Rating: 12/23 I only had a swig of this left, so I downed that to kill the bottle...and it was better than I remembered. There's still more alcohol than I'd expect at this age and proof, but it's less harsh than most grain whisky I've had. Sure, it's fairly flat, but there are no off notes. Turning the bottle around, I notice that it advertises "Supple and silky, with elegant, rich flavours of creamy vanilla, and buttery toffee, with a hint of cinnamon coconut and cocoa." Ignoring the train wreck of a sentence that the comma placement makes that, I'd say it's a pretty fair description. I definitely got vanilla, coconut, and spice before reading that. I see where they're getting buttery toffee, though there isn't much of it. Silky and elegant for sure. Cocoa? Not so much. I'd consider going up to a 14 now. I'd probably land on a 13, but with only one sip, I don't have enough confidence to change my rating. Eh... I just pulled down a couple of my other grains to compare and they both tasted substantially better than usual too. I don't deny that this can taste pretty good in the right circumstances, as I'm finding out now, but normally its nuance is absent and it isn't that enjoyable. My initial 12 was probably correct. As a side note, I just read that this is produced by Macduff. It wasn't reported by the most reputable source and I haven't heard of Macduff producing grain whisky before, but it's an oddly specific enough claim that I'm kind of prepared to believe it.