Color: golden straw both clear and brilliant – like standing amidst fields of golden grains as far as the eye can see. Nose: straw and pure unadulterated honeycomb. Caramel candy apples. Cornbread. Candied ginger slivers. Plump moist yellow raisins. Pear orchards at the height of ripeness. Sunshine and baled hay. Boozed oranges and chocolate. […]
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Bushmills Black Bush
Color: golden orange both clear, brilliant, and deep. Polished pennies. Thick layer of tears upon gentle swirling. Nose: spiced boozy sweet apricots and peaches followed by oak and cracked pepper. Saffron wafts by upon a gentle breeze. Touch of flambéed banana in the middle – bananas foster comes to mind. Candied pineapple chunks. Heat […]
Bushmills Original
Appearance: golden straw, brilliant clarity, and decent tears. Nose: sweet with honeyed cereal grains. Lemon peel in the back. Candied ginger. Whole wheat crackers. Aloe. Dew-dropped green grass. Palate: creamy and oily. Honey, green grass, dew drops, and key lime in the back. Stickiest in the middle but never too heavy. Spicy finish […]
Bowmore Islay Legend
Color: copper and gold deep in the middle with lighter hues of sun-kissed straw and hay along the side. Nose: salty smoke, seaweed, and a hint of iodine. Wet sod. Honey baked grains. Band-Aids. Pervasive smoke. Palate: medium light weight, full in the middle with a fast finish. Salty smoke holds everything together. Sweet and […]
Macallan 18 year
Color: deep polished garnets and coppers. Brilliant sparkling clarity. Liquefied precious gems. Nose: stewed plums, apricots, and cherries. Chocolate truffle powder along the sides. Caramel apples. Honeycomb. Dried apricots and peaches. Sweet spicy heat in the back – like the sweet hot crackling heat of a fireplace. Palate: swirls oily and thick, leaving tears that […]
Ledaig 15 year
Color: golden straw and banana skin. Gorgeous clarity. Nose: musky. Dry mandarin and orange peel. Barnyard dust. Greenness of the aloe plant. Honeyed corn bread. Bales of hay in the back. Spiked honeycomb with a tickle of heat – primitive mead. Body: medium-light with mild coating of glass which doesn’t last long. Oily and mouth-coating […]
Bushmills 16 year
Color: brilliant and deep coppers and oranges with gold aspirations. Nose: caramel, toffee, and chocolate. Apricot, mandarin, and plums. Tickle of sweet sticky spicy heat in the back. Homemade cranberry sauce with just a touch of sugar for sweetness. Caramel flambé. Orange oils in the back. Floral esters whisper of rolling green fields covered in […]
Edradour 10 year
Color: amber and copper and maple syrup. Golden glints along the edges. Nose: dried grass and straw. Husked grains. Orange rind and tangelo zest. Cedar planks underneath. Caramelized apple skins with a touch of char along the edges. Banana peel and toasted coconut. Body: swirls thick with a long lingering blanket. Sticky lips after each […]
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Appearance: copper with hints of blood orange and ruby. Nose: honey and spiced orange heat tickles in the back much like a wintry flame crackling in the chill night air. Peaches and apricot. Honey on crunchy cornbread. Wild rye husks and seeds. Body: swirls oily, thick, and sticky. Full and mouth-coating. Sticky lips. Dry in […]
El Dorado 15 year
Color: deep coppers and garnets. Rich, luxurious, and precious. Nose: melted maple and molasses still warm to the touch. Freshly oiled leather. Melted brown sugars. Lemon essence. Bananas foster. Sliced Washington apples. Maple and molasses and brown sugar coat everything without overwhelming. Body: pours dreamy, swirls oily and sticky, and lingers long after each swirl. […]
Redbreast 12 year
Color: copper – polished and new. Lighter along the edges with sun-baked straw and hay. Nose: spiced and hot. Raw oats and rye seeds. Cut hay with hints of honey. Copper. Ghostly apple esters. Dry fall leaves. Green grape skins. Pears. Body: oily, thin along the edges, with an intense punch of flavor in the […]
Germain-Robin Fine Alambic Brandy ~ Lot 23
Color: clear brilliant polished deep oranges and rich golds. Copper glints along the edges. Nose: sweet heat tickles with flambéed orange and mandarin. Cinnamon sticks and mulled cider. Plump golden raisins. Cardamom. Orange honeycomb. Crisp and bright – pierces the senses. Body: oily – long lingering tears. Thick in the middle, sticky, then dry along […]
Auchentoshan Classic
