Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
This is a traditional Old Malt Cask bottling of Port Ellen distilled in 1982 and bottled in September of 2o01 at the label’s usual 50% ABV. The nose has a touch of driftwood smoke and a subtle peatiness, along with a slight hint of citrus tartness, butterscotch, honey, soft oak, and a sulphur-like flintiness. The taste is thick and spicy with a great black pepperiness, along with butterscotch, honey, lemon zest, grilled pineapple, and a touch of sulphur. The finish is long with a gentle peaty smokiness balanced nicely by honey and butterscotch. Amazing! (November, 2017)
Editor’s note: Thanks to Davin de Kergommeaux and Frank Scott for sharing this bottle during a Port Ellen vertical tasting at the 2017 New Brunswick Spirits Festival.
This is a traditional Old Malt Cask bottling of Port Ellen distilled in 1982 and bottled in September of 2o01 at the label’s usual 50% ABV. The nose has a touch of driftwood smoke and a subtle peatiness, along with a slight hint of citrus tartness, butterscotch, honey, soft oak, and a sulphur-like flintiness. The taste is thick and spicy with a great black pepperiness, along with butterscotch, honey, lemon zest, grilled pineapple, and a touch of sulphur. The finish is long with a gentle peaty smokiness balanced nicely by honey and butterscotch. Amazing! (November, 2017)
