Rating: 10/23 I've had some good experiences with Tullibardine before. Nothing has really blown my mind, but I've enjoyed them mostly. I like sherry aging, so hopefully this is good. N: Uh oh. This is thin and grainy. I get some sort of fresh fruity sweetness in the back, but it's like a reasonably fresh sherry cask had some young scotch dumped into it for a brief finishing before moving onto the next batch. This isn't full and there just isn't much happening here. P: What a relief! this is much fuller than the nose suggested, with plenty of sweetness combining restrained malt from the grain with some sort of ambiguous fruit. The grain comes in to dry the profile and keep it the sweetness in check.That's all fine, but there's also a distinct alcohol flavor coming through. That's just unpleasant. There is a nice spiciness as well, which also adds some earthiness, but as the palate progresses I get more and more alcohol. F: Hints of that earthy spice. Mostly it's just alcohol, unfortunately. The finish is actually unenjoyable. - Conclusion - This isn't actively bad, but it is disappointingly certainly not good. It's light, uncomplex, and shows its alcohol. I would take Dewar's 15 (13) over this by a substantial margin. Highland Park 12 (12) is also clearly superior. Highland Journey, on the other hand is about neck-and-neck with this. The Highland Journey has a cleaner, but starker and harsher profile. Both are clearly quite young. I'm looking at a 10 or 11 for this. I think that both it and Highladn Journey are getting 10s.