Stop number 94, and the final stop of round 6 of the Scottish Distillery Tour is the Speyside distiller, Speyside. Yes the distillery with enough hubris to name itself after the region in which it was built. Beinn Dubh translates to The Black Mountain and is a NAS release. For a more detailed history on the distillery see the review by @LeeEvolved He is also the one that provided this sample. Bottled at 43%, chill filtered and with enough colorant added to make this a deep dark purply-red with brown hues. The nose is super rich/sweet. Lots of vanilla and chocolate. Toffee, caramel and coffee. Plenty of sherry, some blackberries, baked apples and cherries. Anise, root beer and hints of cola. Strong notes of grape/mixed berry jelly that get stronger the more it sits. Hints of oak and damp, musty basement. Really not a bad nose, but it all feels artificial. Sticky sweet on the palate. If you want to attract ants, just pour some of this on the ground in late spring and watch them swarm. Lots of sherry, cherry cough syrup with about a cup of sugar added. Vanilla, milk chocolate, caramel and anise. Some ginger and a definite note of teriyaki. Some bitter nuts and oak. A light to medium bodied mouthfeel. Watery, but mouth coating and mouthwatering. The finish is medium long, sticky sweet with sherry, caramel and teriyaki. This is a strange one. I’d like to see what this thing looks like without all of the colorant. It’s a sherry bomb for sure, but I suspect that rather than years upon years of maturation in quality sherry seasoned oak, that they left more than a few casks 10-15% full of sherry before they filled them. I like a sweet sherry bomb the likes of Macallan or Tamdhu, but this is a little ridiculous. The nose is decent enough, but the palate really shows the youth and flaws. Quite the good value though at only $48 if you can find it. I’ll have to give this a 3.5. Looking forward to round 7 in a few weeks and enjoying the final leg of out tour. Cheers