Dingle Single Malt Batch No. 3

Nose: Bit of an ethanol burn at first. After the hot start, its just a warm field of barley. There's a bit of an herbal punch back there with a bit of warm wildflower honey. Sweet, light butter and a slight orange citrus, more spice and a bit of toffee. Palate: Thick, sweet and deceivingly oily! The front of the tongue explodes with spicy herbal notes and oak spice while the back is a rolling wave of red fruit and floral honey. Sweet butter and deep malt envelope it all and persist into the finish. It's hard to keep track of everything going on because its wave after wave of changing flavors. There's something resembling a slightly smoked plum or grape in the middle that gives way to dry orange shortbread flavor. Finish: Long, warm, and slightly dry. The finish is definitely malt dominated, like a mouthful of sweet grain, vanilla honey, and a slight orange citrus. Conclusion: My heart sunk after taking a sniff of this - pretty one-dimensional and not all that much going on beneath the enthanol burn - but damn, a single sip of this takes you for a ride! It's this roiling, thick , sweet whiskey that continually changes between honey, spice, fruit, and loads of malt. You can taste the buttery grain for longer than it takes me to type this whole review. I'm glad I bought a whole bottle for myself along with this sample. Wouldn't hesitate to spend even a bit more on a bottle, though it'd definitely be an "occasion whiskey".

Thin and faint on the nose. A little bit of raw hazelnut riding over light honey, vanilla and lanolin. Rich and buttery on the palate with golden raisin and dried cherry. It ramps up to darker plum character towards the finish. Incredibly clean on the finish with everything melding together beautifully!

Just killed the bottle. Time for a review update! Very sweet whiskey. The nose is candied fruits, a hint of cinnamon and oak. Palate: sweet and pretty smooth, considering this is a young whiskey. The finish is medium-lasting and really solid, where you get most of the port cask. Dessert whiskey.

Nose: Buttery malt, banana-lead dried fruit, grapey sweetness, vanilla cake and some port sweetness. Palate: Buttery malt, banana-lead dried fruit, grapey sweetness, vanilla cake and some port sweetness and cinnamon-heavy spice. Finish: Med-long -> Buttery malt, port sweetness and spice.

This is the whiskey that I compare all others too. Good for sipping on its own or a splash of water. Nice undertones of citrus and chocolate.

Great dram. My first Dingle and the port finish covered the distillery profile a bit. Very well balanced and enjoyable whisky anyways.