Glengoyne 12 Year

N: Light, slightly ethanol-y. Cereals abound as barely sugar and fresh bread, gentle savoury oak and crisp apples and peaches. Eminently simple and enjoyable in equal measure. P: A little thin, slightly creamy. As for the nose cereal is forward along with the same definitive crunch of crisp orchard fruits. Oak is lending a touch of spice and warmth to an otherwise slightly bland and overly simple palate. Theres an obligatory vanilla in the backing from the bourbon casking, but thats it. This is a one two punch of cereal and simple fruit and its done. F: Short. A little ethanol prickle, a little sour lemon maybe? Gristy cereal to the close. I have little to say on this, because there is little to say on this. An entry level whisky with an overly inflated price and nothing to my mind to offer past a generic yet quaffable pour. Distiller whisky taste #287 [Pictured here with a cobble of blue schist from Cazadero, California. I am a carbonate (limestone) geologist by discipline and research pedigree. If I did it all over again, these kind of rocks would be my jam. Blueschists are what you get when you metamorphose basalt at high pressure at relatively low temperature; the product of ocean crust subducting below another tectonic plate these rocks transform from black to blue. Generally returned to the surface by complex and geologically violent tectonics they tend to be streaked and mingled with other things. Here this cobble is mostly blue (glaucophane) and studded with red garnets and green or silvery micas.] Glengoyne running scores: Glengoyne 12: 2.75/5

Skow start then full of sweet and fruity notes, pleasant easy to sip , a fine scotch at a reasonable price

Nose: toffee, butterscotch, apple, vanilla. Taste: brown sugar, light pepper, dark chocolate, but a bit bitter finish.

In regards to whiskey, this was my first love. During COVID I was stuck like everyone with nothing to do, so I began getting into learning about liquor and wine. This scotch came highly recommended by every reviewer. That's because it's amazing, and underrated. The fact that they're not more well known is a shame. For $60, this can't be beat.

Scent of vanilla and apples. Taste faint caramel