This is another whisky from our group distillery tour that was supplied by my buddy, Ryan. The Glenrothes Bourbon Cask Reserve is a replacement for their older Alba Reserve. It's blended down to the standard, minimum 40% ABV and was aged in first and second fill American oak casks. It's a pale, yellow in the tasting glass and leaves behind very skinny, short legs when you give it a twirl. The nose is lightly toasted oak, vanilla and candle wax. There's also a yeasty, baked bread note. The palate is just as boring. Oak barrel spices that are muted by vanilla and juicy berries. Mouthfeel is thin and dry, while slightly warming. It's an attempt at being non-offensive to all tastes. Sadly, it's closer to a weak, American bourbon than a single malt scotch. The finish is medium length with a dry, charred oak aftertaste. Those in our trade group have probably noticed by now that Ryan is a big time bourbon fan and all of his samples to this point are of him obviously trying to buy scotch that's as close to American whiskey as possible. This leads to a lot of one-dimensional, uninspired malts IMO while also keeping us somewhat diversified. I think the rest of us would drown our group in sherry, peat and port wine finished stuff. While I can appreciate that it also leads to me giving some lower scores as well. I've only had a 50ml sample pack from Glenrothes: 1998/2001/Select Reserve. Based on this sample and those, I can't see buying much from these guys. They are just "too light" in most aspects for me, as a scotch fan. I hate to give this a low score but it's just boring stuff. I'm glad to be able to mark this one off on the tour, but that's about it. 2.5- 2.75 stars. Cheers.