7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Fresh and fruity – freshly cut melon, green apple and pear – along with hot toast and honey with a sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg.
Taste
syrupy, lots of vanilla, a lot of fudge, a hint of smoke
Finish
cinnamon and spicy finish. The rich mouthfeel lingers, with the honeyed fruit lasting longest. Good balance.
Nose
tobacco, rye spices, cloves, black pepper, dark chocolate, hint of toffee, some shortbread
Taste
Black forest gateau, cream, chocolate, sponge cake, juicy cherries, treacle, rye spicing, black tea, tobacco.
Finish
Long, peppery
Price
$20
Liquor
Trader Joe’s 10 yo Highland Single Malt Scotch
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet, fruity, honey, vanilla, apricot and malt
Taste
malt, vanilla, oak, honey, dried orchard fruit
Finish
Medium, sweet, honey, malt, graham, oak and ash
Price
$45
Liquor
Trader Joe’s 18 yo Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Type
ABV
40%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Farmy malt, butterscotch, apricot, pear, bits of lemon frosting and spice, fruity and light.
Taste
dried fruit, citrus candy, butterscotch, waxy banana taffy, light bits of earth and bitter alkaline
Finish
Medium, drawl of malt, banana taffy, citrus frosting and bitter alkaline.
Price
$20
Nose
Passion fruit, complex orchard fruit, malt, copper, citrus, honey, bits of vanilla taffy, oily spice and a touch floral.
Taste
Copper, malt, passion fruit, orchard fruit, malt, spice, bit of buttery toffee.
Finish
Long, copper, malt, passion fruit and buttery toffee.
Price
$25
Nose
Honey, notes of vanilla, malt, light caramel, light orchard fruit, sweet
Taste
Honey, vanilla, fruit, malt, light caramel, light ambiguous sweetness
Finish
Medium. malt, grilled fruit, lightly charred sweetness, ash
Price
$20
Nose
Sweet, fruity honey, vanilla, apricots, malt, pears, apples and graham cracker pie crust.
Taste
Sweet,malt, vanilla, oak, honey, dried orchard fruit,banana and caramel.
Finish
Medium in length with a dry, sweet,honey, malt, graham, ash and vanilla.
Price
$19
Nose
honey and apples on the nose with some pear and a touch of custard-y sweetness
Taste
caramel, dried apricots, vanilla and light cinnamon spice
Finish
smooth, oaky finish
Price
$10
Nose
sweet, fruity, and spicy notes, with hints of brown sugar and oak
Taste
lingering vanilla on your palate.
Finish
long, dry, spicy finish
Price
$20
Nose
Peat smoke, oily, briny, some malt.
Taste
Sweet rush initially, medicinal peat, seaweed, bourbon notes, spices, custard.
Finish
Smoke, long and spiced.
Price
$34
Nose
Trader Joe’s Lowland 15
Taste
Light tasting. A lot of green apples with hints of vanilla.
Finish
Crisp and light. Green Apples.