This has a sweet taste to it, actually too sweet for me. The first time I had this five years ago, it made my stomach a bit uneasy about an hour after drinking it. This was the first scotch I ever tasted. You have to start somewhere, right? This eventually pushed me to look around at the slightly higher priced blends. I had this again about a year ago, and it tasted like scotch with vodka added to it. It kind of reminded me of a scotch version of Kessler.