Tastes

Last of the bottle at Mad Fox's closing day (free 1/2 pour). Berries, jam, then some mild smokiness. OK, but thin mouthfeel.

750ml poured neat in a rocks glass at Liberty BBQ in Falls Church. Nose has corn, apples, hay and mild spice. Interesting. Taste starts dry, then sweetness comes on, followed by mild spice. Finish is bittersweet hay and corn. OK. 7/24/19

Last of the bottle during the craziness at Mad Fox Falls Church closing day (free 1oz pour). Neat in a rocks glass. Well, it's a Glen. Floral, mild smoke, mild peat. Nothing really stands out here. Not bad, and definitely worth more than I paid for it (again, it was free). 7/21/19

Bottle pour at Mad Fox's closing day. I ordered something else, but it was slammed, and they forgot to charge me for it, so whatever. I know I have had this a half dozen times over the years, but not recently. Neat in a rocks glass. Mild spice, mild grass, mild peat, mild smoke. This is like the blended version of a single malt, if that makes any sense. Inoffensive, but utterly uninspired. 7/21/19

Tasting poured neat from 750ml at ABC store, small plastic taster. Spice and berries, with some grape must coming on. Decent and interesting, but I must admit I am not a lover of port-finished whisky, so a sample is enough for me. 7/20/19

750ml poured neat in taster at home. Very lite colour. Nose has corn, hay, lite smoke, apple peel. Taste has black pepper spice, hay, some sweet sherry presence on the roof of the mouth, hint of almonds. A couple drops of water improves this a ton, letting the sweet notes come out from underneath the black pepper. Not great, but worth a try. 7/20/19

750ml poured neat into Glencairn at home. Barrel 19D698. Nose is complex, with apple peel, oak, popcorn, vanilla, mild caramel, mellow corn, willow. Taste is sweet over spice, with butterscotch, nutmeg, rye spice, sawgrass, brine. Very complex. Very enjoyable. 7/19/19

750ml poured neat into Glencairn at home. Nose has vanilla, toffee, maple, definitely sweet. Nice. Taste has mild spice on the front, some oak, ginger, lite-to-moderate spice burn in the middle, with a grassy and spicy long-lasting finish. Tasting next to EHT Single Barrel, I find it to have more spice and complexity, though slightly less polished. Both are excellent; I would choose the Single Barrel by a small margin. 7/19/19