Nose: grain, honey, grass, light vanilla, faint citrus and chocolate. Rather nondescript and not very exciting. Palate: grain, butter, shortbread, grapefruit, caramel, some apple, citrus mouthwash left in your mouth too long. Finish: short dry finish, with bitter tannin and paracetamol. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Last 16, Match 1: Dewar’s The Ancestor 12yo versus Compass Box King St. Artists Blend The Ancestor 12yo never stood a chance. Beaten on all three fronts - no match for the CBKSAB raspberry and cream nose, rich stewed apple and honey taste, and moderately long Linkwood sherried finish. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The intolerable torment of a whiskyphile. I have too large a backlog of samples and miniatures to go through. Like selecting what to watch next on Netflix, often selecting a dram can take twice as long as drinking it. Taking inspiration from @Milliardo and the Filmspotting podcast, I have picked sixteen scotch whiskies that are 12yrs or younger or NAS to battle it out in a Scotch Deathmatch. It’s my incentive to lighten the logjam. Follow along if you care (and really why should you?). Oh the drama! https://challonge.com/ScotchMadness