7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Lemon slices, sweet seaweed, hints of menthol and lavander
Taste
velvety whisky, creamy vanilla, oak and little smoke
Finish
Long. Sweet Caol Ila smoke.
Liquor
Caol Ila Hermitage 2001 Gordon & MacPhail
Type
ABV
45%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Ashy smoke, citrus notes, red berries, strawberries, tart, malty.
Taste
smoke, sweet, strawberry, slightly greasy, vanilla, vinous
Finish
Medium, ashy, slight sweetness, glucose
Nose
Charcoal smoke, and a rather dry sherry, the marriage of the two resulting in animal barbeque and smoked bacon
Taste
Charcoal smoke, but also a nice dose of acidulous fruits (pineapple, grapefruit, lemon, orange), resinous notes, salt.
Finish
Endless, very smoky and slightly bitter, but also sweet.
Nose
Lemon sherbet and apple, custard, dry grass
Taste
Sweet lemon meringue pie and soft, wood smoke
Finish
Long. Soft drying smoke.
Liquor
Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet peat, smoked meatiness, lemon, some earth, salted caramel, tobacco, honey.
Taste
Honey, lemon, sweet peat, subtle smoked meat, ash, apple, citruses, cocoa
Finish
Long. Pepper, ash, smoked meat, honey.
Liquor
Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength 2017 Distillery Exclusive Bottling
Type
ABV
58.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Citrus, Dark chocolate, red fruits and a slight bitterness as well. A slight hint of marshmellows is a lovely side note
Taste
Peaches, honey, tabacco and a bitter herbal touch, marshmellow over a campire with a slight burnt layer
Finish
A long creamy medicinal and maritime finish with a clear ashy and tobacco aftertaste. A lot of wood appearing on the finish now.
Nose
Young and sweet, big vanilla. Super fruity, really loaded with Dole fruit syrupy sugar notes and a big, wet peat presence. Earthy and mossy.
Taste
Medium mouth feel, musty and sweet. The peat is super earthy and mineral forward and it almost tastes wine finished – there is a ton of fruit character here.
Finish
Long and earthy with a lot of pepper, salty smoke and dominant earthy peat.
Nose
Gentle on the nose with a hint of minerals, well balanced
Taste
Sweetness on the palette, but then the ride begins, hefty fire included.
Finish
A lingering, charred, slightly sour finish.
Nose
Smoked cocktail made of oyster, lemon juice, traces of exhaust, burnt rubber.
Taste
Same as nose, green olive, some wax , ashes, briny, sour.
Finish
long, zesty, and fresh.
Nose
Heather roots, vanilla, ginger, chocolate, eaweed.
Taste
Oily palate, notes of soft peat smoke and camphor, a little sage butter, rum spice.
Finish
A long, spicy finish.
Nose
Maltesers, salty, pungent element, fine pungent cheese, beckoning you on to the pleasures of the palate
Taste
Lemon, vanilla sugar, soft oakiness, peat, carbolic, smoked tea, cinder toffee, honey, again a salty, savoury, salty, sweet and savoury elements. condensed milk, milk tea and honey, fragrant smokiness.
Finish
Lapsang Souchong tea, lingers on, slightly sweetened with condensed milk, lemon salt, fish,chips, malt vinegar.
Nose
Peat, iodine, lemon, white chocolate, smoked meat, light cheap mustard, pepper, salami
Taste
lemon, smoke, sea air, beaches, burn, salami, medicinal, cinnamon, cocoa, bitter melon
Finish
Chocolate, nutmeg, iodine, double smoked boar bacon, peat