Tastes

This is hands down the worst scotch whisky I’ve ever had. Nose: toffee, pepper, alcohol, and grappa (yes, grappa). I promise you, if this were a blind scent test you would not guess it were a scotch. I certainly wouldn’t. A grappa or high ABV white rum. Taste: First and foremost, young. Wouldn’t be surprised if it weren’t a day past 3 years old. Alcohol, spicy, licorice, a little sweet. Not a hint of peat or smoke, contrary to other reviews I’ve read. Finish: licorice, oily Bottles at 50% and 100 proof - at 35$ CAD, I was really hoping this would be my benchmark bottom shelf scotch. The search continues.

Very light and sweet. Not my style drink, but good.

I bought this in hopes that I found an affordable blended heavily peated scotch. Unfortunately, this is not the case. However, this is a good affordable blend! Weak on the nose, but the taste is woody, sweet, with a small touch of smoke. I must add that the bottle colour is horrendously dark and very hard to tell how much is left.

Take Black Label and add a couple more Islay blends to the formula. The result is this smooth, smoky, blended scotch! Tough to compete with some of the peated single malts, but definitely one of the benchmark smoky blends out there. Excellent scotch!

Fruity, full, tasty and slightly smoked. This bad boy introduced me to the game. Great scotch!

My first taste was disappointing. This was the first time I did not enjoy a peaty scotch. My second taste was slightly redeeming. The unique earthy-peat taste that I get from this bottle is interesting. Other notes I identified are salt, vanilla, and overwhelming dark chocolate. Overall this rich and tasty scotch is in my opinion “okay” 2/5. PS: Save your money and get the 12 year. It’s better.

The smell and taste is nicely rounded with a subtle earthy peatness (if that’s a word) with hints of dark chocolate and vanilla amongst other flavours. A tasty Islay scotch that’s not overwhelmingly smoky.