Tasting at Todd's House 6/23/2016

*I. W. Harper 15 yr 43% ABV
     -smelled very sweet cookie dough
     -tinge of oak
     -tasted bitter oak with tannins
     -with water smelled sweet grape
     -tasted peppery rye
This whiskey did  not taste like it smelled. Water did not help either. 

*Arran Amarone Cask Finish 50% ABV
     -smelled spicy cinnamon bun sweet
     -faint fruit scents like a fruit cake
     -tasted bitter oak spicy with char
     -finished like dry wine
     -with water smelled like white wine
     -tasted strong white wine with pepper
     -trailed very quickly
     -wine aftertaste
Adding water to this really brings out the Amarone. Does not taste like it smells. 

*Glenmorangie Milsean  45% ABV
     -smelled sweet wood with cookie dough
     -tasted oak wood pepper
     -with water smelled light wood
     -tasted less bitter oak
Very unremarkable for a Glenmorangie. It's missing the sweeetness we've come to expect. Aly prefers the Original over this. It is certainly the ugliest packaging I have ever seen. 

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*Writer's Tears  40% ABV
     -smelled sweet grassy- like wheat
     -tasted light Irish with hard candy
     -trailes very quickly!
     -with water smelled lighter grassy
     -tasted bitter oak
Like many delicate Irish whiskies, water ruins this easily. A dropper would have been better to use.