Tastes

The presentation is beautiful. There is no mention of filtration or coloring. The nose is apples & cinnamon. The initial taste is light very friendly. Short finish. The mid palate is pleasant Carmel baked apple, light cinnamon. Quality casks. Shared this w/ 3 friends & everyone enjoyed it. No peat it’s not challenging. I would say it’s a great dram for a new scotch drinker or bourbon fan.

I’m reading the tasting notes & see pretty high ratings. I’ve also liked bacteria 2 a lot. However this was embarrassing bad. I eventually poured it out. They must have some quality control issues to fix.

Had this open about 2 months & have been enjoying it. Now down below label. This is an interesting whisky & it has taken me awhile to figure it out. Great abv at 46% & beautiful natural honey color & long thick legs. The nose is toffee & burnt sugar. Hard to describe but not subtle. The taste is immediate and intense toffee with mid palate of butter scotch & long spicy citrus grapefruit finish with good bit of oak. It’s complex, took awhile to open up & tastes different from other Speysides in my opinion. Cost was on par with 18 yo scotches in my area around 120$USD. Would buy again but I’ve only seen one bottle in multiple scotch buying hunts which is now sadly almost gone.

Bottle has been open for about 8 months & to label. The color is honey amber with long legs. The nose is honey apple & vanilla. The taste is predominated by cinnamon spice that coats the palate & has a long long finish. There is honey & vanilla. Some oak. Best i can say is oily spicy honey cinnamon. It’s very good.

Have open for about 3 months Nose is honey & apple. Palate is soft. Honey caramel. Some citrus maybe orange. Finish is short but hint of cocoa. It reminds me a bit of Irish single malt like Tryconnell. I dig it.

Had this open for about 12 months. Good legs. Amber color. Nose is sherry fruit. Maybe some citrus & cocoa. Ok nose. Taste is intense for 40%. Intense juicy Fruit upfront which quickly get a bitter oak mid palate. Finish is spicy & a bit sour. No smoke. I do like the complexity at 40%. It’s oaky for scotch. Score 84

Opened about 6months Closest to a scotch of a bourbon I’ve tried. Honey spice. Lingering warmth.

Have the bottle open for about 2 months. It has grown on me little at a time and I find it a highly enjoyable non peated and non sherry dram. It’s pretty unique dram. Most similar i think to The Tryconnell 16 IMO. Beautiful amber color. Long legs. Nose is mild. Faint honey pear & oak. P: rich honey, creamy mouth feel and some vanilla. Finish is dominated by oak tannins and spice. Long finish which honey sweetness becomes more pronounced over time. Score 89

Opened about 4 months ago. Been trying to like this but it just hallow. The expert review just seems way off. Color is a deep amber. Nose is very good. Sweat peat. Deserts syrup. The palate balanced for sure with a nice peat, salty honey. Most of taste is in the finish with a phenolic tanic finish as well as sweet salty. Few drops of water improve the experience.