Infusion of ripe citrus and green tea, the warmth of toasted almonds and the signature smooth, delicate, Auchentoshan taste.

Smoky Bacon Golden Wonders washed down with a wee carton of Ribena! A bit of spice in there, too. Plenty of briney influence on the palate, with billowing chimney smoke and sweet, dried fruits. Toffee and more smoke roll around on the finish.

Sweet, floral notes of dried flowers and oil, in a dusty oak drawer. Like a bowl of extremely ripe fruit left in the sunshine; plum, peach and red apple. Hints of sawn oak, mint and white chocolate truffle. The palate brings juicy hints of apple, then oak shavings and gentle spice that together evoke an … Continued

Initial walnut notes, followed by Jasmine and vibrant fruit – pear and kumquat with fresh green notes of lemonbalm. More fruit and malty tones to the palate with white pepper in the finish.

A nice wee fruit salad of oranges and pears, garnished with a sprig of fresh mint and a good dusting of vanilla icing sugar. Subtle hoppy notes.

Oily, salty Arbroath Smokies, drizzled in lemon juice. Sweet maple and a touch of firewood. Let’s go fishing!

Like chewing a penny toffee as you stand by the fish smoking hut at the harbour. A wonderfully waxy mouthfeel, reminds you of lanolin and fresh cracked walnuts.

Tar, lovley ash and a very pleasing medicinal note, with seaweed throughout. Rain-wet slate on the palate, with more tar and, of course, peatsmoke. The finish is a pleasant tingling of black pepper and spice.

Seaweed, Kola Kubes, buttered malt loaf, orange juice concentrate and, of course, chimney smoke on the nose. On the palate you get sweet fruit, followed by plenty of cracked black pepper, then an oily, briny woodsmoke finish.