ABV: 47.1%

Casks: ex-Bourbon casks

Age statement: NAS

Venue: Arktisk Whiskyfestival 2016

Note: This is a field review conducted at a whisky festival, as such there was limited time to analyse the whisky fully - there's some uncertainty in the score.

 

Color: Golden

 

Nose: Citrus fruits - lime and oranges - and a light touch of oak and forest. Pineapple, peaches and apricots - cakes and candy! 22/25

Taste: Sweet lemon and lime, peppery oak. Light honey, peaches and marshmallow. 19/25

Finish: Chocolate, caramel and demerara sugar layered on top of oak. Slight sulphury hint of gunpowder. 18/25

Style: A veritable candy shop. 20/25

Total: Liquid candy 79/100

Traditional score: 89.5/100

Cadenhead Benriach-Glenlivet 19 year old 1996/2015