Tastes

Nice honey and orchard fruit on the nose. The palate is a little more muted on the fruit, with mostly oak coming through. Relatively short woodsy finish. Not bad, but nothing special.

Grassy with unwelcome surprise of dill on the nose, and splintering fresh oak spice on the palate. Driftwood finish. Unfortunately one of the worst whiskeys I have ever tasted.

Dried fruit (figs, raisins) on the nose and palate, and pleasantly chewy mouthful from the PX finish. The sweetness and spice are balanced nonetheless, as gentle malt and light honey notes manage to find their place. Relatively short finish compared to other sherried whiskies I have tried, but overall complex in an non-overwhelming way.

Mostly oak on the nose, balanced sweet palate with brown sugar, vanilla and gentle spice on the tongue. Otherwise, the finish is very short. Worth trying, but not worth buying for me.

Light, floral and slightly bitter on the finish when tried neat. It is at best inoffensive, but otherwise devoid of much flavour. In my opinion, it can't even hold soda in a highball.

Mellow combination of sweet peat, olive brine, and pipe tobacco on the nose. Sweet taste of pears makes its way into the palate, only to be counterbalanced with campfire smoke and sea salt. The finish is smooth and gently spiced. Really hard to keep my hands off this stuff!

Floral and herbaceous on the nose, with some cereal and oak spice on the palate. Otherwise a gentle spirit if it weren't for that nagging alcohol burn on the finish.

Floral and honied nose, followed by a host of tropical fruit on the palate (guava, papaya and cantaloupe). A bright citrus taste is also there throughout the dram. While the finish is relatively short, it is nevertheless a really enjoyable dram and an absolute bargain ($55 CAD)

A short story featuring a generous dullop of honey as its main character, and supporting roles played by vanilla, malt syrup and apples. Enjoyable, but not too eventful.

Vanilla, charred oak and burnt orange peels on the nose. Syrupy mouthful, and taste that I can only describe as honey sweetened red tea (rooibos). Soft tannins, lightly spiced, but fairly long finish. Surprisingly smooth for a whiskey bottled at a whooping 50% ABV.