Color: on the lighter side of honey with her colors thinning along the edges of her glassy vessel. swirls with a solid sticky layer of tears which linger nicely. Nose: light, delicate, elegant, and seductive. gentle honey, hay, and straw notes. sticky sweet with a hint of orange in the honey with the comb adding […]
Bowmore Darkest ~ Sherry Casked
Color: polished burgundy. deep rich woods steeped in time; like a gentleman’s club of yore. Nose: apples. sweet polished woods of luxurious high society designs. oil and polish, orange infused. black cherries juicy and divine. gentle pervasive essence of leaves changing color, a chill in the air, and winter creeping in. sticky. stewed spiced fruits; […]
Highland Park 12 year
Color: golds and coppers. Nose: honeyed heather. forceful and big. embers and cinders, still glowing. marmalade. pepper. cinnamon apples. marzipan. Body: decent tears. mouthcoating. sweet and sticky in the middle. lasting. Palate: honeycomb. spice in the back. red hot woods and glowing embers. marmalade. straw and dry grass in the back. heather. spice tickles. marzipan. […]
Lagavulin 16 year
Color: ambers, mahogany, and garnets. Clear and deep. Nose: peat and smoke, mud and muck, leather and tannins. Apple cores and musk in the back. Smells just before a rain shower and right after a rain shower. Sea salt weaves in and out. Hibiscus. Body: swirls oily, thick, and heavy. Mouthcoating. Sticky in the middle […]
Scapa 12 year
Color: light straws and hay with golden glints of sunshine. Clear with glimmers shiny copper pennies. Nose: salt. Honey in the back along with a hit of heat, sharp and to the point. Flambéed apples and plantains. Dried seaweed and nori strips. Sandy shores. Salt water taffy. Body: surprisingly oily and thick. Mouth-coating with sticky […]
El Dorado 12 year
Color: deep garnets and Victorian reds deep and burnt. Copper pennies along the sides. Nose: heat hits in the back. Melted caramel and toffee chocolate truffles. Truffle powder. Caramel syrup. Cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and paprika in the back. Fuji apples. Candied plums and prunes. Rum soaked oak staves. Raw cooked sugar cane. Body: medium with […]
Ballast Point Three Sheets Barrel-Aged Rum
Color: golden grains. Gold doubloon. Copper pennies along the edges. Nose: heat hits in the back. Caramel apples. Cinnamon sticks. Has a pervasive stickiness which lingers in the nose. Lemon and orange oil. Oiled leather. Acorns. Red apple flesh. Candied fruit sweetness. Stewed peach skins, apricot specifically. Body: medium to medium-light. Solid blanket of tears. […]
Eagle Rare Single Barrel 10 year
Color: copper. Polished pennies. Burnished garnet. Deep clarity with regal richness. Nose: orange oils and rind. Oiled leather and saddles. Toast and toasted coconut. Lemongrass. Apple musk. Essence of the ranch. Burnt sugars. Body: swirls thick, coating sides of glass with thick rivulets. Oily and mouth-coating. Lips sticky with honeycomb and orange oils. Dry spicy […]
Glenmorangie 10 year
Color: light clear straw. Honey and sunshine. Nose: gentle and supple. Straw and biscuits. Honeycomb. Baled hay. Sunflower. Essence of orange. Orchard must. Golden fields. Body: swirls with a nice oily layer. Smooth and silky, oily and creamy. Sticky and supporting a nice weight. Palate: honey, straw, and hay. Honeycomb all over lips which tingle […]
Macallan 17 year ~ Fine Oak
Color: clear burnished coppers. deeper along the edges than in the middle. Nose: sweet and honeyed. pervasive coconut. banana skins. raw oak, sweet and spicy, mingles with the coconut. guava and plantains. honeycomb raw and dripping. orchard must. pear and apple skins essence. teasatory tickle of heat and spice in the back, dry. golden biscuits […]
Lochindaal 10 year
Color: golden sunshine on a clear summer day. brilliant fields of straw. Nose: honeyed straw with a green grass border slightly sun baked and bales of dried hay lingering about. coconut husk. green cut grass damp dewy and summery sweet. green banana peel. honeycomb. lemon peel. Body: light and clean, almost airy though not watery. […]
Benriach 10 year
Color: gold and straw with a clear brilliance marked by a medium depth bordered in ambers. Nose: honeycomb, wood (raw oak), vanilla, saffron. Dew-dropped green grass amidst fields of wild flowers with waves of golden grains upon the horizon. Tickle of heat in the back which leads into a cooled honey glaze. Fruitcake esters in […]
