Taste Survey

Taste Survey

Ireland America

Scotland

Highlands	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Aberlour	10	full, malty, spicy	delicate, luxuriant, sherry tone, well-balanced	full, long, decent
Balvenie	10	full, luxuriant	delicate sherry, gentle, soft honey	fairly luxuriant, long
Balvenie	12	oranges with sherry	full, deep, sweet, nutty, cinnamon	long, pleasant
Balvenie	15	Bourbon cask matured, dry, firm	full, pungent	long, unique
Balvenie Port	21	sweet, with some peat	mold, peat and much port wine	long and smooth
Cragganmore	12	substantial, dry	malty-peaty, well rounded	long, noble, slightly peaty
Dalmore	12	citrus fruit, Sherry	dry, salty	with peat and heather
Dalwhinnie	15	a whiff of peat and heather	light, fruity-sweet	excellent long
Edradour	10	almond, fruity	malty, very few dryness	creamy mild, warm
Glen Deveron	12	fresh, not too heavy	rather malty	malty-dry, becomming warmer
Glen Garioch	15	peat and smoke	malty, peaty	long, strong, spicy
Glendronach	15	full, nutty, dark amber colour	big body, medium, much sherry	long, smooth, warming up
Glendronach	18	full, nutty, dark amber colour	big body, medium dry	long, smooth, warming up
Glenfarclas	15	much sherry, delicate peaty	sweet, strong, complete	marvellous sweet, mild peaty
Glengoyne	10	smooth, gentle aroma, no peat	light, tender, fresh	long and fresh, decent
Glenmorangie	10	fresh, flowery, spicy	mild, malty-creamy	long and sweet
Glenmorangie	18	some sherry, nutty	meduim dry, full and round	spices, long, aromatic
Isle of Jura	10	pleasant dry	malty, intensive	gentle, salty
Knockando	15	light sweet, fresh	smooth, full, malt	smooth, good and long
Longmorn	15	malty, flowery	malty sweetness, fresh	long, pleasant
Macallan	12	rich and sherry sweet	smooth, sweet, full, much sherry	rich and long
Macallan	18	stronger	better	longer
Oban	14	gentle peat flavour	continual gentle, salty	dry, peaty, delicate
Campbeltown	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Glen Scotia	14	gentle peaty, delicate-strong	peaty, salty, almond	long, firm
Springbank	12	light salty, grassy	light peaty, some sweetness	good, smooth
Springbank	15	totally different, peaty, oily	full, oily, some sherry	interesting, varying
Lowlands	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Auchentoshan	10	smooth, flowery, sweet-fruity	light, sweet and light fruity	light, medium dry
Glenkinchie	10	peaty, light, gentle aroma	dry, malty, gentle	resting, peaty-delicate
Littlemill	8	light, smooth	malty-sweet, spicy	dry, very supple
Isle of Islay	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Bowmore	12	peaty and gentle sweetness, iodine	sherry, some peat, sweety	long, emphazised smokey, dry
Bowmore	15	peaty flavour with fruits and flowers	honey, seaweed, toffee, citrus	long and smooth
Bowmore	17	distinct sherry	mighty, peaty, salt and seaweed	deeper, syrup, great
Caol Ila	15	full, peaty, some sherry	big, full, peaty	long, oily, peaty, worming up
Lagavulin	16	heavy, powerful, spicy	peaty-smoky, complex	long, peaty, always glowing
Laphroaig	10	heavy, much peat, phenol	salty, spicy, seaweed, strong	strong, long, covering everthing
Laphroaig	15	peat, some fruit	well-balanced, intensive	long, dry
Isle of Skye	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Talisker	10	peaty, malty-sweet	strong, explosive, spicy	mighty, true afterburner
Orkneys	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Highland Park	12	heather, honey and sherry	dry-peaty, malty, mature	lighter peat, cultivated
Highland Park	18	honey, sherry, some peat	honey, vanilla	intensive and long, outstanding

Ireland

	J.	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Bushmills Malt	10	light, a little sherry	light mold, a trace of sherry	dry, long, without peat
Bushmills Malt Three Woods	16	no peat, vanilla, honey	honey, mold, complex	no peat, long and sweet
Connemara		Irish Single Mold, one of the few peaty from Ireland
Jameson 1780	12	flavourig, oily, sherry	well tasting, sherry sweet, full	sherry, dry, vanilla
Redbreast	12	oak, toffee	smooth oak, then spicy with pepper	oak, some sweet, toffee
The Tyrconnel		honey and citrus fruit, complex	honey, orange, strong	long, malty, with honey sweetness

America

	Colour	Flavour	Taste	Aftertaste
Baker's 7 Years old, 107 Proof, 53,5%	warm amber	fruity, vanilla, toffee	roasted nuts, fruity, gentle structure	sweet, gentle, medium long
Basil Hayden's 8 Years old, 80 Proof, 40%	golden amber	spices, tea, perhaps peppermint	spices, pepper, honey, light body	dry, decent, short
Blanton’s Single Barrel 46,5%	copper bronze	full body, good balanced, vanilla, cinnamon and blackberry		long with butterscotch
Booker's 6-8 Years old, 121 Proof, 63,3%	deep, rich, peaty amber	much oak, vanilla, peaty charcoal	intensive, fruity, tannins and tobacco	decent, long, intensive
George Dickel 10 Years, 43%	golden amber	vanilla	mild, dry, harmonic	smooth
Knob Creek 9 Years old, 100 Proof, 50%	copper to amber	roasted nuts, cereals, oak	sweet, full body, nearly fruity, rich	long, rich and glowing
Maker’s Mark Red Seal 45%	light amber	rich, full, wood and clove	light spicy and marvellous smooth	short, clear, very decent
Rebel Yell	golden amber	honey, butter	and plum	spicy
Wild Turkey Rare Breed 54,5%	copper, amber	spring flowers and black pepper	strong, some orange and tobacco	long, warm and nutty
Woodford Reserve 45,2%	golden amber	strong vanilla	strong and not so sweet	warm and long