Tastes

Nose: medium smoky peat, campfire essence, light sea-like air note, brine, crisp fruits, apple, honey. Taste: malt, light pleasant fruit notes, baking spices, white peppery note, sea salt, maritime feel with a nice medium smokiness that lingers well but doesn’t overstay its welcome. Great for someone getting into the peat game and it doesn’t kick you in the face too hard. Not overly complex but decent overall.

Nose: light, sweet fruitiness, apple, pear, citrus orangey note, butterscotch, honey, medium malt, almost a light brown sugary note. Taste: orchard fruits, apple or pear juice notes, simple sugar sweetness, some baking or cinnamon like spice, short to medium finish but pleasant. Great budget friendly malt blend that is worthy of rotating into the cabinet once in awhile.

Nose: coffee straight off the bat- no question there, dominates quite a bit, some underlying sweet malt notes, I feel like there’s some kind of crisp fruits or maybe citrus trying to poke through, a weird astringency that I can’t place. Taste: the slightly weird astringency but then gives way too malt sweetness with a touch of orange citrus, light hint of lemon, transitions straight into that coffee flavor and lingers quite pleasantly. After awhile, it just gets plain kinda weird. Not for me at the end of the day.

Nose: butterscotch, rich buttery shortbread, lemon zest, apple, malt, some graininess, herbal grassy notes, not a heavy nose. Taste: lemony grassy notes, toasted malts and grains, light spice or cinnamon note, buttery note, bitter herbal quality, hint of barrel char but not much. For budget friendly, you know exactly what Jameson is giving you. Good bang for the buck.

Nose: light to medium nose overall, honey, shortbread cookie, hint of fruit, pear, grain, light floral quality, subtle creaminess. Taste: honey, buttery cookie, almost a fruit jam or marmalade essence, lemon, hint of vanilla, hint of cream, some light barrel spice, barrel char, slightest herbal bitterness. Not overly complex. Ok for a budget friendly option.

Nose: candied brown sugar, light pleasant rum note, hint of apples, light orange citrus, subtle musty malt quality, hay, honey, slightly earthy herbal notes that are buried in it a bit. Taste: easy going sweetness with the slightest hint of rum, light bitter herbal quality, the faintest hit of an ashy note, short finish with the bitterness lingering just a touch. Not bad but there are other rum cask finished scotches out there that are much better.

Nose: medium sweetness, honey, apple, pear, slight ethanol note, strange herbal note, almost has an underlying sour quality but not quite. Taste: very flat, hardly anything to it, slight fruit note, a little barrel spice and char, thin and watery, a little burn at the end, short finish, unexciting. About as boring as you can get. Maybe worth using for scotch and soda.

Nose: malt, brown sugar, hint of buttery honey, fairly sherry heavy, dark fruits- fig, maybe cherries, almonds, dried baking spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, hint of vanilla, old leather, very pleasant and easy going, mild. Taste: cherries, dark fruit sweetness, spices, oaky bite, nuttiness, lightly sweet that transitions into an ashy moment, oily, old leather, slightest musty old book or library note, almonds, medium finish that lingers for a moment or two. Really good considering the price. I’m digging it.

Nose: honey, light caramel, light hint of crisp fruits- perhaps apple or pear, cinnamon or baking spices, hint of rye, cereal notes, hint of vanilla, buttery note. Taste: balanced and not overly complicated, easy going, buttery, cereal, honey, white peppery note, darker fruits and slight bitter cocoa notes linger on the finish. Pretty decent, especially for the price point. Enjoyable if you’re not looking for over the top.

Nose: light sweetness, honey, bright citrus notes of orange, tangerine, cereal notes, dark chocolate, lightest hint of peat smoke. Taste: hardly any sweetness, barrel spice, peppery like, some grain notes, slightly bitter dark cocoa notes, dusty leather like note, light peat smoke. Interesting enough but not crazy complex. For the buck, decent lower end scotch.