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Wee Rock Whisky Club Tasting

Great night with good food (especially the chocolate cake made with chestnuts!!) and fantastic people from the Wee Rock Whisky Club from Saltspring Island. Lots of laughs and we managed to taste/score some whisky. Here’s the list below, and my tasting notes:

Duncan Taylor Imperial 17yo 53.9%
Nose: Melon, pear, sweet, fruit buttery. Taste: caramel, chocolate End: Pepper Rating: 4 stars

Duncan Taylor Clynelish NC2 13yo 46%
Nose: mild malt. Taste: Malty, mild smoke, little butric, Cinnamon Rating: 2 stars

Duncan Taylor Aberlour 12yo 46%
Green grass, hay, floral licorise, chocolate .Rating: 3 stars

Adelphi Breath of Speyside 16yo 57.9%
Taste: Sherry, plum, fruit, earth worms, dirt, match-sticks. Rating: 1 star

Adelphi Breath of the Highlands 22yo 55.2%
Malty, sweet, woody, nutty, dry, earthy. Rating: 4 stars

Adelphi Mortlach 17yo 57.5%
Plum, sugar, milt hot, licorise. Rating: forgot

Duncan Taylor Dalmore 17yo 56.9%
Dried fruit, apricots, old lady perfume. Rating 2 stars

Duncan Taylor Highland Park NC2 10yo 46%
Smke, cheesy, mild pepper ending. Rating 4 stars

Adelphi Breath of the Isles 16yo 56.2%
Peaty, licorise. Rating 4 stars.

Bruichladdich Octomore 5yo 63.5%
Smoke, chlorine pool, yummy. Rating: 5 stars