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Islay Malt Whisky

Tasting notes. For the standard age expression of each Islay malt. Notes taken from my blog justanotherdram, Michael Jackson's 'Malt Whisky Companion', Jim Murray's 'Whisky Bible' and Whisky Magazine.

 
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- core info on the Islay distilleries
Tasting Notes -
for the key Islay single malts.


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Bruichladdich    

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -
Featured malt: 10 year old

Lemons and vanilla
Soft vanilla and custard tart
Flowery, touches of heather
Fresh, zesty, breezy
Bowmore

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -
Featured malt:  12 year old

Well sherried, peated backwash
Intense malt, peaty shadow
Persistent sherry, salty
Fragrant smoke
Ardbeg

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -

Featured malt: 10 year old

Searing iodine and salt
Salty tang, malt surge
Brine, iodine dryness
Turf, salty, peppery
Caol Ila

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -

Featured malt: 12 year old

Medicinal, warming toffee
Peppery spices, toffee tones
Fruity, peaty, peppery
Spicy, juicy fruits
Laphroaig
 
justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -
Featured malt: 10 year old

Alcoholic brine
Iodine and soft salt
Phenolic, seaweedy

Seaweed, shy vanilla
Lagavulin

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -
Featured malt: 16 year old

Sip of sherry, salty backwash
Cocoa and smoke
Peaty, salty, embracing
Salty notes, chewy iodine
Bunnahabhain

justanotherdram -
Jim Murray -
Michael Jackson -
Whisky Magazine -
Featured malt: 12 year old

Sherried nuts
Intense malt flanked by salt
Nutty-malty sweetness
Herbal, soft-sherry
Others  
I'll be adding others later, including The Wee Dram's Caol Ila, Ardbeg's Uigeadail and Laphroig's Quarter Cask.
 

 

 

           
 
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