Tastes

This is a blended whisky from loch lomond, that used the solera system to get consistency between bottles. Bottled at 40%abv, amber color. On the nose, Acetone, Cake crest, Vanilla cookies, Lemon peel, Tobbaco leaf very dim. Apple - cinammon after some sips. On the palate it is a little straightforward, apple, pepper and oak, burning sensation. Aftertaste is cinnamon and some oak. Adding drops of water actually makes it a little better. Enhances the apple flavors and the vanilla aroma. Makes it easier to drink. Overall i rate this dram with a 59 over 100.

I truly believe this is not a bad whisky for its price. The score might make you think otherwise but here in Ecuador is only $7, so the competition against other cheap whiskies is good for them since it is not a bad dram compared to others. Bottled at 40%abv On the nose: Lemon, Vanilla, Dry cake, Alcohol note, Prunes ,Lots of cream. On the palate: Creamy very creamy, lots of grain whisky. Oak burn, vanilla and oak. Finish short. A little burn with a clove finish. Overall i give this one a 57 over 100.

The experiment #6, intended "to be mixed with wine" (it prepares you to the dud you are about to taste) its matured in red wine casks. Problem is, that just as the White Walker, is full of grain whisky, a cheap one. Bottled at 40%abv. On the nose is plain grain whisky. Vanilla, fresh field, corn. Maybe some slight cheap chocolate note. On the palate is corn. Maize. Creamy, not off putting, but totally boring. A slight creamy vanilla note for the aftertaste with a herbal spiciness. Overall this is a cheap whisky (about $25) and should be avoided at all cost except if you are a bartended and you want to make a wine cocktail with it. 52 over 100.

Difficult to perceive the aroma, after a long while resting you get a very creamy aroma. Nevertheless, after adding water and let the alcohol evaporate a bit, you'll find some toffee in there. When you taste it, at the beggining is sweet, like corn or syrup, then you get a bitter finish, but is very short. It is actually not a bad whisky, but is more hype than flavor for all the Beckham sponsorship of it.

Dimple Pinch a blended scotch, is from the Haig Brothers company, and just as Haig Club which is a single grain, is not an amazing whisky. I hoped for more, specially since it is a 15 year old. On the nose it tries to be special but it didn't accomplish it. Hints of smoke (specially if you smell the whisky in the bottle once opened), with a weak vanilla, apple and a very hidden grape aroma. On the palate it is so hot that you cant feel any other notes than the hotness, and the ending is the best part, nothing special, but long and a little spicy. It could be labeled as "ordinary".

Heavy. This one is strong. Bottled at 60% abv! That is right, with an Old Oak dark color. On the nose the alcohol mark doesn't feel as a 60% abv, but it does make your nose tingle a little bit. The aroma has plum, new recently cut wood, almonds, lime and earth (like dirt) notes. On the palate is A SPICE NUCLEAR BOMB. Black Pepper, Red hot chilli peppers, wasabi and hints of oak. The body is medium and the aftertaste is also very spicy, with a little hotness. Is not unpleasant but definitively harsh because of the thrusting spicyness. Overall i can catalogue this one as an experience that you should have at least once. Very powerful. 59 out of 100.

Every 10 thousand years, when the sun places itself in the middle of the galaxy you get to taste..... A bad Dalmore. Bottled at 46%abv, this is a 10yo dram, with a vintage year: 2004. And its horrible. Dalmore is known for its sherriness, but it seems this whisky has only been matured in ex bourbon barrels. On the nose: Milk, Herbal liquorice note, Hanuta, Hazelnut, Orange caramel. Not bad at all. On the palate: Chili. Almonds. Acetone. Way too spicy chili and wasabi. This is not dalmore. This is not sherry. Not enjoyable. Aftertaste is not pleasant. Hot oak. Spicy chilli. Way to spicy. Off-putting. Overall this is a total disaster, specially for a Dalmore. This is the exception to the rule, 56 over 100. Avoid it.

Totally uninteresting. The nose promises a lot of things that cant be deliver by its "grainy" palate and its non-existent finish. Actually its story is a nice one (maybe the best thing of this whisky), Asyla is the plural of Asylum. What Compass box claims to be doing here is to create a "everyday" "sunday afternoon" whisky. They might just deliver that by making a very light super delicate whisky. Bottled at 40%abv, pale straw color. On the nose is fairly nice. Very sweet and fruity. Creamy very creamy vanilla, Milk white chocolate. Waving the glencairn and evaporating the dram a little bit strips de vanilla notes to enter the citric fruit notes: Lemon peel and cheap lemon freshener for cars. Coffee notes also and Orange note. On the palate, it is overly influenced by the grain whisky. Water is the first flavor (or is that not a flavor?) Spicy ginger, Very light dram. Grassy grain slightly cream. Much too light. It doesn't have the character or the personality to even be called a whisky. Aftertaste is non-existing. There is a very very very very very slight dim spice but it is nothing. I didn't pour water into it as it says in the compass box website, i now believe that one drop would turn it into simple water. Overall my score system was benevolent with it because of a good nose, 56 over 100, and i am not been harsh here.

My high scores streak is over. A very un-enjoyable whisky, not the kind of sweet you hope in a dram. a cinnamon shot is not something pleasant for me. Bottled at 40%abv, with a russetmuscat color. On the nose is sweet but and not that bad but it is an omen of what you are going to get on the palate. Nosing notes i found: strong alcohol note for a 40%abv. Liquorice, brown sugar, toffee and cinnamon. On the palate is just lame. Liquorice, Cinnamon, Mild spicyness, Pine or some herb, Not pleasant at all seems like those whisky fire editions (like jack daniel's fire), Young oak. Finish is short and way too sweet to be good, so it is bad. Overall i give this a very generous 59 over a 100 and i really think of this as a 2.5 over 5, but my scoring system tells me 2.9. Not recommended at all.

Average Whisky, On the nose you get the normal tones: vanilla, cream, chocolate but also a very mild smoke and maybe orange. On the palate is less atractive, very simple. Starts with a sweet caramel sensation to change into a hot and spicy note but not very strong. It is not a complex taste, there is oak present and the finish is short. I believe is a good dram for a very low price