7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
North British 28yr Duncan Taylor
Type
ABV
54.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Dark bread, rye meal, spelled biscuits, dried cranberries, vanilla, some green peppers and light grapes.
Taste
Sweet, lots of grain, cherry cake, some cocoa, berries, some oak, ginger, cinnamon, green pepper
Finish
Medium to long, dry, slightly spicy, Chocolate with salt and chili, dry oak.
Liquor
North of 7 Single Barrel – Barrel #1
Type
ABV
%
Distiller
Nose
Ethanol, oats, maple, grass, wheat, corn
Taste
Lemon, orange, wood, ethanol
Finish
Pepper, chemical, wheat
Liquor
North of 7 Single Barrel – Barrel #2
Type
ABV
%
Distiller
Nose
Floral, oak, malt, mint, sandalwood
Taste
Cloves, vanilla, floral/soap, sand
Finish
Cinnamon, eggbread, hot, wheat, cloves, floral
Liquor
North of Scotland 1963 Scott’s Selection
Type
ABV
46.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Vanilla, honey, some cut grass, baked bananas and grain
Taste
Quite punchy, custard powder and cake mix, light toffee, lemon curd., sugar almonds, and chocolate
Finish
Medium long, cinnamon, clotted cream, little ginger.
Liquor
North of Scotland 1964 Scott’s Selection (2005)
Type
ABV
42.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sugar cane, brown sugar, maple syrup, dried fruits
Taste
full of maple syrup, richly texture, vanilla, toffee, toasty oak and corn sweetness
Finish
long, toasty oak and corn sweetness
Liquor
North of Scotland 1964 Scott’s Selection (2007)
Type
ABV
45%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet. Aromatic.
Taste
Heavy-bodied, Creamy-tasting, Vanilla.
Finish
Long. Soothing, and some medicinal note.
Liquor
North of Scotland 1964 Scott’s Selection (2009)
Type
ABV
%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Maple butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, banana chips, orange zest jam, lemon cookies, hardwood furniture. Bourbon, chalk, vintage magazines
Taste
old wheated bourbon, gently toasted oak staves, prunes, nutmeg, almond paste, hot toddy with buttery, smooth mouth feel
Finish
Long and warming with some black pepper dustings, dark Muscovado sugar and cocoa
Nose
Hay, greengages, a whiff of peat swiftly enveloped by coffee-dipped pastries.
Taste
Orange peel, caramel and almond. Still slightly grassy at points. A flinty touch or two here and there.
Finish
Grist, apricot and milk chocolate.
Nose
Mineral-y smoke, blood orange and fruit-filled scones.
Taste
Coastal notes begin to develop, while hints of juicy raspberry sit up front.
Finish
Lingering red fruit.
Nose
Rum-soaked dried fruit, toasted almonds, crystallised ginger.
Taste
Waves of caramel, melted chocolate and good sherry.
Finish
Ground cinnamon, orange peels, espresso and chocolate once again.
Nose
Rich & medium-sweet, grain, toasted coconut, savoury, mellow, sweet earthy mushrooms, rose water-flavoured, dark, musty old sherry, caramel fudge , old leather, red apples
Taste
More sweet earthy mushrooms, slightly leathery, more old musty sherry, red apple, grain, caramel fudge again, almonds, some orange.
Finish
Short-medium length
Nose
Stewed apple, clove, tobacco, fresh menthol, jammy forest fruits, fragrant honey, pinch of Mediterranean herbs.
Taste
More honey and more of those lovely berries, with oodles of oak spice balanced by a good helping of fresh mint.
Finish
Tannic, spicy and drying, with toffee apple and vanilla.