Tastes

Tasted one of the 11,124 bottles. Non-chill filtered, natural color, 55.9% alcohol content. Distilled and placed in Oloroso butts on June 8, 2004. Aged 17 years. Bottled in July 2021. Color: Yellow gold. The color didn't suggest intensity, it wasn't a typical Oloroso. Aroma: Caramel, followed by almond, blackcurrant and slightly spicy. Adding water reveals much more aromatic fruit and a very strong coastal influence. Taste: Strongly sherry influenced, also with tropical fruits, walnut, toffee (toffee), balanced with oak. Finish: Unusually dry, but still long and warming to feel it, nutty with a touch of ginger. For me personally this is one of the best whiskies I tasted this year.

For me, this whisky is somehow underrated. Starting on the nose with sweet vanilla, but you could also look for seacoast fire - touches of salt and smoke. What may surprise you is that it develops very well as you leave it to breath - it becomes very light but even more fruity with fresh green apple zest. On the palate it is really light, sweet with vanilla, some honey but also with oaky wood spices. What disappointed is the short finish. Unfortunately, all good flavours disappear really quick. For distiller rating it is something like 3,8/5. But out of 100, it is around 83. 🥃

Cherry influence with dried red fruits hit the nose at first. Easily could be felt also caramel and charred oak - obviously a mix of cherry and bourbon barrels. Also, at the back, seacoast could be felt - fresh green apples with salty feeling. On the palate - a strong feeling of baking spices, cinnamon, with dried (here black) dried berries. The finish is short to medium with brown sugar, dried berries and a good fine oak. A good, reasonable blended malt of good, although not very old, but good malts.

Such a sweet, sweet whiskey. Obviously, the double mellowing works really well, because I am not a fan of the old 7, but I like this one. The nose is like your homemade mommy desert, but with much, much brown sugar, baking spices, banana and a touch of coconut. On the palate it repeats the nose, although you can now feel the baking spices more with a little peppery finish. The brown sugar remains strong though. Perfect for deserts and meat with sweet, mustard marinate.

Strong peppery notes come first. Think of something like mixed pepper - black, red and white. Strong sea salt notes could be easily felt also. Hints of peat smoke also with blackberry and just a touch vanilla. Almost the same on the palate with just one difference - the peaty, smoky flavors are stronger here and the spirit is harsh, although decent for its value. Clydesdale is Lowland distillery, but this is not so easy to drink whisky.

Firstly, I would like to point out that I rate it 3,75/5 objectively, although it is at least 4,5/5 in price to quality ratio! Obviously, I like Caribbean rum cask finished whisky/whiskey in general. Yes - it is not as classy and rich as the Balvenie 14yo, but it has similar notes both on the nose and the palate - honey, sweet banana, sweet orange citrus fruits like tangarine, vanilla, soft spices to make all better. Really soft, pleasant Irish dram. One of the best recent releases in this price segment. 43 ABV and triple distilled to help all the good qualities get better. A must-have for the mass customer.

Nose with soft wood smoke, tobacco and lime chocolate. Oily palate with pepper, peat, caramel and oranges. Very complex and good whisky. Beauty!

Wood spices, honey, vanilla and tangerine zest on the nose. Creamy and oily mouthfeel with sweet lemon, baking spices, wood spices, a little salt. Sweet medium finish with sweet citrus peel and baking spices. Personally for me, I like the 12yo more, which might be a surprise for some of you. For me, 12yo is more hard to understand, yet more complex with different, less sweet taste.

The most complex Jameson Whiskey I've tasted ever. Woody, spicy, toffee on the nose. The aroma that impresses me the most, however, is of very sweet, ripe yellow apples and pears. Complex mouthfeel as well - oily, toffee, spicy, nutty fruit juice, woody notes, vanilla and a little salt as well. Finishing amazing with taste of wood, spice and ripe fruits and toffee. Amazing dram! Very well done!

I had the pleasure to taste this new release a few months before its premiere on our market. This is a Five Oak Cask Release, which is matured in a combination of three different types of virgin oak (Irish, European and American) and in addition to ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks. As you may guess, because of the Single Pot Still and the virgin oaks, the whole whiskey is dominated by spices. On the nose - wood-driven spices of cinnamon, complimented by salted caramel a vanilla. Earthy, grassy feeling in addition to peel of green zesty fruits could be felt on the nose as well. On the palate you can now feel more of the bourbon casks and also the sherry - dark chocolate feeling, toffee and oranges, all covered with wood spices while finishing. I've tasted much better single pot stills to be honest, although that is not one of the bad ones!