Glenlossie 1997 19 Year Cask Strength (Alexander Murray & Co.)

This is from a 2 ounce sample. I let this sit for 20min before the tasting. On the nose I first get honey, then a peanut butter toffee and fresh/ sweet cut red apples, with a slight alcohol and dry note on the end. This whisky really comes alive on the palate. It's sweet, salty and dry. This coats every part of your mouth. The finish is long, dry, and chewy. Solid dram and would consider picking up!

Very different, great with a few drops of water

On this Good Friday, the year of the national quarantine, 2020 a.d., I pull this from the way back machine that was provided my @Telex during our SDT. Golden straw in color. A floral and sweet beginning that draws you in. Honeysuckle blossoms on a warm spring day, honey and vanilla. There is a slight earthiness of dampened hay/straw/pinewood sawdust, leather (a new baseball glove) and fruity similar to Luxardo cherries. The first sip is surprisingly sweet and slowly turns bitter and spicy. Subsequent sips start the detect and define the flavors. Apricots, mangoes flash and then overtaken by wooden spices The finish is bitter and slightly sour with orange and lemon rinds with oak tannins that last a medium length of time. With a healthy dose of water, a softer side comes through. The nose reveals a bit of ripened Concord grape and barley sugar. The scotch is more approachable and accepting and sweet on the palate. Ripened apples, honey and grapes. The nose, palate and finish are a bit disjointed. Each is not bad on its own. But the sum of the parts is not greater than the whole. Water only improves and is recommended. The bitter finish is pulls the enjoyment factor down. The sweet qualities and strong and enjoyable. A decent dram but not something that would keep you coming back for more. [84/100][Tasted: 4/11/20]

Final few pours from round 6 of 7, this courtesy of @Telex . Never heard of Glenlossie till today...and surprisingly decent. Probably the best pour of our standard offerings in round 6. @Generously_Paul will say I’m a spoiled brat, but...I actually drank this one fully. I didn’t know what I was in for, but it was a nice surprise with twists and turns going from aromas of fresh cut oak, citrus peels, and some sort of melon...honeydew? Watermelon? WTF, that’s a surprise. It’s like spending a night with your college girlfriend and her best friend. You know you shouldn’t. Can’t possibly end well. But it’s surprisngly good. Not sure you’d want to try it again though, just might be too much of a good thing, Thanks @Telex