Review #56 - Whisk(e)y #40 Bought in trio tasting pack, together with the Jameson Original and Stout Edition (50ml each), for just under 8 euros, which seems like quite a good deal. Chill-filtered - Yes Artifical Colour - Yes ABV - 40% Aspect - Deep gold colour. Nose - soft, sweet, creamy, malty, caramel, caramelised sugar-crème brûlé (first time I find this in whisk(e)y), honey, vanilla, ripe orchard fruit (yellow and red apple, pear), with underlying sharp, grainy and oaky spice. Palate - mellow, sweet, creamy front-end, malty, caramel, honey, vanilla, subtle oak spice on mid palate. The alcohol and spice are brought up, unfortunately, with some air. A bit of a funky note here as well. Finish - short-medium, creamy and sweet, some woody dryness on the late finish / aftertaste, together with herbacious aromas and subtle bitterness...and again that same weird note as on the Jameson Stout...mineraly-metallic, I don't know how to describe it. Not a fan of that. Overall the whisky is much better than I expected given its price point. Round, well-integrated aromas, very approachable, not spice-forward. There is indeed some older distilate in here for sure, and most of it is indeed malt. However...it is still extremely linear, nose = palate = finish, no development, with the funky notes which are not great. I am being picky at this point...it is definitely a whiskey that punches well above its class. Rating System: 5.0 - Perfect 4.5 - Exceptional 4.0 - Very Good 3.5 - Good 3.0 - Decent 2.5 - Average 2.0 - Below Average 1.5 - Barely Drinkable 1.0 - Undrinkable 0.5 - JB