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Laphroaig 15, 43% abv
Nose: A fresh field. Mossy peat, very green. Some vanilla, smoke
Taste: Peat! Dark, sweet, salty, almond, lasting pepper
Personal: The Laphroaig 10 used to be my favorite before the Ardbeg (10) and the Laphroaig 15 nearly brings me back. Where the Ardbeg has a grassy brief, sweetness, the Laphroaig has a lasting finish on my tongue that makes this dram last twice as long as a typical malt.
Aberlour A'bunadh, 59.2% abv, Batch No 78
Nose: Bread, chocolate, dark caramel, peat or green hay. Some wood.
Taste: Vanilla! Caramel. A violin pull across burnt sugar, severe pepper finish.
Personal: a hailstorm or pepper and alcohol on my tongue like hot coals; cask strength there...sitting in front of the fire would be a good place to enjoy this.
Ardbeg 10, 46% abv, non-chill filtered
Nose: Straw or hay, sweet, vanilla. Fleeting.
Taste: Peat! and sweet. Some alcohol aftertaste, but just enough to be pleasant.
Personal: Before the Uigeadail, this was my favorite scotch. The simple sweet yet complex grassy and peat smoke of the Ardbeg have won me over.
Appearance: Brown
Taste: Slightly Bitter
Brewery: Beck's Brewing Co.
Overall Rating: Average
Appearance: Dark brown, rich, light brown head
Aroma: citrus hops, malt
Taste: incredibly smooth, very lightly hopped, almost unnoticeable hop bitterness, malty sweet mouthfeel
Brewery: Abbaye St-Remy
Overall:
Notes: JC gave me this beer after a trip to France over Christmas 2007. 11% abv
Brasseé å partir de: eau, malt, céréales non maltes, houblon, levure, sucres. Gebrouwen van: water, mout, niet, gemoute granen, hop, gist, suikers
Aroma: faintly sweet
Appearance: blond, nearly clear
Taste: a lager...
Brewery:Carlton
overall: 3/10
notes: Neil Fulcher and Donna brought me this back from Australia.
appearance: dark, mohageny
Appearance: Absolutely black, opaque.
Appearance: hazy , straw, blonde.
Justin and I went to Bierra Paradiso on the 28th for a stout dinner, where Greg, their "sommelier" of sorts, told us about the various stouts we were imbibing, and why he paired them with their chosen courses.
An excellent time had by all, even with the walk across the Key bridge to the Rosslyn metro...
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Campbeltown 1995, 46%, J&A Mitchell & Co Ltd
Appearance: Lamp oil, decent legs. Incredibly clear with a hint of green
Nose: Sherry wood, freshly chopped wood, headier alchol smell, cinnamon, peat
Taste: the incongruence of peat and salt is crazy. Roughish. Finish is almost too subtle. Light fruit.
Personal: Day before my 32nd birthday at Justin's house. This scotch has a cleansing nose and a sweet taste that makes it incredibly refreshing. The peat comes through amazingly!
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Limited 1990 release, non-chill filtered
Appearance: Straw, saffron rice, very small legs
Nose: Buttery peat bubbling over the top, then deepening into various green shades of a bamboo forest. Again after tasting; Ardbeg but with a complex, smoky peat on top. Jumbly tumbling notes of pine, wood, peat, salt, mushrooms
Taste: Butter sweet wonderland. Finish is hot wind across a plain.
Personal: Of the Ardbegs I've tasted, this is an excellent addition to the family. The most buttery of those I've tasted so far. After a few minutes, the glass seems to warm of its own accord, like a charcoal chimney
Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, 46%
Appearance: Coppery, amber, sherry
Nose: Malt, smoke, sweet, reserved
Taste: Smokey, peat, salt, wood, plum roasted honey
Personal: Mush stonier than Laphroaig, though very similar. A sharp, smoky reminder of why I drink scotch.
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