Tastes

A cheaper, younger blend, that i have never before heard of, of the dimple pinch 15yo, this one is a NAS, less complex and easy drinkable. Found it in Turkey. Bottled at 40%abv, golden color. On the nose is dim and not so fun. Honey, salt, almonds, maybe some cinnamon. Not much happening in there. On the palate is very spicy, without been unpleasant. Toffee, hazelnut, cinnamon and lots of clove, that goes into the aftertaste with a little burn. Overall i give this regular dram a fair 70 over a 100, making it a 3.5 but feels more like a 3.0. Cheers!

This whisky is hard to find.... on the internet. Actually they sell this one in any total wine in USA and they offer tastings of it inside the store, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere online to even get a picture of it, or any other of their expressions. Talking about the whisky itself this one was a fruity fellow, who had a very bizarre finish. On the nose: Lemon; very Fruity, Citric, grapefruit, lemon pie, apples, currant, green mango. Stinky and fruity. On the palate it has a very marked fresh fruit profile. Apples, pears, cereal with honey and a slight vanilla. Aftertaste is strange. Short finish, very fruity; There is something odd no bad, but not typical Like iron. Overall this is a whisky that HAS NO SHERRY INFLUENCE IN IT despite been a sherry cask finish. Boring and a little normal, you could use it instead of drinking juice, i guess. 72/100

My scoring system often gets me high points for some whiskies, and even with that system this dram couldn't make it to 4.0. Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad dram at all, but what it has in complexity on the nose just couldn't deliver into the palate and the finish is way to short and a little boring. Bottled at 40%abv, golden color. On the nose is quite a jewel. Lots of aroma notes:Hazelnut, Cocoa Milk powder, Wedding cake, Raisins, Nice aroma not savage nor dim, After a while pear or green apples appear, After a longer while lemonade appears. Prunes also. On the palate is easy, with Almonds, Nutty and Oaky, Cinnamon and Plain old wood. Finish is very short with cinnamon hints. Overall i give this dram a 79 over 100, and that is because the nose is so great.

I actually did not take any notes while drinking it, so i will be precise in what i remember of it. It wasn't that great, with honey notes on the nose, vanilla and some oak. The palate was a little regular, honey also, peppery notes and hints of chocolate. Too simple. Overall i give this dram a fair 73 over 100. A little overpriced for $110.

Not what i expected it to be. Too normal and straightforward. Bottled at 46%abv with an amber color. On the nose: caramel, blackberry marmalade, liquorice, and a light peat. On the palate: it is a spice bomb, very pleasant, it is a hot bomb too, some sugary note as toasted caramel, finish is oaky and with orange notes. Pleasant taste, but it lacks emotion. Overall it is a 74 over 100. There are better single malts out there.

This is the cheapest expression of Glenlivet's Master Distiller's Reserve editions for travel retail. 40%abv. On the nose: new Wood, Herbal notes, wet Forest, dim Vanilla. On the palate, Oak and Pepper. Thats it. Aftertaste medium, pepper and clove. Needed to add water to see if it can give something else: Water opens a dim and "spicy" apple on the palate Overall i give this dram a 78 over 100

Smooth elegant whisky, on the nose is fruity but you can get herbal, caramel and grapes. On the palate is sweet at first with caramel notes, then it switches to an elegant hotness and spicyness. Long delightful finish. Elegant dram, for the price is difficult to have anything better. Smoke is present in a beatiful way. Very winey. 85 /100

This is definitively the best Glenlivet i have had, (this is my third, after 12 yo and 15yo french oak) and it has great flavor but as any other Glenlivet, the aroma is a little dim, losing points in my score. Bottled at 40%abv, burnished color. On the nose is nice, but very dim. It is hard to nose this Glenlivet because the aroma is almost "ghostly". Ginger, Wine grapes, tobacco, apple Juice and honey are the notes i got. On the palate is very pleasant, very smooth, very balanced. Honey, toffee, new wood, ginger and dried tobacco leaf are the main notes i found. Medium bodied, but with a long lovely spicy finish. Overall is a good whisky, i believe people who want a normal/sweet dram every now and then can enjoy it. 80/100

A slightly better, more refined expression of the same tasting and nosing notes found in the Glengoyne 15yo Distillers Gold, this 18yo one is a fine dram without changing anyone's life. Bottled at 40%abv, burnished gold color. On the nose it is simple but good. Cinnamon and red apples. On the palate more of the same: honey, a very fancy refined honey and pepper. The aftertaste is cinnamon and ashy. An enjoyable dram but not one to remember. 77 over 100.

A highland that surely feels like a speysider. Very fruity, very straightforward. It is a normal dram. Bottled at 40% abv, pale straw color (actually a rare thing for a 15 yo). On the nose is better than in the palate. Orange jam, orange hard candy, brown sugar. Not much else but fine aroma in those three notes. On the palate is mostly peppery, with some honey and red apple notes. Finish is medium, with an oaky burn. Overall i give this dram a 71 over 100.