End of Summer Meeting at Todd and Donna's 8/20/16

     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:
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​*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

*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!

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​*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

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​*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!

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​*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