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Famous Grouse Smoky Black
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
September 14, 2020 (edited September 16, 2020)
N: Honey, dark red fruit, and smoke. Little tea, spice, and bread too. Nothing pops too strong, good or bad. I get a pretty strong ethanol smell when nosing that doesn't seem noticeable on a casual sip. I guess don't try too hard with this one.
P: Bounces between rich honey and a hot, watery and spicy tea flavor. There's some caramel and vanilla, of course. It softens into a vanilla sugar cookie flavor. Finish has a tongue coating light spiciness that's sort of an unusually hot cinnamon (which is still not that hot really). Doesn't last long. I get no smoke on the palate. Kinda odd for the smoky line extension.
Meh, it's okay. I don't have strong feelings about it, good or bad. That's probably the goal here.
27.0
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Bottle
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