Glen Scotia 18 Year

Nose: floral, lemon, oak, vanilla Taste: vanilla, woody, salty, caramel and some pepper. A dark tea as well Finish: long, spicey, warm

Sweet pancake syrup, with a viscous, spicy body and looooong finish. This is a delicious, dangerously drinkable scotch! I didn't recognize it as Glen Scotia when I tried it blind--I think the extra time in cask lended it additional sweetness that covers up some of the funk I get in the 15.

@teamstasting brambob

So found this for about 69 bucks locally and well at that price, I'm in! Oddly this one has gotten some negative thoughts so lets figure out why. Nose - a clear sherry fruit note giving me some fairly straight forward raisins and plumbs. There's a distinct campbeltown note, bringing me back to my first SB 12 with BBQ sauce and what I think of as a bit of a baby diaper note, oddly pleasant but weird and off among most scotches. I however see this as a sign of quality funk. There's a lot of stiff dried oak in here, a bit more than expected. I suspect a lot of tired casks in those first 17years before very nice sherry casks were used to clean it up. Rounding it out I get a drop of lemon, a bit of baking spice and perhaps a touch of vanilla. Taste - Opens sweet but non-distinct, then turns up cookies and baking spices, HEAVY oak, and then finishes with sherry goodness from fruits and chocolates. That funk is all over this one, it's super funky. Really interesting how the flavors start light and just build and build in the mouth. I'm more than pleased and I'd rather have this than the 15 or victoriana. That said I"m scoring it the same as the latter at 3.5. This is a funky lovers 18 year.