Tastes

Subtle. Lemon drop candy. Sea spray. Light smoky peat. Glad to have found this and look forward to their future releases.

I like it for the price, although not complex or especially interesting. Vanilla, honey, orange, and leather on the finish. A little too sweet for me as a regular sipper.

Powdered sugar, thin, fairly inoffensive.

Unexpectedly flavorful for a Cutty Sark product. It reminds me a lot of Loch Lomond 12, with mild peat and a little funk that makes it interesting.

Candied bacon, sweet smoke. Fabulous! This may cause me to adjust down my ratings of other whiskeys.

The scarcity of this bourbon made me expect something better on my first taste and left me disappointed. Having come back to it later, I think it's decent, and maybe even good for the price. I always tend to pick up peanut and cherry in most bourbons, and I don't care for the peanut taste. This one has more cherry, wood, and leather, so I prefer this to the more peanutty bourbons.

Tasted side-by-side with Balcones Lineage. Lighter, with some tropical notes. More like a Speyside scotch, compared to the Highland-type profile of the Lineage. I prefer the richness of the Lineage, but the Blue Peak is nice too.

Spicy, sherry, a little cherry cough syrup, and hot.

Savory, peaty, briny; some sweet, but not a lot.

Smoky campfire, grilled corn, peaches. I like it, but definitely have to be in the mood for it.