Glenfarclas 12 Year

Smooth, sweet and easy to knock back.

Have a special bottling of this called "2004 vintage". It is 11 years old, matured in special hogshead casks, and bottled at cask strength. Exported exclusively for the Dutch market, so you'll probably won't find. Neat, it's a sherry bomb, leaving no room for subtleties. When water is added, the sherry leaves behind its arrogant dominance and leaves room for honey, vanilla, and the darkest of chocolate. Pretty fun whisky to try, but I've had much better whisky for this price (70 euros).

Nose is a tasty dark cherry. Smooth honeyed cream with the slightest hint of smoke. There's a bit of this toasted grain taste to it, which reminded me of Smacks cereal, something I disliked as a kid. I had to google to see what grain it was made from, and one of the auto-completes suggests some find it has a urine odour. Ha ha, gross. Blooming aftertaste of orange zest.