Tastes

It's nice, it's cheap, it's like Te Bheag or Johnnie Walker Black Label, but not as good, the biggest flaw with this whisky in my opinion is that the grain sweetness and the peat don't mix very well here.

Floral, sweet, a bit of honey, it's an easy whisky and also a rather boring one.

This whisky is a real delight, a real gem, after being disappointed by Kavalan Classic, this was a real surprise. Oily, sweet, spicy pepper and cinnamon, fruity, warm cocoa and caramel and finally a flamboyant toasty Port finish! I adore this, a real generous feast! I tried it thanks to Stephanie Moreno's review! Thanks Stephanie!!

I didn't enjoy it, I had waited a year to try this, but it was spicy, overly dry, herby and a miserably short finish. The sweet oiliness from the heat and the coast of the distillery and the sherry cask doesn't mix with the dry, lemony spice from the bourbon and new American oak cask just doesn't work for me. Then I found the amazing Kavalan Port Cask and I finally understood why Kavalan is so popular.

Getting rye whiskey is hard to do in my part of France and when you can find it, it's twice as expensive, but I am so grateful to have been given this, it's one of my favourites!! Lemony flavours, orange peel, lots of nuts (chestnut, walnut, praline, cocoa, coconut) creamy caramel, splendid medicinal notes, ginger (and other flavours I'd associate with sushi), toasty flavours, sweet spicy pepper... that's just some of the flavours I can actually remember. As for the texture, it's so luxuriant and oily! It's a shame that some awful pagans have given this holy whisky a bad review or defile it by using it in cocktails, may the Lord have mercy upon your souls.

Nice, but boring, it lacks the liveliness that Old Pulteney 12 Year has to offer and the subtlety, elegance that Dalwhinnie 15 Year has to give and the generous smoothness that Penderyn Legend so generously gives. So look into the first two for a proper Highland malt and look into the last one for something just as smooth but better.

This is a great whisky, but I prefer the Great King Street Artist's Blend: Firstly, the blend of oaks isn't quite right, the French oak is very creamy, but overpowered by the American oak's spice; in French whisky, the French oak takes centre stage and in Great King Street, the sherry cask and the single grain leaves the French oak room to breath and express itself (and the sherry spice subtly layers those spicy notes). I also miss what Girvan had to offer in Great King Street Artist's Blend, somehow the rawness of the single grain adds something important to the mix.

Not my cup of tea... too spicy, too strong, I can taste the quality of this whisky, I know that Heaven Hill has made some amazing stuff, so I won't say it's bad, but you must know that it's insanely spicy and strong.

Oh god... It's like a mad scientist tried to add a bad peated whisky and a really dull highland malt together and this is the disfigured monster that was left in the aftermath.

It's boring, a bit of lemon, a bit of malt, a bit of salt, a lot of water, some caramel, a few brief fruit flavours... but mostly dull.