15 – The Whisky Agency Three Rivers Tokyo Ben Nevis 1998 15 Years Peated Hogshead
Musk, honey, vanilla essence. Honey, peanuts, peanut brittle, peat, green herbs, apricot jam, marmalade.
16 – Kornog Taouarch Eilvet 16 SC
Caramel, wine casks, medicinal, garden peas, pine. Leather and caramel, brandy cream, tobacco.
14 – Wilson & Morgan Bunnahabhain 1989 PX Cask 25 Years
White pepper, soy sauce and ginger, Chinese cooking wine, salt, maple syrup. Spicy caramel bun, soil and earth, burnt bracken, white mould cheese. I know people are rating this but for me it’s not working.
9 – Asta Morris Glen Moray 2005 10 Years Cask AM032 fresh bourbon
Lemon balm, honey, glue, salt, vanilla yoghurt, lemonade, burnt matches. Chewy, butter, toast with apricot jam, green grass, lemonade spider.
10 – Asta Morris Caperdonich 1995 20 Years Cask AM021 ex-bourbon
Dusty kiwifruit, orange zest in custard, cake mix, vanilla and violets. Heavy cream, stewed apricots, passion fruits, salt, pound cake.
11 – Asta Morris Auchentoshan 1991 24 Years Cask AM044 Sherry hogshead
Stewed apple, sulphur, rubber, match heads, vanilla cream, wood varnish, toasted hazelnuts, cake mix. Christmas cake with brandy cream, maraschino cherries, salt, black tea, toast with butter and honey, marshmallows and musk.
12 – Maltman Hazelgrove 14 Year Sherry Cask, Cask 6
Honey, caramel, tennis balls, marzipan. Odd very sweet to begin with, leather, boot polish, caps and sulphur, stewed apple.
13 – Limeburners Directors Cut Barrel M123
Woody, pine sap, cherry flavored medicine, musk, skin, Mexican drinking chocolate. Holy god – musk, brown butter, hollow, medicine, flat Coke, licorice.
7 – Amrut Single Cask (Virgin Oak 888) bottled for Alba Whisky
Toasted Brazil nuts, fruit mince, Christmas cake, soy sauce. Nutty, chewy, sarsaparilla, butter, butter, butter, perfume, motor oil and rubber – massive length.
8 – Carn Mor 7 Years Benrinnes Hogshead 2008
Apricots, LPG, cake batter, pineapple, green bananas, lemon and honey, peach melba. Grass, raw egg white, burnt marshmallows, light honey and tropical fruit.
And we begin again.
1 – Glenlivet Nadurra American White Oak Batch FF0115
Raspberry soda, banana bread, cream, toasted pumpkin seeds, hand cream, lemsip. Toasty, dark malt bread with butter, dried pineapple, raspberry lollies, overly salty butter.
2 – Ben Nevis 1996 The Nectar of the Daily Drams
Honey, aspirin, marshmallows, maple syrup, melted butter, prunes, raisins, my mum’s brandy snaps. Wonderful mouthful, salt, cherries, loads of dried fruit, cake mix, apples and fresh apricots.
3 – Liquid Sun 6 Years PX Cask
Cucumbers, salt, honey, yeast, leather, new make, dried pineapple. Cucumber skin, salt, lemon, honey, butter, yeasty dough.
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