Color: Amber Nose: Interesting start with fir needles, herbs and floral notes, liquorice and mint. Sweeter after the first sip, with vanilla and roasted almonds. Taste: Warming caramel sweetness at first, but it quickly gets more spicy with cinnamon and even pepper. Finish: Long-lasting fresh mint and toffee. Comments: I quite like this whisky. It's more spicy [...] Continue reading →

Color: Deep gold Nose: Raisins, apple juice and cinnamon. The alcohol is still noticeable in this relatively young whisky. Taste: Creamy mouth feel, if you take a big sip. Vanilla, followed by dark chocolate and spices. Finish: Medium in length. Dark chocolate and a bitter fruitiness persist the longest. Comments: Nice sherried whisky. Neither complex nor strong, [...] Continue reading →

Color: Russetmuscat Nose: In addition to the expected smoke, there is a lot of sweet fruitiness, more so than in the regular Ardbeg expressions. Taking note of a slight hint of sourness, I associate it with freshly cut grapefruits. There is paprika powder and peppery wood on top of the initial sweetness, too. Overall, the [...] Continue reading →

Color: Amber Nose: Makes a pretty sweet entrance with vanilla, honey and bananas leading the way. This is accompanied by a slight spiciness and sourness that's well-described by the "rhubarb" reference in the whisky's name. Water adds ginger into the mix. The banana is more prominent now. Taste: Bitter-sweet grapefruits and sour rhubarb, not much [...] Continue reading →

Color: Chestnutoloroso sherry Nose: Spices, cinnamon and glue. Behind that, vanilla. I didn't notice any change after adding water. Taste: Spicy chilli and curry come first for me, followed by sweet oak notes and orange peel. No considerable change in taste with water, but the mouth feel gets thicker, stickier. Finish: Long with orange peel, [...] Continue reading →

Color: Russetmuscat Nose: Soft peat, salt and sweet dried fruits alongside a strong ginger spiciness and wooden notes. Hints of citrus. Water tames the spiciness by bringing out notes of vanilla and cherry. Taste: Creamy mouth feel with salty liquorice, malt and lots of dried fruits. Nice. I like it better with a few drops of water [...] Continue reading →

Color: Amber Nose: Started off with biting aromas so I gave it a good 20 minutes to breath. Upon coming back to it, it was a lot calmer but still relatively spicy with chilli and cinnamon. Hints of fresh fruits, green apples. There is vanilla too, but it remains in the background. Water brings the [...] Continue reading →