After our summer travels and a break from club meetings, we gathered at Todd and Donna's house to swap stories and pay dues and taste some whisky. Here is what we tasted:
*Bruichladdich Islay Barley Rockside Farm Unpeated 50% ABV
-smells sweet vanilla, earthy
-tastes charred wood, warm bread
-with water smells vanilla, hard candy sweet
-tastes grassy with slight smoke
-trails peppery
-smells sweet vanilla, earthy
-tastes charred wood, warm bread
-with water smells vanilla, hard candy sweet
-tastes grassy with slight smoke
-trails peppery
*Middleton Very Rare Irish Blend 2013 40% ABV
-smells butterscotch
-tastes very light floral with cherry cough syrup
-trails oak
-with water smells even sweeter like fudge
-tasted floral, grassy, dandelion
-trails oak with almost no aftertaste
I swear I taste sherry in this!
-smells butterscotch
-tastes very light floral with cherry cough syrup
-trails oak
-with water smells even sweeter like fudge
-tasted floral, grassy, dandelion
-trails oak with almost no aftertaste
I swear I taste sherry in this!
*Springbank 21 yr 46% ABV
-smells sherry and oak with smoke
-tastes peat with sweet black licorice
-with water smells caramel, cinnamon bun
-tastes slightly sour oak with sweetness
-trails oak
-smells sherry and oak with smoke
-tastes peat with sweet black licorice
-with water smells caramel, cinnamon bun
-tastes slightly sour oak with sweetness
-trails oak
*Caol Ila Stitchell Reserve 59.6% ABV
-smells a little soapy with floral and oak
-tates smoky oak
-with water very peppery!
-slight sweet taste with oak
-trails peppery oak quickly!
-smells a little soapy with floral and oak
-tates smoky oak
-with water very peppery!
-slight sweet taste with oak
-trails peppery oak quickly!
*Bowmore Bourbon Cask 40% ABV
-smells peat, wood and grassy field
-tastes slight peat with oak
-with water smells smoky, slight wood
-tastes light wood with pepper aftertaste
-smells peat, wood and grassy field
-tastes slight peat with oak
-with water smells smoky, slight wood
-tastes light wood with pepper aftertaste