Rating: 18/23 I was out at a bar and tried this off of their happy hour menu. They used to have Eagle Rare and Bladnoch 15 on it at great prices, but those have gotten too expensive. Now they have this and Maker's Mark Cask Strength. I'm kind of surprised that they don't something lower proof. I'm getting too far off track here. This is very nicely balanced and quite decadent! There's good complexity and hedonism. It doesn't taste young or old, just very well matured. There's some clean alcohol, but considering the proof that just isn't at all surprising. I'd prefer it without the alcohol flavor, but it's a really nice alcohol flavor. The thing that stands out to me the most the the kind buckwheaty nuttiness mixed with a bit of toasted grain and dry grass. I get some packed, sliced bread in there too. But there are also sweet, nectary, honey, fruity flavors. They're on the tangerine, apple, and slightly tropical side. I get a little bit of the wood, but not a ton. They did a great job aging this. Everything here is very nice and exquisitely put together. It's just a hair muddled and there's no particular note wowing me. It's a great example of a quality scotch that just needs a bit more of a wow factor to enter excellent territory. It's easily a 17 and could be a 19, but I'm going with an 18.