46% ABV - British Columbia, Canada
Nose: Ladies and gentlemen, this is a rye whisky. Clove, cinnamon, baking spices… overall it is quite pleasant with some floral notes, vanilla, and wood spices in the background.
Taste: Brown sugar, baking spices, and tea leaves resting... [Read more]
65.1% ABV - Alberta, Canada
Nose: Initially difficult to pull a lot of flavour but over time there was vanilla, honey, and light wood spices.
Taste: Overall impressed how smooth it is. Drinking like ... [Read more]
48% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Heavily peated, diesel, peppermint or pine, citrus, and a really pleasing—rather sweet—background smoke.
Taste: Lots of upfront ..sweetness? Develops quickly into... [Read more]
53.1% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Dabbling into the rubbery-side of peat, lightly fruited, and yes—heavy smoke, but not overpowering… and this is bottled at cask strength.
Taste: Burning tires. Peppercorns. And there is something... [Read more]
47.4% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Heavy peat smoke, lots of rubber, burning tires, butterscotch, and spent grain.
Taste: It’s quite smoky, but, again, I am detecting some ... [Read more]
46.6% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Charred wood, peat smoke, a modest level of ex-Sherry fruits, with some vanilla and musty wood undertones. Very, very light fruit-nut chocolate bars.
Taste: Wonderfully rich. High amounts of wood smoke, ligh... [Read more]
46% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Very light tropical and citrus notes with a strong backbone of peat smoke and ash. There is a distinct woodiness and a saline character.
Taste: Ash smoke, fruits—peaches and melons, with a sweet... [Read more]
65% ABV - Kentucky, United States
Nose: Cinnamon dusted cherries sitting in a musty cedar box. Oh, and watch out, there can be quite a lot of heat, but it fades with time.
Taste: An absolute avalanche of flavour. Lots of wood-for... [Read more]
40% ABV - British Columbia, Canada
Nose: The rye and clove spice are first out of the glass followed by caramel, tree bark, and a wood varnish character.
Taste: We are dealing with a rye whisky here—that’s confi... [Read more]
45% ABV - British Columbia, Canada
Nose: Loads of spice: baking spices, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, wood spices. Faintly astringent with caramel malt flavours.
Taste: Overall the taste is packed with spices, sweet mal... [Read more]
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Ardbeg Perpetuum, Laphroaig Four Oak
Kirkland Islay Single Malt, Bowmore Vault Edition First Release, Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Ardbeg Uigeadail, Laphroaig PX Cask, Laphroaig Lore, Laphroaig 1994 Old Malt Cask 13-Year, Springbank 10-Year
Douglas Laing Big Peat Christmas Edition 2021, Bowmore SMWS 3.300, Bowmore Black Rock, Laphroaig 16-Year