The Sexton Single Malt

sightly fruity, smooth, full bodied mouth feel. there is a slight bitter note at the end I'm not too fond of (I wanna say I can taste the copper) but overall a good one. I like it 😀 3.5

Pours from the fancy bottle a nice reddish gold color. Fragrant nose. Almost perfume-ish (maybe subliminal due to the shape of the bottle?). Grainy with dried fruit and heavy sherry notes. Neat it starts sweet and grainy. Then the sherry takes over. I think this is where the problem lies. I suspect that the sherry previously housed in these barrels may not have been of the highest quality. Finishes slightly hot for an 80 proof and leaves a lingering jumble of flavors on the palate. Metallic, fruity, perfumey (again, maybe subliminal from the shape of the bottle?), bitter. This is a muddled mess. I do feel that there are some potentially good notes here, they are just overwhelmed by cheap sherry. This will not be a repeat buy for me.

It's Redbreast 12 if you watered it down a little and replaced the butter-biscuit notes with pears that were juiced the second they became perfectly ripe. It's not very complex, but it doesn't need to be - it's delicious as it is. Like white grape pear juice and a combination of red and teal Fruit Roll-Ups. Skip the water on this one.