Tastes

Unremarkable. Good with some ice.

Notch above glenfiddich 12 or glenlivet 12. Not sherried and dry like Mac 12. Good go to at a bar if you can’t make up your mind about what to drink. Maybe 3.5 stars. Decent neat. Good with an ice cube.

Good... not great. I’d say 3.5 stars. Maybe a little bit more. Got a lot of sweet biscuits and dried fruit when neat. Really was a lot better with an ice cube... then a double goes down nicely. Taste like a high end fancy Jameson.

Great sherried scotch. Taste a lot like my abelour 18... maybe not as smooth and with a shorter finish but a lot of the other notes are there. Good value for $.

Mac 12 is a lot better. Mac 10 oak is better too. I didn’t like the mash up... it’s almost like the Oak and Sherry finish are competing too much. Might be good if you have never tried the stand alone 12 or 10 but I found this pretty disappointing considering the price. All that said I finished the bottle so it’s not terrible... just not as good as I had heard and hoped. I wouldn’t purchase another bottle.

Good value for the $. Somewhat antiseptic tasting to me. Little bit of smoke and peat. Did not like it neat... new or even after half the bottle was gone. Really was a lot better with an ice cube.

3.7 Stars. I think this is underrated. It’s almost like a different line than the 12, 17, and 21. Not nearly as smooth but good in its own right. I really like the malty taste. I get a bit of honey and dried fruit in the nose and taste. I find myself thinking of it separate of it’s big brothers and find it nicely balanced.

Toffee and apples. Very smooth with a long finish. Finished a bottle with some friends over a weekend trip and found this a little too easy too drink. Not as complex and I was expecting. Very friendly. Might be a bit overrated due to Jim Murray’s Scotch of the Year award.