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Glenfiddich 12yo (40%, OB)
Color: Golden, watering legs.
Nose: Quite nice malty with hint of smoke. Beautiful fruit, pear, apple.  Deep melon.

Stronachie 12yo (43%, OB, blend from Dewar Rattray)
Score:80. Light yellow. citrus fruit. Malty. Light peat. I espeically like the light peat feel. 春風即將進口的調和威士忌, 值得推薦一下, 跟目前一般調和的風格不盡相同.

Talisker 20yo 1981/2002 (62%, OB)
Color: brown, clear, fine legs, going down quick
Nose: Peat and sherry, gras, earthy, lomon, citrus, mint, malty, old, some yellow flower, rice, creal.

剛被賣給義大利酒商, 在義大利是銷售第一名的Single Malt. 2/27試飲



Glengrant 26yo 1975/2001 (43%, Scottish Castles Cask#5529, series 3)

去年12月跟MARA買的兩支SMWS裝瓶, 過年前開的, 去東京前就紀錄了, 但是沒時間post上來, 如果有人不知道如何查SMWS代號的人可以參照下面這個網址:
http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/trivia/smws-distillery-numbers.html

Auchentoshan 32yo 1973/2005 (55.5%, OB, Sherry Cask, 480b, Glass Decanter)
Color: Brownish Green.
Nose: Nice old malt, very oil, Malty, Rice, Light peat. Reminds me good Springbank. Flower, hint of aplle.
Taste: Powerful, sweet, very nice malt.   Full body. Long finish.

Springbank 10yo (40%, OB, 2004)
Color: Gold.
Nose: Nice fruity nose with lots apple, pear, citrus.  Still Matly. Hint of peat. Some flower develop later.   Mellow, Tropical fruit as well.
Taste: Medium body, young, robust, nutty, bitter, hot.

Glen Keith 10yo (43%, OB)
Color: Golden.
Nose: Fruity, very speyside, lots citrus, very simple.
Taste: Medium body. Young, not bad, standard average malt. very bourbon cask, no caramel.

Rosebank 16yo 1989 (46%, MMCD, Mission Five, 678b. Bourbon Cask)
Color: straw.
Nose: Citrus, Nutty, Malty, orange and cream.
Taste: Very nice, thick, medium body, medium finish.

Deanston 12yo (40%, OB)
Color: light yellow.
Nose: fruity, nutty, common speyside feel.
Taste: easy, clean, light body, short finish.

Glenlivet 12yo (40%, OB, crica 2005)
Color: Yellow.
Nose: Very nice, citrus, light, clean, beautifut fruit and flower.
Taste: Light to Medium body. Midium finish.
Conclusion: 80 points. Very nice standard OB. I think I under estamate this one. The more I drink, the higher score I gave. Not really just an average malt.

Balvenie 14yo RumWood (47.1%, OB, bottled in 2005, only 14 casks, from warehouse#29)

Color: brown.

Nose: Spice, citrus, maltiness, then reveal  some raisin, honey, pear.  Very Balvenie, but with a touch of rum feel. Increased complexity for sure.

Port Ellen 15yo 1969 (40%, Sestante)
Color: Golden, clear legs, slow, thick.
Nose: Peat, some nice tropical fruit, very fruity. Nice. Apple, pear, raisin, Lemon.
Taste: Mild body. Sweet. Complete. Finished very nice and long.
Conclusion: 92 points. What a surprise! Thanks to MARA.  Another very nice Port Ellen. Who said Port Ellen need to mature long?

Laphroaig 12yo 1993/2005 (53.5%, Blackadder Raw Cask, Cask#6199, 116b.)
Color: Yellow.
Nose: Very Laphroaig, Very smoky. Very Sea.
Taste: Salty, mild, medium body. medium finish.
Conclusion 91 points. With lot's of sea influence.  Unusual low yeild for a 12yo cask.  Very close to the window?

Aberlour 21yo (43%, OB, Cask#29, Limited 42casks)
Color: Brown.
Nose: Citrus, dark chocolate, hint of apple, tropical fruit.  Woody, sherry sweet. Orange.

Chieftain's Speyside Malt 32yo 1969/2001 (43%, Chieftain's, Sherry Butt#81, 360b.)
Color: Brown, clear.
Nose: Citrus, with lot's sherry nose. Fresh. Clear tropical fruit, banana, black fruit. Flora as well. Still Malty.
Taste: Matured, sweet, powerful, easy and enjoyable. Medium to heavy body. Mild finish.

Glen Lossie 27yo 1975 Mission Two (46%, MMCD, 600b.)
Color: Golden brown, not very clear legs.
Nose: Citrus, pear, hint of wood. Beautiful fresh fruit.

Bruichladdich 32yo Legacy Four (47.5%, OB, 820b.)

Color: Yellow.

Nose: Very beautiful fruit nose. Pear, vanilla, malty, a little bit apple.