.

Finish: smoky and sweet. Honey. Very pleasant. Has that maritime smoky profile of talisker.

I poured a bit of talisker 10 in a glass to compare and although the peat profile is similar, the talisker is mush less sweet and more briny instead. Talisker is more maritime too, but I prefer the Longrow.

Delicious whisky, I highly recommend it.

So I did end up buying the Benriach Heredotus Fumosus and really enjoy it. The peat and sherry are 2 of my favorite elements in whiskey and this had a good amount of both. If I had one complaint it's almost as if it tasted "artificial" in those flavors, as if they were maybe added as an afterthought. Very smooth for 46% too.

Would buy again! Can't wait to try the Importanticus.

Good read, re: orphan barrel project

http://chuckcowdery.blogspot.com/201...arrel.html?m=1

@GooseHinson
here is a review from the PX finished BR.
http://maltandoak.com/the-third-benr...tasting-notes/
the review of the Importanticus will come tomorrow.

Mann, are you a member of the whiskey exchange group on facebook? I saw that link there, that's why I'm asking.

nup only member of the malt maniacs&friends
but michael got his samples of the peated BR from me

Oh cool. I joined the malt maniacs and friends group recently, lots of good info there.

i also like the Super Single Malts group on facebook.
lot of links to whisky blogs.

picked up some benriach 12 last night for $45. Really liking it, especially for the price, might have to make that my go to over the balvinie 12 double wood.

which BR 12?the sherry cask?

this one

Sigh el_timon ran out of whisky again .no tasting notes for ages

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Imperial 17yo cask strength Signatory bottling (54.8%)

First time trying Imperial. Very odd whisky for my taste, not bad but certainly different.

Nose: sherry wood, intense. Needs water. Brown sugar syrup. Very "dark" smells on this one.

Taste: peppery entrance developing into a fruity perfume taste, kind of odd but very good. I think it's a flowery taste that I'm getting, hence the perfume connection. Sherry nutty taste too.

Finish: that fruity perfume again, first time I taste something like this.

Highland Park 28yo 1985 Cadenhead (48.3%)

Probably the oldest whisky I have ever tasted. Glad I got the sample, but very sad that the bottle is not available. I think this is going to end up costing me $$ because I will buy a bottle of the 25 or 30yo.

Appearance: light amber, straw color. Legs took a long time to form and came down the glass very slowly.

Nose: a very light smokiness hits you first and then it quickly turns into a honeyed sweetness. There's barley and hay in there too. With water the smoke goes to the background and a citrus note mixes in with the sweetness and the hay. Some maritime smells come out too, reminds me of having a cold lemonade by the beach, very summer like nose.

Taste: a very refined sweetness hits you first, then becoming a little more sweet but with some spicy notes creeping in after a few seconds. The Highland Park character is very present, that sweetness that turns into bitterness, but neither is overwhelming.

Finish: long and delicious, a little bitter sweet but very pleasant. Some oak develops after. The sweetness remains in the palate for a long time. In the end as you keep drinking the flavors just coat your whole mouth and stay there for a long time.

Cadenheads woo!! What a shop. Come to Edinburgh and I will walk you there! They also do a great navy strength gin ('old raj') and some interesting rums. What a shop! But I can't take my dog in as they have a shop dog.

Been thinking about going to Scotland next summer. Is June a good time weather-wise?

Depends which part you head to. May is always preternaturally warm and sunny in Edinburgh, but that is too soon for the Highlands and Islands. June is good if you are down with long days (the outer hebrides in June, goodbye darkness). Another good time in Edinburgh is June for the film festival or August for comedy and performing arts.

Glasgow is always cloudy and raining
(spoken like a true Edinburgh resident!)

Late May to June and August are usually good times for me to take a week of vacation. I am afraid my time will be very limited but I'd like to see Glasgow (visit Glengoyne), Edinburgh, then maybe some distillery in Speyside or the Highlands, or scratch that last part and take a visit to Campbeltown since I'm such a Springbank fanboy. Add to that 2/3 days in London because I've never been and the vacation goes by too fast.

Pete, no new reports on forays to the SMWS?

That sounds like a plan, actually. And it would be worth making the venture to Campbeltown.

I went last week, actually, have a couple of notes. And going next week. And, if you come in late may /early June we could go too. Just saying!

I'll definitely let you know if I go through with my plans. I may even decide to screw waiting for good weather and just go whenever I can and drink enough whisky to see the sunshine through the clouds

cadenhead is great if u want older whiskies.
not cheap but still alot cheaper than official old bottles.