Tastes

Fruit cake, vanilla, and dried fruit on the nose; very reminiscent of panetone (Italian fruit cake). On the palate: honey, vanilla, light sherry, plum/red fruit, oak, and a lasting sweet finish. The sherry is well integrated, as opposed to being a sherry bomb. A sweet but balanced and oaky dram. Very nice

Light/clean peat smoke leads into sherry/fruitcake sweetness, and then overbrewed jasmine tea and orange, and then a slightly lingering sweet finish. A killer complex whisky. A real kitchen sink of peaty, sherried, and classic single malt whisky

Honey, lightly peat smoked, lots of red fruit and dark fruit from the sherry cask whisky in the blend, dried fruit/fruit cake, and sharp vanilla from the grain whisky. All in all a richer and more complex blend than white label

Honey, light smoke, red fruits, herbal, vanilla, a touch of marzipan/nutty richness. A lot going on and with a long lasting finish

Smoke up front (not Islay levels of peat smoke), lead into some light sherry sweetness, black pepper and overbrewed jasmine tea. Not a very long finish, but not bad for a 12 year old. All in all, an especially balanced semi-smoky dram!

Classic Dewar’s with accented sweetness and smoke with notes of lemon and herbs and a finish more akin to mezcal. Definitely an improvement over white label

Light and sweet with big sweetness, mango, some oakiness and a bit of smoke - specifically cigar smoke. Not a wow of a single malt, but definitely a unique addition.

Picking up notes of butterscotch, baking spice, dried fruit and a lightly nutty and then tannic finish. Good balance and not too sweet. Straightforward and tasty, but no wow in it. Solid for $25, but wouldn’t pay more than that.

Classic bourbon largely overshadowed by a wall of maple syrup. Purchased this as something my girlfriend was interested in. Too much whiskey for her, too much straight maple for me. Gonna try and make some cocktails with it

More than a novelty! Classic honey and shortbread/biscuit notes with a big addition of milk chocolate, rich vanilla and malt notes from the stout barrel finish. Sweet, but not overly so. Not a dram to contemplate over or analyze, but one hell of a fun drink.