Dram 5 - Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 - I'd be over the moon if given a bottle of this, and would probably drink it fairly quickly. #BlindDrams

Dram 5 - The finish: Long, lingering, smoky, sweet #BlindDrams

Dram 5 - On the palate: Yes, this is very good, peat, sweet, decent abv, wood smoke #BlindDrams

Dram 5 - On the nose: Another greyish yellow colour, earthy, almost farmy, peat, fruity, Bruichladdich #BlindDrams

Dram 4 - Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 - I'd be over the moon if given a bottle of this, and would probably drink it fairly quickly. #BlindDrams

Dram 4 - The finish: Long, coastal, lingering #BlindDrams

Dram 4 - On the palate: Fire, quite oily mouthfeel, plain but decent, like licking beach pebbles, fishy, olive oil, pineapple cubes #BlindDrams

Dram 4 - On the nose: Yellowy-grey in colour, salty, minerality, zesty/lemon, pencils (mainly the white sweety variety of Patrick's era) #BlindDrams

Dram 3 - Score: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 - Damn drinkable and if within my price range, I'd happily buy (or have bought) one of these and enjoy it. #BlindDrams

Dram 3 - The finish: Sea air, earthy peat, ash, zesty #BlindDrams

Dram 3 - On the palate: Thin mouthfeel, spirity, high abv, decent amount of peat, vegetal #BlindDrams

Dram 3 - On the nose: White gold, peat, salt, some fresh sea air, tropical fruits #BlindDrams

Dram 2 - Score: ⭐ 1/5 - I'd drink it if given to me as a gift, but wouldn't waste my own money on a bottle. #BlindDrams

Dram 2 - The finish: Too long, spirity, vinegar, rubber, bitter #BlindDrams

Dram 2 - On the palate: Oh no, what is that, cream soda :( not my cup of tea, bitterness, vanilla ice cream, vinegar #BlindDrams

Dram 2 - On the nose: Orangey colour, musty, damp wood, cream soda, orange peel #BlindDrams

Dram 1 - Score: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 - Damn drinkable and if within my price range, I'd happily buy (or have bought) one of these and enjoy it. #BlindDrams

Dram 1 - The finish: Short-medium length, salt at back/roof of mouth, some smoke, hot toddy, drying #BlindDrams

Dram 1 - On the palate: Honey, lemon, some oiliness, sea water, gorse, quite thin, cool #BlindDrams

Dram 1 - On the nose: Pale yellow, fruity, children's sweets, Smarties, some salt, singed paper, toffee apple #BlindDrams

Deliberately back to front and upside down Patrick! #BlindDrams

Less that 3 hours to go until #BTC64 hosted by @whiskypatrick #BlindDrams

This reveal is so suspenseful #BlindDrams

5 Score I liked this. Not quite buy-a-bottle-like, but a solid 3 nonetheless #BlindDrams

5F Medium/short, with lingering ashy smoke and peat #BlindDrams

5P Peaty, smoke, quite sweet, candy sweets, some bitterness from the smoke/rubber #BlindDrams

5N mustard yellow, peaty, salty beach pebbels, minerality, meaty, ash #BlindDrams

4 Score Best of the night by a longer distance than @cliffmann.bsky.social runs Score 4 #BlindDrams

4F quite long, drying - tongue and cheeks, moreso with water #BlindDrams

4P Salty air, sweet oak, limoncella, cream soda, fresh laundry #BlindDrams

4N white gold, fresh old, quite closed, slight musty note, salt #BlindDrams

3 Score 3/5 - divided opinions again here between the orange-inclined and lemon-heads #BlindDrams

3 Score Best of the night so far Score 2 #BlindDrams

3F Long, spicy, spirity, water calms it down, honeycomb #BlindDrams

3P inside of a Crunchie bar, the spiciness of ginger buscuits from Lidl, quite spirity,sugared tea, mouldy #BBlindDrams

3N Bright yellow, heather honey, syrup, summer flowers, slight minerality, honeyed cereal #BlindDrams

2 Score Everything I hate about whisky Score 0 (it would be lower if Brian's spreadsheet would allow it) #BlindDrams

2F Too long, glue, down the sink #BlindDrams

2P Acetone, nail varmish remover, PVA glue, effervescent, headache inducing, vinegar, absolutely vile, makes me shiver involuntarily, metallic #BlindDrams

2N Light gold, salty, smoked cheese, farm maid's milk pail, is it a cheese and whisky tasting? #BlindDrams

1 Score Nose was the best bit of the dram Score 2 #BlindDrams

@maltmusings.bsky.social remember to use the hashtag #BlindDrams

1F Fairly bitter, quite short, with water it's longer finish and more balanced #BlindDrams

2P More spirity than the nose, decent abv, more musty, lemon sharpness, citric acid, chlorophyl, water opens it up #BlindDrams

1N Dark gold, vaguely rotting apples, quite musty, fruit forward, sweet oak, unpeated #BlindDrams

Looking forward to Saturday’s #BlindDrams #BTC63 “Painter’s Palate” hosted by Paul and Naomi.

But of course the drams have nothing to do with Ports. They were all Port matured or finished! #BlindDrams

5 Score Brian, I tried so hard, the noses were mostly encouraging, dram 4 fooled us into a false sense of deliciousness, but this is back down to a 2 #BlindDrams

5F MEdium length, very sweet, floral, bitter aftertaste #BlindDrams

5P Sweet, red fruits, oaky, pepper, spirity, acetone, glue, overly sweet, who put sugar in my whisky? #BlindDrams