7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Notes of caramel crème. Gets then quite maritime, on oysters (fat Loch Gruinart oysters, says Olivier), seashells.
Taste
Peat, smoke, chocolate, fruits (passion?), honey (chestnut).
Finish
Marzipan, something tarry, smoked tea, candied orange and long.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1976 Old Malt Cask (Cask 1446)
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Oak and sherry, with some burnt sugar in the mix
Taste
Nice clean sherry, hints of chocolate
Finish
Faint bitter cocoa, medium long.
Nose
Mentholoaded / Peaty / Damp earth / Syrups / Lozenges / Dried apples
Taste
Oily liquorice with mint / Oaky / Peaty
Finish
Long dry finish with seawater and tea
Nose
Mentholoaded / Peaty / Damp earth / Syrups / Lozenges / Dried apples
Taste
Oily liquorice with mint / Oaky / Peaty
Finish
Long dry finish with seawater and tea
Liquor
Port Ellen 1977 Signatory (Cask 3615)
Type
ABV
58%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweat, smoke, sea salt and driftwood.
Taste
Texture is quite creamy, however,
Finish
Long, peaty smokiness
Nose
Fruit and honey with a little smoke. A little lime.
Taste
Sweet fruit, a little salted caramel, more sugar and more salt
Finish
Very sweet, and very long finish, with a little salt in aftertaste
Nose
Lemon oils, brine, capers, oysters, sea shells, very clean nose on honey, brine and citrus. Lovely.
Taste
Thick honey, pretty rough at full strength, a real brute. Waxy, hot cayenne, seashells, lemon and capers, peat builds – menthol, brisket, charcoal, billowing smoke
Finish
Burnt plastic, iodine, heavy black smoke, bandaids, tiger balm. Really condensed and intense finish.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1978 Douglas & Laing Old and Rare
Type
ABV
55.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Lemons, delicate smoke, ashes, summer grass with dried grass on which cows, iodine and seaweed graze, peanuts with salt, wormwood, dried apricots.
Taste
Smoky, sour citrus, pepper, juicy, smoked, peat, fruit, candied fruits, cowshed (cow rough).
Finish
Smoky, pepper, iodine, peat, oak, smoked, long-lasting, lemon in sugar, sweet fruity, cow barn.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1978 Signatory (Butt 5265)
Type
ABV
60.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Nice smoky BBQ aspects with this Ellen with a tad bit of rubber.
Taste
The darker sherry aspects dominate, vanilla and butterscotch sweetness along with burnt sugars and a fair bit of spice
Finish
Long, peaty smokiness
Liquor
Port Ellen 1978 The Whisky Shop 10th Anniversary
Type
ABV
54.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Flavours of lemon, vanilla and smoked ham develop next to each other, followed by very soft smoke. Water brings out more fruitiness (lemon, apples)
Taste
Medium-bodied, oily, and lightly spicy, with the lemon flavours now more pronounced than on the nose. Vanilla again makes an appearance, before the whole palate turns salty and grassy
Finish
Long and warming. Lemon and vanilla mingle with smoky and ashy notes.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1979 21 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet barley, peaty and maritime notes, more peatier.
Taste
Peat and maltiness
Finish
Long and very balanced.
Liquor
Port Ellen 1979 25yr Old Malt Cask
Type
ABV
57.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Creosote, crispy fish skin, coal soot, lime pickle, olive oil dressing, smoked leather, curry paste and onions caramelising.
Taste
Peat smoked apple cores, poached pears in salted stock syrup, sooty anise, anjelica, green herbs, creamy.
Finish
Apples,pears, aniseed, white pepper, lime, elderflower, wasabi, green herbs, lime marmalade and very, very long.