Todd's 50th Birthday Party 9/23/2017

     As promised I am reaching way back in my notes. Todd, in honor of his half a century celebration, opened a few bottles of whisky that I thought would never touch the air. Thank you Todd! This is what we tasted:


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*Gordon & MacPhael Longmorn 30yr 40% ABV
-smelled cinnamon, grassy
-tasted peppery oak
-with water smelled soap w/ slight oak
-tastes slight oak

​*Old Malt Cask – Port Ellen 26yr 50% ABV
-smelled floral with baked bread
-tasted smoky peat w/oak
-trailed quickly!
-with water smelled cinnamon bun
-tasted lighter peat w/lots of pepper
-trailed oak

​*Caol Ila 25yr 58% ABV
-smelled slight peat w/shortbread and fruit
-taste slight peat, pepper
-trailed fruit to oak
-with water smells sherry, fruity dessert
-tasted pepper
-trailed oak quickly!
-water ruined this!
 
*Murray McDavid – Linkwood (distilled 1979) 17yr 46% ABV
-smelled caramel, sherry oak
-tasted oak, sherry/bourbon, slight peat
-trailed oak
-with water smelled toffee, grape juice
​-tasted peated oak to shortbread to burnt oak
Water doesn’t necessarily ruin this. Less water is better. 

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​*Clontarf Single Malt 40% ABV (“Mellowed Through Atlantic Irish Oak Charcoal”)
- smelled caramel, vanilla, grassy and cinnamon quickly into sugar cookie
-tasted slight pepper with cinnamon toast
-with water smelled very sweet cinnamon floral
-tasted grassy w/touch of oak