Speyburn Bradan Orach

Smooth. Vanilla. Sweet Wheat.

A good entry level scotch. Very light and approachable.

Nice but a tad weak. I think my palate has changed since I liked these light whiskies when I first started this wonderful journey.

There's a reason so much of this distillery's production goes into blends: they need to because it's almost unpalatable on its own. The Bradan Orach is a very unrefined, bitter, tannic mess of hot alcohol, pungent spice, harsh ethanol, with a long, jellyfish tentacle, sting at the end. Even at the lower price, this isn't a very good sipper on the rocks. Tasted neat, it's like some sort of punishment. Hard pass on this.