Tastes

Immediate vanilla and caramel along with hay and oak. the bourbon finish is apparent in the levels of oak and char. Decent dram. Nothing special.

A very rough scotch. Spey river has never been a brand I’ve particularly enjoyed. this particular finish has the standard vanilla and malt, along with mild caramel but then is flooded by a sickly sherry. The only solid thing I have to say is the finish is smooth, but as far as flavor there’s not much going on. Out of all the Spey rivers I think this is the most drinkable. i think it’s a decent struggle whisky, but personally I wouldn’t ever buy a bottle

heavy brown sugar, mild hints of allspice and cinnamon. hay and vanilla is delicate. It’s sweet and smooth, the finish being short to medium in length. Similar to makers mark in some aspects. But I wouldn’t actively go searching for this bottle. Solid bourbon.

“70% bourbon barrel, 25% Calvados cask, 5% sherry cask” Lots of apple and pear notes in the beginning along with some wood spice, hay and iodine. Later notes have more malt and are char and oaky vanilla from the bourbon cask. the sherry is somewhat negligible and I barely detect it through the bourbon and Calvados. finish has notes of salted cashew, satisfying maritime peat smoke that blends well with a dryer, tannic finish. really cool dram Kilchoman has here. Would be interested to try some more Calvados forward single malts.

There’s hay, slight cinnamon/wood spice and apple skin in the beginning, followed by notes of sherry, slight honey and noticeable nuttiness. a tad bit of the sherry sweetness appears near the end but ends with a mild peaty dryness. The finish duration is short to medium. This is a decent single malt. It’s a mild dram and nothing too crazy. It’s like a more complex version of monkey shoulder in some ways.

Light vanilla and hay in the beginning, some spice. Someone earlier said fabric softener and now I can’t get it out of my head. Not my fav