Compulsively drinkable was my wife's verdict. (She might not have put it in those words, exactly). I cracked this today, thinking it would be a nice warm bottle to have on the back porch, watching football with my dad, fire pit going. But first, he and I had a glass of Wild Turkey Rare Breed Rye. So, we were coming down off something that's...very good to say the least. And I didn't expect this to match up. I should say that at first. I should also say, I'm not really a Glenlivet fan. So why did I buy this one? Well, I like the rum cask finish. I've enjoyed it on Pike Creek Canadian. I've enjoyed it with Tully XO. And I figured I would enjoy it even with Glenlivet. So, I had two glasses after the Wild Turkey, and I thought it was decent enough. Light bodied, the nose faint, spiced, molasses, the palate similar, honeyed from the scotch. Honestly if this were just a scotch I would complain about the youth. The rum cask finish is what makes it. And then, after those two, we poured an Ardbeg Wee Beastie, and after the Wee Beastie, we came back to this. And it was a better comedown whisky coming back to it after the Wee Beastie than it was coming off the Rare Breed Rye. Why is that? I don't know. Is it because the Wild Turkey is so superior to the others that nothing could compare? That seems likely. But maybe the Wee Beastie also served as a better primer for whatever reason one flavor profile serves as a better primer for another flavor profile. I like that this is 80 proof. Like I've said, it's light. No one should ever mistake this for a great whisky. But you can pretty much sip this one, if you have any tolerance, all evening without finding yourself in too deep a hole, and sometimes, that's what you want. Do I find it as compulsively drinkable as my wife? Honestly, it is a little bland. Even with the rum finish. But it adds enough sweetness that it goes well with sugar cookies, it goes well after a meal. It won't rock your world, but it was $35. And it was better than the Pike Creek to me because the Pike Creek has an odd artificial mint note on the finish. I'd probably recommend Tully XO over this, at the same price, if you're looking for a rum finish. But all in all, this isn't bad for the price point. Yo-ho-ho, and a finish of rum! If anything this highlights how a finish can make a mediocre product drinkable. Compulsively or not.