Taster

Nose: Fresh baked cornbread in an iron skillet slavered in butter. Plum jam on toast then leather gloves, warming car seats, that dusty vinyl and cardboard smell – not bad in my book. Then cherry bakewell tarts.

Palate: The bakewell tart comes through strong at first, glacé cherry, almond paste and icing sugar. Sweet. Fresh shucked corn cobs frying away.

Finish: Sweetness keeps going, buttered raisin bread, and then it starts taking on a salt edge.

Comment: A big sweet-toothed number mixed with corn notes.

Score: 8.7

Taster

Nose: A little yeast and bit bready. Some ripe fruits; cherries and plums. Yeastiness becomes a bit musty.

Palate: A little bit of Kirsch up front. Incredibly sweet.

Finish: Bread and butter pudding? Few raisins chucked in there for good measure. Dare I say it, the faintest hint of some spice?

Comment: Will appeal to those who like sweet-things, but may turn off those looking for a little more balance to their whiskeys.

Score: 7.5