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“Marvelous! Incrediblely good Highland Park. A sherry marvel if you ask me”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (93): more than average. honey, wood, fruits, plums, smoke, floral, spices, pepper, a little cinnamon.

Palate (92): smooth, powerful. honey, wood, spices, pepper, leather, nuts, cocoa. Impressive sherry character.

Finish (93): longer than average. honey, nuts, spices.

“First class whisky with a lovely integration of heather and smoke. Thumbs up for this Highland Park whisky.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. honey, floral, heather, wood, spices, cinnamon.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful. honey, wood, spices, floral, citrus, cocoa.

Finish (91): longer than average. honey, wood, spices, vanilla, pepper.

“More smoky than peaty but a very nice Highland Park.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. peat, honey, heather, citrus, malt, spices.

Palate (90): smooth, oily. peat, honey, floral, spices, vanilla, wood, cocoa.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, wood, honey.

“Very floral Highland Park whisky”

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. heather, honey, toffee, malt, citrus. Lots of lovely floral sweet aroma

Palate (88): smooth. heather, wood, honey, citrus, spices, pepper, dark chocolate.

Finish (87): longer than average. floral, spices, vanilla.

“Delicious taste, so sweet with a spices melody along floral notes”

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (90): average. honey, barley, floral, citrus, vanilla, pears.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, candies, vanilla, malt, citrus, floral, spices.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, spices, vanilla.

“The softest Caol Ila peat. Very good but this distillery has more exciting bottles.”

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (91): average. peat, honey, floral, citrus, vanilla. Soft peat with the deliciously sweet floral aroma of Caol Ila

Palate (89): smooth, powerful, oily. peat, wood, pepper, a little earth, citrus, pepper.

Finish (88): average. peat, floral, spices.

“Oh my! Such peat explosion! A great Ardbeg that is even better than some of the distillery cask strength expressions.”

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (93): more than average. peat, honey, citrus, some vanilla, spices, sea.

Palate (93): smooth, powerful, oily. peat, honey, wood, spices, vanilla, earth, salt.

Finish (91): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus, earth.

“Very good Laphroaig but the old batch-less cask strength whisky was better.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): average. peat, honey, iodine, citrus, floral. Very closed nose

Palate (92): powerful, oily. peat, iodine, honey, citrus, vanilla, spices, apples. A superb Laphroaig with everything you come to expect from them.

Finish (91): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, seaweed.

“Great Aultmore with just a few off notes of new make on the nose.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. honey, toffee, peach, vanilla, citrus, floral. A few notes of new make on a rather good nose.

Palate (91): powerful, oily. honey, smoke, wood, spices, fruits, peach, citrus, tobacco.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, smoke, spices.

“Great whisky! Very malty. Great without ambitions.”

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. honey, malt, vanilla, pears, citrus. Quite good, like whisky should smell.

Palate (90): smooth, powerful. honey, barley, citrus, vanilla, pepper, spices, cherries.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, spices, wood.

“Adorable vanilla and toffee aromas on this non age statement whisky from Highland Park”

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. toffee, floral, malt, vanilla, spices.

Palate (89): smooth. honey, floral, spices, wood, heather, apples.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, floral, toffee.

“Awesome Laphroaig! Heaven tastes like this whisky!”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. peat, citrus, honey, iodine, seaweed, floral.

Palate (93): powerful. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, vanilla, iodine, apples, coffee, earth.

Finish (92): longer than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, coffee.

Jack Daniel's Tennesse Whiskey

“Not as bad as I remember. Blind tasting it I would have said that it was a fair bourbon with a weak nose.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (83): more than average. corn, spices, honey, floral, vanilla. Slightly alcoholic nose. Not unpleasant but it is there.

Palate (84): smooth, powerful. corn, wood, vanilla, honey, spices, citrus.

Finish (84): average. honey, corn, pepper.

Gentleman Jack

“Slightly less powerful than Jack Daniel's. It is more fruity and spicy”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (82): average. corn, vanilla, honey, pineapple, wood.

Palate (83): powerful, oily. corn, spices, honey, vanilla, pepper.

Finish (83): average. corn, spices, fruits.

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel

“Without being a great bourbon, this whiskey is by far the best option in the Jack Daniel's range”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (85): more than average. corn, varnish, vanilla, honey, spices, pepper. More polished than the others two and slightly older.

Palate (87): powerful, oily. honey, corn, spices, citrus, vanilla, pepper, wood.

Finish (86): longer than average. corn, honey, vanilla.

“Promising whisky from Glenglassaugh. Looking forward to see what a few years more can do on this one.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (81): more than average. floral, honey, meat stock, spices. A bit newmake-like for my taste... erm... my nose.

Palate (83): smooth. honey, nuts, floral wood, spices, cocoa. A bit young, it still needs to round itself.

Finish (83): longer than average. honey, floral, spices.

“Great Dalmore whisky that could have been mindblowing awesome have it been bottled at 46% instead of 40%.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. honey, citrus, nuts, apples, vanilla, wood, spices. Really nice nose.

Palate (91): powerful, oily. honey, tobacco, spices, vanilla, pepper, wood, cocoa, cinnamon.

Finish (89): longer than average. honey, floral, citrus, spices.

“Wonderful whisky!. This Aberlour is really a no-brainer buying option if you like sherried whiskies. Batches vary between them but they are all rather good.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. honey, nuts, citrus, floral, cocoa. Nice nose but it is slightly closed. A bit hard to nose it at 60% abv.

