Tastes

Nose: 4* Pleasantly balanced vanilla, fresh citric and soft tropical fruits, hint of sawdust. Palate: 4,25* Round, quite thick on arrival with milk chocolate, soft pears, sherry and spices Finish: 4* Pepper and sherry, lingering funk Overall very rounded and nicely balanced, soft and sophisticated simple flavors.

Nose: 4* Strong lemon juice, salinity and something cake-y Palate: 4* Pepper, peaches and leathery notes Finish: 3,75* Earthy, ashes and peppery spices, bittering finish Chewable dram, despite it’s age. Misses the fine herbal notes and complex nose/finish of the 12. Drank with a couple drops of water.

Nose: 4,25* Lemon juice, sea breeze, pine-y herbal sauna damp, layer of juicy oranges and fruity sherry underneath Palate: 4* Rounded and complex for it’s age. Oranges, pepper, peaches and earthiness Finish: 4* Ashy smoke, pepper, nice amount of oak and sauna herbs, earthy, slightly bittering, the good kind of drying Price to Value Ratio: +,25* Great, classic malt with distinct character. First bottle i know i would buy again and again!

Nose: 4,25* So full! Sweet dark fruit and brine, dusty old warehouse, reminds me a bit of Talisker 18. Palate: 3,75* Somewhat soft, smooth, fruit mixes with salinity, oaky bitterness. Finish: 4* Warm spices, powdery ashes, musty wood and lingering sherry sweetness. Value to price ratio: + 0* Correct.

Nose: 4,25* Nice fresh oak and sweet fruits, smoked fish, spiced brown biscuit Palate: 4,25* Vanilla, peppery spices, strong aromatic smoke, hazelnuts Finish: 4* Loads of ashy peat, sweetness lingers Great balance and smooth enough with both a peppery and smoky punch. A real crowd-pleaser too!

Glendronach Allardice is shy, it happened to me multiple times that i serve this scotch to my friends after a couple of drams and it somehow seems to underwhelm! As if this one has stage fright of some kind, but when i take it aside on a calm evening and really take my time to appreciate... well... It’s very important to give this one a good 30-40 minutes in the glass to open up! Nose: 4,5* So deep, a lot to discover. Huge sherry notes, which are very fruity and crisp. Honey, sweet liquorice, wet soil, slightly dusty too. Palate: 4,5* Smooth as velvet, liquid Syrup de Liège. Perfect ABV at 46%, it’s feisty, very alive, yet never burns the tongue, all the tastes stay present. Sweet syrup on arrival, develops into spicy dusty oak and later introduces honey to the mix. Raspberry jam, sigarette smoke, I could chew on this for an eternity. Finish: 4,25* Soft but lasting, building up over time. Dark chocolate and raspberry fruitiness, damp-like smokiness, hints of oak. Very tasty. Calling this just a “sherry bomb” is not doing it justice. Heavily sherried scotch might not be the most interesting style, but this is one scotch crafted to near perfection.

Tasted neat. Nose: 4,25* like walking into a sawmill, sawdust, not far underneath some brine, some honey dweetness but mostly ashy, herbal, citric notes. Palate: 4* pungent charcoal smoke, pepper and unripe walnuts, burnt salted chips. Comes in hot at first but calms down quickly. Good and crisp body. Finish: 4* Nice oaky and ash like, drying and bitter. Smoke lingers for a good while. If Lagavulin 16 is your go-to whisky but you want something bitter instead of sweet for after a summer barbeque or bonfire, pick up this hidden gem! Great price-quality ratio too.

Nose: 4,5* Amazing floral bouquet, everything covered in sweet honey. Mellow, extremely inviting, only lacking some complexity but otherwise nearly perfect. Palate: 3,75* As mouth-watering as the nose is, it works in it’s disadvantage as the palate fades down when mixed with saliva for too long.. Shame this isn’t 43% ABV anymore! Finish: 4* Drying, walnut-like woodiness turns into creamy vanilla and honey notes and finally linger down to something more bitter and dry.

Nose: 4*Crisp, very coastal. Wafts of sea air, , honey, slight hint of smoke. Palate: 4* Cucumber water, salted soft pretzel, candied apples. Finish: 4* Flavorful smoke trails lead into quite a delicate finish. Honey, salted walnuts Traditional and very coherent, every bit a coastal dram but without the obvious peat or overly salty citric notes. Oozes personality, quality scotch.

Nose: 3,75* Medicinal alcohol, earthy notes, ripe strawberries, moist wood, young cheese. Palate: 3* Subtle, alcohol, mint leaves, other herbal notes. Finish: 3,25* Short, peppery, fresh.