Review for Glenlivet 16-year-old Single Cask Edition Cask# 4664

Remarks:
Nice dram with an aromatic flavor profile

Overall I rate this Whisky:

Nose:
Alcohol is very present at the beginning. Then come notes of sherry, raisin, dried fruit, oak, orange peel. A little vanilla in the background. Herbs.
With a little water, more fruity notes emerge. The rest, including the alcohol present, does not change.
Taste:
strong sherry-like attack, spicy, raisins, dried fruit, caramel, vanilla, oak, some honey, spicy.
With a little water the whisky becomes softer and rounder, also sweeter and a few nuts are added.
Finish:
Intense, sherry, oak, some nuts, red berries, spicy, light vanilla and caramel.
With a little water, the finish is a little shorter. The aromas remain the same, but weaker than without water.

Review written on 2024-05-11

Review for Timorous Beastie 18-years-old DL Limited Edition

Remarks:
Distilleries in this Blended Malt: Glengoyne, Blair Athol, Glen Garioch

Great blend. Very multi-layered and complex. Great interplay of aromas. You can always find new aromas that alternate with the ones you found before.

Overall I rate this Whisky:

Nose:
Sweet and fruity with malt, vanilla and caramel, honey, a little chocolate, oak, citrus fruits. The longer you smell it, the more you notice the interplay of aromas. Very complex.
Taste:
Malty, sweet start. Then comes the oak, a few fruits, vanilla, caramel and chocolate. A slight bitterness appears which then turns into young oak aromas before the malt comes to the fore again.
Finish:
Intense malty, very fruity with pleasant oak notes. Lasts a very long time.

Review written on 2024-05-11

Remarks:
Extremely fruity. Very complex. Really delicious. You can’t smell it long enough. Fantastic

Overall I rate this Whisky:

Nose:
Intense dark and slightly fermented fruit, berries, orange peel, dried fruit, raisins, light sulphur, spicy oak. A real fruit basket on the nose. Later on there is some dark honey and leather. There is also some chocolate, but it is rather restrained. The fruit clearly dominates here.
Taste:
very intense dark fruits, berries, slightly fermented fruits, raisins, some sulphur in the background, creamy and oily, some honey and chocolate in the background, spicy oak, leather, orange peel.
Finish:
dried fruits, oak, dark berries, furniture polish, vanilla and caramel, some leather.

Review written on 2024-05-05

Remarks:
Little complex on the nose and finish. The palate is much better

Overall I rate this Whisky:

Nose:
smoky, fruity, smoked ham, some dried fruit, not very complex.
Taste:
sweet fruity, dried fruit, a little smoky. Vanilla, caramel, berries, a little fruit acid. Very fruity here.
Finish:
very fruity and smoky.

Review written on 2024-05-04

Remarks:
Great Glenfarclas. Very complex on the nose and palate.

Overall I rate this Whisky:

Nose:
Nice sherry notes, fruity, berries, dried fruit, oak, a little alcoholic which then changes into something spicy. A light Sulphur note is evident. Honey, leather. The longer you smell, the more there is to discover.
Taste:
very voluminous, dried fruits, sherry, nuts, vanilla, caramel, leather, old oak, light Sulphur, furniture polish, very complex. Above all, very fruity.
Finish:
Intense sherry notes with spicy oak. Very long and warming.

Review written on 2024-05-03