Tastes

Watered down version of edradour cask strength sherry cask, which itself is trash

Disappointing. Great nose, complex sherry notes. Palate is like aberlour abunadh. Mediocre stuff can complete with macallan classic cut perhaps on its best day but flavors are too muted, orange forward to compete with the rich complexity of top notch sherry bombs like bunna and glendronach. Tried this after using these to benchmark: macallan classic cut, red breast 15, rabbit hole daeringer, glendronach 18, bunnahabhain 18. All of those drams are superior. I have some sample left. Will let it oxidize, turn back to it in a month or two to see if it improves

Benchmarked against woodford wheat; makers 46, cask strength, and Wine Rack cask strength store pick; and larceny. Admittedly, none of these are exceptional drams but they’re all superior to this mediocre wheater, which is fairly simple: a floral off note and very faint wheat note. Hopefully this opens up with oxidation over time. I’m going to let this sample sit there for at least several weeks before turning back to it.

First impression, benchmarked vs h mckenna 10 yr bib. This is disgusting. Why do all American distilleries always make single malt that tastes like auchentoshan?

Excellent whisky but i would want to try other expressions that are older and/or finished in something besides bullshit bourbon casks. Still this is exceptional. Similar to but better than lagavulin 12, its richer, perhaps simply due to higher abv. But it’s also way more expensive and laga 12 is top notch in its own right. Want to try an octomore sample set.

Bad. Like watered down glenmorangie original overpowered by highland peat.

Mediocre. Everything is faint. Light sherry notes. Light bourbon notes. Light peat notes. Unremarkable.

Ok. A very young version of weller special reserve w/ possibly a distinctive kosher off note. Would consider buying at $40 but overpriced above that.

This isn’t bad but it’s inferior in flavor but similar to macallan classic cut. It kind of tastes like that with less sherry influence and a sharp note on the finish. Surprising bc macallan is matured in sherry seasoned con barrels and arran is using real sherry hogsheads for this

Had px as reference spirit then tried this for second time. Decent sherry matured single malt, like macallan 12, bunnahabhain 12, glendronach 12, perhaps even less malty than those. But not a stand out in any respect. I would be interested in a cask strength or more aged sherry offering from this distillery. But I haven’t tried anything yet from these guys that particularly good. The bourbon matured stuff is mediocre at best, even at 22 yrs of age