N: Very sweet. This speaks of a floral honey with a sugary ‘texture’ that reminds me of old fudge that has started to recrystallise brown sugar. The underlying malt is of a wet cereal nature that almost gets to an off-putting vegetal feel. P: Slightly thin, but also slightly creamy. The palate is dominated by a sweet watered down apple juice. A little coconut trending towards very sweet vanilla, a generic tea biscuit represents the malt. A generic touch of spice notes. F: Short. A thin apple-biscuit with candied ginger fading to a slightly grainy texture. The nose is uncomplicated, but not necessarily in a bad way. The direct simplicity of sweetness does allow a pleasant floral touch to come out, but perhaps not excusing the nearly off-putting vegetal element to the malt. The palate and finish offer no depth but thats not the worst thing for a AUD$44.95 every day shelf position. I’m not a huge fan of excessively sweet malts when there is a lack of other elements but this is just fine. No tough edges and only the slightest complaint from the nose. At this price point, I’d take it over JW Red label, but would pass it over for Monkeys Shoulder which offers a little more savoury heft. Kindest of thanks to the Oracle @cascode for another generously shared dram. Distiller whisky taste #238 [Pictured here with a chalk from the Yorkshire coast of England. The white cliffs that this rock comes from are Cretaceous in age and represent a former shallow marine tropical epicontinental sea and the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates (coccoliths) shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores.]