The Octomore 13.2
Tasting notes:This opens up with notes of burned bacon and taffeta from a post-prom bonfire brunch that went, in the memorable patois of Chad, “oogie.” We also find [...]
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The Limavady Single Barrel Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Tasting notes:On the nose, we find freshly cut lemon wedges smeared with pomegranate butter. But that’s not all. We find grapefruit-encrusted daisy petals, and cinnamon [...]
The Glen Wyvis 2018-2021 Member’s Release Batch 1
Tasting notes:The GlenWyvis 2018-21 Member’s Release Batch 1 at 50% abv, is a hard dram to come by! In 2016, by the Ben Wyvis mountain in Dingwall (all of which, I [...]
The Adelphi Selection Dailuaine 14 Year Old (54.1%)
Tasting notes:On the nose, this 14 Year Old Dailuaine from Adelphi presents with notes of anise flan and copper gutters after a spring rain, but not together, because anise [...]
The Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2020 Release
[Editor’s note: Today is the Malt Impostor’s 13th Maltiversary! And on this maltiversary, like our first, we celebrate it by having John review a Lagavulin [...]
The Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice 1997 Balblair 23 Year Old
Tasting notes:The Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice Balblair 1997 23 Year Old, 56.2%, explodes out of my glass like a champion 3 year old horse—juiced on [...]
The Castle & Key Restoration Rye Batch 2 (2020 Release)
Tasting notes:This 49.5% rye is not an easy one to find in the wild. I got lucky and stumbled upon one in Memphis, Tennessee, and enjoyed it mostly in nicely iced [...]
The Rock Island 21 Year Old Limited Edition Blended Malt (Douglas Laing)
Tasting notes:Before we begin, a Zoom-era amusing anecdote about this dram. Since Stephen moved to Norway, our meetings have been on FaceTime or Zoom. Since the pandemic, [...]
The Aerolite Lyndsay 10 Year Old
Tasting notes:Ah, there it is. That delicious Islay nose. Scrumptious. And then the memories flood in. But in this case, instead of a crumbled [...]
The Balblair 1983-2014
Tasting notes:The nose of this dram opens with rosewater-soaked dates visited by Nepalese honey bees. It’s very high and refined, but raises a question: who are the [...]
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