Palate (93): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, nuts, leather, citrus, spices, wood, raisins.

Finish (90): long. honey, nuts, citrus, spices, cinnamon.

“Nice Laphroaig whisky with one foot on the woody area. Interesting.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. peat, honey, citrus, iodine, sea, wood, spices. Very Laphroaig nose with a surprising notes of wood and spices.

Palate (90): powerful. peat, honey, wood, raisins, spices, iodine, coffee.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, citrus, wood.

“It is hard to find an Oloroso cask aged whisky that let the character of Macallan shine in such a way. Absolutely delicious.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (88): more than average. honey, toffee, floral, citrus, nuts, cocoa.

Palate (90): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, wood, nuts, leather, tobacco, nuts. Wonderful! Oloroso cask! Like I love it!

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, nuts, leather, oranges.

“Mindblowing bourbon! Your dram for the coldest winter nights.”

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (92): more than average. corn, old, wood, spices, honey, raisins, cinnamon, floral.

Palate (93): smooth, powerful, oily. corn, wood, spices, honey, pepper, cinnamon, wood. Very hoy whiskey. It burns.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, corn, wood, spices.

“Incredible rye whiskey! Spicy hot liquid honey!”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. floral, honey, spices, bread, wood.

Palate (92): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, corn, spices, pepper, gnger, wood.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, corn, floral.

“Awesome bourbon with a more cereal nose than its partners: William Larue and Thomas Handy.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. corn, biscuits, honey, wood, spices, cinnamon, herbs.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful, oily. corn, floral, honey, spices, cinnamon, wood, pepper, vanilla.

Finish (90): longer than average. corn, spices, honey, wood.

“Sublime nose! Greatly well aged Ardbeg whisky with all its peat muscle still there.”

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (93): more than average. peat, honey, earth, citrus, vanilla, iodine, coffee. Sublime! Most delicate peat punch with the sweetest honey.

Palate (92): smooth, powerful, oily. peat, honey, citrus, floral, earth, cocoa.

Finish (90): longer than average. peat, honey, spices, wood.

“Good amount of wood and spices in this bourbon”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (84): average. corn, honey, spices, pepper, citrus.

Palate (85): smooth, powerful. corn, honey, wood, spices, floral.

Finish (83): average. corn, honey, spices.

“Plum flavoured bolos de belem!”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (84): more than average. honey, fruits, plums, custard, vanilla, wood.

Palate (88): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, plums, liquorice, floral, spices, pepper.

Finish (85): average. honey, spices, wood.

“Nice bourbon. Nothing spectacular but does its job really well.”

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (87): more than average. corn, honey, vanilla, wood, spices.

Palate (86): smooth, powerful. corn, honey, spices, pepper, wood, vanilla. Very powerful palate. Doesn't looks like 40% at all.

Finish (84): average. corn, spices, honey, wood.

“Marvelous! The first batch of this Bunnahabhain was a sherry monster, this one although matured also in a sherry cask is a different and even better whisky. I love it!”

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. some honey, peat, peaches, vanilla, tobacco, citrus. Lovely honey aroma! The way Bunnahabhain does! I like it.

Palate (92): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, peat, fruits, peaches, spices, pepper, vanilla, citrus. Powerfully awesome!

Finish (91): longer than average. wood, honey, pepper.

“More fruity that the rest of bourbon I have had, this Woodford Reserve has a style more similar to rye whiskies.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (84): average. corn, fruits, mango, floral, honey, wood. Not like a typical bourbon at all. Very fruity.

Palate (86): powerful, oily. corn, floral, honey, spices, pepper, cinnamon, wood.

Finish (86): longer than average. corn, honey, floral, pepper.

“Most mindblowing awesomeness! And to think that I bought two of this Macallan for €50 just a few years ago... best buy ever!”

This dram has a old oak-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. nuts, honey, citrus, wood, cinnamon. Marvelous!

Palate (92): powerful, oily. nuts, honey, wood, citrus, cocoa, tobacco. The epitome of sherry aged drams. I love this profile.

Finish (92): longer than average. nuts, honey, citrus.

“Old Bourbon with lots of spices around.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. corn, spices, pepper, a little cinnamon, old, wood, honey, floral.

Palate (88): powerful, oily. corn, honey, pepper, wood, old, floral, cloves.

Finish (87): average. floral, corn, honey.

“I am not a smoker... this is a nice whisky but nothing really huge or special.”

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (87): more than average. honey, dust, wood, flowers, pepper, vanilla.

Palate (88): powerful, oily. honey, toffee, floral, spices, wood, pepper, apples, malt, vanilla.

Finish (88): longer than average. honey, floral, citrus, spices.

“Very kind Imperial whisky with a good amount of spices.”

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (88): more than average. honey, floral, vanilla, citrus, wood.

Palate (89): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, spices, wood, vanilla, pepper, floral, citrus.

Finish (88): longer than average. honey, spices, pepper, cinnamon.

“Nicely finished sherry whiskey from Cooley”

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (85): more than average. honey, nuts, floral, pears, banana, vanilla.

Palate (89): smooth, powerful. honey, nuts, floral, citrus, wood, cocoa, raisins, vanilla.

Finish (86): longer than average. nuts, honey, floral.