An Cnoc 12yr 40% abv

Spyside

Nose: Sweet with dried fruit and oaky

Palate: Oak and smoke at first, then some nice citrus notes with some nice sweetness

Finish: Medium short, slightly spicy with those oak tannins creepy in on the tail.

Comment: Great starter for someone new to single malts

Balvenie Peated Cask 17yr 43% abv

Speyside

Nose: Wonderful Balvenie honey and oak notes with fruit, raisins

Palate: Sweet & smokey with that peat coming through nicely but not what you might expect

Finish: Medium and dry with oak, late smoke, and a little spice

Glencadam 15yr 46% abv

Speyside

Nose: Oak and a sea breeze saltiness, some sweet notes with vanilla

Palate: Very buttery and well rounded with some oak late

Finish: Medium short with a little spice and a bit malty

Glengoyne Cask Strength 12yr 57.2%

Southern Highlands

Nose: Big vanilla & oak with sherry late

Palate: Rich & buttery, sherry and marzipan

Finish: Medium long and peppery

Comment: Nice job Glengoyne!

Lagavulin 2010 12yr 59.5%

Islay

Nose: Sweet peat and smoky, caramel

Palate: Smoky and peaty, very well balanced, buttery

Finish: Peppery and a bit oily, nice long smoky finish

Octomore 3.1  152PPM 5yr 59%

Islay

Nose: Burning peat fire and smoky with some sweet notes

Palate: Oily, more smoke, peat sweetness

Finish: Long and spicy, very sensual

Brewtastic!

    

Ah! The Harvest....

McNeill’s “Oatmeal Stout” 5.4 % abv

VT

Nose: Dried fruit, dry oak, cereal maltiness

Palate: Very malty, chocolate, roasted malt

Finish: Short

Innus & Gunn “Rum Cask” 7.4% abv

Scotland

Nose: Perfume sweetness, marzipan

Palate: Not sweet on the palate with very light rum noted, a light lager mouthfeel

Finish: Quick with some late rum sweetness

Wells “Banana Bread Beer” 5.2% abv

England

Nose: Slightly sweet with banana, but balanced

Palate: Again very balanced lager with the sweet  banana notes late, medium bodied

Finish: The banana notes again, short

Comment: Very enjoyable

Great Divide “Smoked Baltic Porter” 6.2% abv

CO

Nose: Bit sour on the nose but picking up some smoked malt

Palate: Nice malt, well rounded with chocolate & coffee notes

Finish: Bitter espresso, short

Mikkeller “Beer Geek Breakfast” Bourbon Barrel Aged 10.7% abv Denmark

Nose: Malty with chocolate and hops

Palate: Chocolate, coffee and light malt

Finish: Medium with the coffee and chocolate hanging on

De Proefbrouwerij Broederlijke Liefde 8%

Belgium

Nose: Hoppy, yeasty, and floral

Palate: Green hops balanced with bitter hops: like an IPA with Belgium Yeast

Finish: Short, yeasty, very Saison’ish

Hard not to have a great time with great friends and a great line-up! Welcome to first-timer Frank.