Dalmore 15 Year

I smell a custard slice on the nose, the palate reflects the colour with dark fruits. The finish is short and uninteresting. Stop colouring your whisky. Style over substance

When I first bought this bottle, I was not a fan. It may have been because of my few month hiatus from whiskey, but the wood on this was a bit too extreme for me. 3 months later and half a bottle in, I’ve decided to give it it’s fair review. The nose on this reminds me of being at a Christmas tree lot that sells cookies and hot chocolate. It’s sweet smelling but there’s a distinct smell of cut wood. Nose: brown sugar, molasses, musty pine wood, cinnamon, pepper, fruit cake. Taste: starts with subtle dried fruit, flat coke, the mid picks up with sharp wood/ pepper, bitter cigar ash. 3 months in and I’m still not that big of a fan. I enjoy it because it does feel challenging but the beginning of the taste doesn’t match the end. I wish there was more there of the fruity start that carry’s over into the mid, but it goes away to quickly and is replaced by the wood/pepper that lingers to the end.

Lovely dark amber colour, very appealing bottle. Aromas of orange, cinnamon & nutmeg with a palate of strong vanilla and ginger & mandarin notes towards the end. Finish of dark chocolate. Light, sweet and easy to drink, would definitely go back.

Smooooooth. Slight Christmas spice fruit cake flavours slight ash wish it could be 46% and no colour added but it is a crowd pleaser smooth and rich.

Sherry bomb. Can nearly taste the cask. Fruity citrus finish. Sweet sugar cane.