Taster

Nose: Coke with white rum, Christmas pudding ready to be lit with brandy butter waiting closer to you than the pudding itself. Sweet and inviting.

Palate: Seriously sweet, this gives very rich and tasty flavours of dark chocolate with rum and raisin filling. Needs water to stop it drying out fully.

Finish: Sadly a one dimensional finish of nutmeg brings this dram to a pretty abrupt full stop.

Comment: Not complex enough, but well balanced.

Score: 7.3

Taster

Nose: Wonderful caramel on the first nosing, sweet and very inviting. You wouldn’t guess this was a whopping 67.3%. Water brings a little sanity, with a softening of the caramel and promotion of some delicious vanilla tones.

Palate: Parma violets, buttery and very distinct sweetcorn, dusted in soft brown sugar, a molasses note, then into a drier, earthy pepper note.

Finish: The strength will leave this one lingering for some time.

Comment: Monstrous whiskey making here. Someone pass me my elephant gun. I think I’ll need it.

Score: 8.3