Glenfiddich Fire & Cane

Nose: Light smoke, juicy citrus, slight toffee, chocolate, horchata even. Taste: Butter, apple, molasses, waxy raisin, and almonds. A surprising amount of wood, spice. Experience: Putting out the fireplace after a Christmas party. Dull spices and sweets line the air from events of the night. They mingle with some smoke but just that of an extinguished flame, or your grandfather's pipe residue. Bonus: pour a small amount of a peated Scotch and another speyside. Take turns smelling one then Fire and Cane you will find that the smoke will disappear or get stronger based on what you smell before. Fun!

Aroma: the aroma on this particular Scotch was very toasted coconut forward with some mellow peat notes that were still prominent behind it. Not much in the way of you know stone fruit or malt, or really anything else besides that coconut aromatic on the front. Flavour: akin to the aromatics on this particular Scotch the palate was also very coconutty, with forward notes of peat. But while it is a peated expression from Glenfiddich, the peat was not overpowering in any way shape or form. In fact on the palate it was mellowed out and it was almost as if it was under a layer of water so you could taste, but you weren't getting the full smokey/BBQ-y taste.