ABV: 40 %
Origin: Scotland Unspecified
Type: Blended
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 1/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is harsh and spirity. At first there’s a very muted sweetness covered in harsh grain spirit. It’s very metallic and shiny. There’s a hint of fresh fruits and butterscotch and with some imagination there’s a peatiness within. There’s a pencil note in there as well. The whole is quite unpleasant and lacks both power and flavour. There is a liquorice note coming through after a while as well, but it really doesn’t do much for the overall character. This is a bad nose. The only good thing about it is that it’s very muted.

Mouth: It starts out with a weird butterscotch note with the grain spirit harshness as its main enemy. There’s oak spices joining forces with the otherwise low ABV which gives it a small spicyness. It’s metallic in the back and very grain forward up front. New oak and a hint of peat resides in the back. The butterscotch increase in intensity over time. The fruitiness is not especially noticable at this point and there’s no reason to wait and search for it.

Finish: The transition immidiately push forward the harsh and very unpleasant grain Spirit and it’s a really bad experience. The butterscotch is clingy and follows along and sort of mixes with the oakiness at one point. There’s a bitterness coming through from the back at this point and it just makes everything weirder and more unpleasant. The peat and the fruits seem to be too ashamed to be a part of the finish and never reveal themselves. The late finish is a mix of new woodshop oakiness and totally dead, bitter refill barrels. This is a bad whisky. It should not be had neat.

Additional information
There’s no information on origin nor aging process. It’s a peated blend released on the swedish market.

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