ABV: 43 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a fresh apple and pear fruitiness sitting on top of a mix of vanilla, malt and honey. Inside of the sweetness there are notes of cinnamon and dry garden soil. When it settles it becomes less fresh and more rounded overall. It never really shakes a slight spirity note away though. There’s a hint of some more ripe notes far away in the back but they really bring anything substantial. This is a good nose. It’s easy access and pleasant enough. There’s a lack of complexity and character though.

Mouth: It starts out sweet and quite flat for a second or two before the spicyness arrives. It comes through together with a sharp lemon note in the back and a cardboard box note in the center. It’s quite spirity and unpleasant at this point. There are some fresh fruits involved and it’s quite dry and astringent. The oakiness peeks through as well. The dry soil note doubles down and is very pronounced. This is not a great part of the journey.

Finish: The spicyness flares through the transition and the sweetness follows. When it settles there’s a very dry soil note and an astringent oakiness. The cardboard note and the spirity feel both remain. It doesn’t take long before everything crumbles and leaves a very unpleasant feeling on the palate with a not so great oak note, as dry as it can be. This is not the greatest of whiskies. It’s unpleasant at times and lacks character and complexity.

Additional information
There is no information to be found on the aging process of this whisky. It’s the only standard release of Strathmill, yet it is limited.

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