Tastes
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Nose: medium peaty smoke immediately, followed by some of the new char from reworking and re-charring barrels, peat and char match well, salty briny note, fruitiness comes out after it opens up a bit, malt and a touch of honey, water pushes aside the peaty smoke, hint of citrus comes through, golden raisins, hint of vanilla, spice. Taste: char and peaty smoke, spicy peppery notes, orchard fruits, slightest earthy note with almost an herbal quality, finish is medium with the char and spice. Good scotch with a medium complexity at most but still a solid dram.
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Nose: light sweet malt, candied sweet almost like cooked sugar before it gets burned, butterscotch, vanilla cream, citrus zest, dried fruits, a light peat smoke but nothing that jumps out. Taste: just like the nose, some wood notes like old quality wood from an old library, a little peat, lingers for a moment then fades away. Overall, not very complicated but a decent sipper if your wanting something not overly expressive.
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Nose: medium malt, honey, shortbread cookie, crisp orchard fruits, pear, hint of dried dark fruits, maybe hint of orange citrus, sherry, overall heavy fruit note, light vanilla, fairly rich, light grain or cereal note but nothing off putting. Taste: very much like the nose, fruits, sherry, toffee, almost an interesting sort of nuttiness to it, walnut- including the bitter note walnut gives on the finish, some barrel spice notes. Bushmills did a great job with this one, imo. Actually one of my favorites for an affordable Irish whisky. Very easy drinking.
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Nose: fresh fruit (almost orchard fruit but not quite), stone fruit, sweet candied notes, chocolate or fudge note, lightest hint of vanilla but wisps away kinda quick, some cereal grain notes but not necessarily in a bad way, has slightly bright note to it, a fall harvest feel. Taste: similar to nose, light sweetness, malt or caramel, chocolate notes, wood spices, white pepper, lingers for a moment but fades quickly. Overall, for a blended by Dewar’s and at 12 years old, not that bad.
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Nose: fruits, pear, sweet rich malt, sherry, hint of citrus like orange or tangerine, lightest hint of a chocolate note, hint of vanilla, subtle light peat smoke, mild spice pepper notes. A couple drops of water push the peat aside, malt becomes almost candy like with the fruit and chocolate note, ginger spice barely comes through. Taste: nearly identical to the nose, chocolate note comes out more, perhaps a coffee touch (you may or may not get it yourself), peat is mild, peppery spice lingers well. Solid for a 10 year old.
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Nose: light sweetness, fresh fruit, pear, mild honey, hint of vanilla, wood spices, maybe a sweet straw grass note, some alcohol punch that subsided at it opens up, overall pleasant but not complicated. Tastes: decent sweetness, a wisp of fruitiness that is gone as fast as it arrives, spice notes pop out quick and take over and lingers some, grassy almost herbal note, vanilla tries to push through but has trouble getting past the rest of the flavors. Not horrible but not great. For the price, it’s worth a look.
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Nose: very sweet, sugary spun candy like quality perhaps, brown sugar, moderate vanilla throughout, barrel spice, cereal grains. Taste: virtually the same as the nose, barrel char shows through, a little bite of spice at the end. Seems to hint a little towards an American whiskey (that barrel maybe?) like a hybrid between Irish whisky with a bourbon touch. Not too bad overall. I’d get it again.
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nose: honey, sweetness, very fruity, fresh fruitiness of apple, pear, apricot, light with an almost bright crispness quality, hint of spice but in the background, very aromatic but gentle and very pleasant, barely any smokiness. Flavor: light sweetness of honey, fruitiness with a heather note, very gentle from beginning to end, lingers and last nicely (long aftertaste), a light oak spiciness, faint vanilla note, very light hint of smoke (roll on the front side of your tongue for 5-10 seconds and swallow keeping from the backside; the light smoke will follow on the finish a few seconds later), very full experience from beginning to end, extremely friendly throughout, unbelievably smooth. Water does not change the profile much but does bring all aroma and flavor profiles down equally, less quality experience. Recommend no water.
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Nose: pleasant sweetness, malt, maybe light brown sugar, moderate darker fruit notes, rounded, vanilla, maybe an hint of spice similar to nutmeg, simple and straight forward. Taste: very much like the nose but finishes with a light smoky, peaty note. Medium finish at most. This is actually a very good budget scotch for a daily drinker. Perfect to follow up and keep your evening going after you and some friends have had a few drams of the good stuff. Edit 29May2021: Nose seems to have changed a little. I get a paint thinner/paint fume like quality from the get-go lately that takes away from the rest of the nosing experience. This very well may be a flavor/nosing drift from previous distillations. 2.5 rating if it’s like this. Still decent but can be off putting if you have it after a few other 10-15 year old scotches. Another edit, 22Dec2021: This thing is going on a interesting evolution. More flavor drift, but for the better. Way less of the paint fume quality. Perhaps a cocoa or chocolate quality on the finish now? The profile overall seems to be more true to what it was supposed to be. I’ll stick to the 3.25 rating as of this edit.
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Nose: medium sweet malt, some sharp tannins that jump out at first, herbal vegetal note, hint of a ginger like quality, some fruit notes do push through a little if you let it sit, hint of honey, brown sugar, perhaps some vanilla. Taste: quite similar to the nose but with a little more fruit sweetness. Has a slight bitterness on the finish. Peppery notes with a hint of a fiery oak wood note, almost peaty but not quite. Overall, meh. If you like mixers with scotch, this could do. I’ve had worse.
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