7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
sweet and spicy. At first there’s a dark syrup sweetness combined with a mixed spicyness
Taste
notes of mango, pineapple, honey, vanilla, nuts within and in the background a gritty, oily note with rubber, leather, black coffee
Finish
very long and rewarding
Liquor
Hazelburn 8 Sauternes Finish
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Nose
Sensuous aromas offer powerful scents of honey drizzled cereals, barley sugar and cocoa
Taste
burst of fresh dried apricots leaps out of the glass, sweet / bitter balance. Raisin, dark chocolate, barley sugar, toasty oak
Finish
tremendous length as the honeycomb/spice/cocoa theme plays out to the end
Liquor
Hazelburn 9 2007 Sauternes Single Cask
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Nose
smoke, fruit, honey
Taste
Lots of sweets, with a light smoke in the background. Hidden alcohol. Some chocolate
Finish
Quite long, subtly bitter, coffee powder, walnut, citrus peel, waxy notes.
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Liquor
Hazelburn 9 2010 Duty Paid Sample
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Nose
Big buttery, caramel apple notes hit first, allspice, banana, brown sugar, sea salt, brine, green apple skin, black pepper, unripe pear
Taste
very buttery, rich with silky slightly smoky caramel, pear slices, sea salt, saline, lapsang souchong, toasty oak, raisins, buttery almonds
Finish
Medium with raisin tarts, cocoa dust, almond milk and burnt toffee cake
Nose
butter menthol, vanilla wafer biscuit and subtle stone fruit notes
Taste
generous with semi sweet, boiled confectionary, cereal and spice flavours delivered with a warming spirit heat.
Finish
Very clean. Excellent balance. Persistent butter menthol, sweet cereal aftertaste
Liquor
Hazelburn Rundlet & Kilderkins 10
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Nose
Oily, lightly cheesy, slightly herbal & earthy. Olive oil, baked red apples, semi-sweet herbal honey.
Taste
More olive oil, more white pepper, and more light fresh oak.
Finish
Medium length
Liquor
Hazelburn Rundlets & Kilderkins
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Nose
Oily, lightly cheesy, slightly herbal & earthy. Olive oil, baked red apples, semi-sweet herbal honey.
Taste
More olive oil, more white pepper, and more light fresh oak.
Finish
Medium length
Liquor
Hazelgrove 2000 The Maltman
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Nose
chocolate mousse, fruit cake, Campbeltown funk, bruised apples, prunes and coal.
Taste
spiced apples, rich mushroom and beef broth, dark bitter chocolate, dried pineapple, smoked ham and soy sauce
Finish
bruised apples, salt, tar, ham soup and bitter drinking chocolate.
Liquor
Springbank 12 James MacArthur (1990’s)
Type
ABV
59.8%
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Nose
Cinnamon, quite spicy, oranges, pepper.
Taste
spices, sherry, wood, toffee, and currants, bitter.
Finish
Long, peppery. and warm
Liquor
Springbank 23 James Macarthur’s
Type
ABV
46%
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Nose
caramel, salted almond , syrup, and brown sugar
Taste
leathery, notes of mineral oil, butter biscuit, herbal
Finish
Long and on burnt seaweed, black olives, salted butter
Liquor
Hazelburn 12yo (Springbank)
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ABV
46%
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Nose
dried apricots, orange zest, milk chocolate, baking spices and caramel
Taste
Lots of caramel, ripe red apples, oranges and baking spices, spicy oak
Finish
short to medium, bittersweet, oaky and caramel
Liquor
Hazelburn 1997 for Switzerland
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Nose
Dried fruits, woody, sherry
Taste
Nutty, woody, dark chcocolate
Finish
Long, warm, tannins, a tad bitter