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Day 5
Kurayoshi Pure Malt
Blended Whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: Straw

Nose: Sweet oak and honey, with a hint of earthy peat.
Palate: Harsh start, sherry notes, raisin and cinnamon
Finish: spicy finish with a smokey sweet note

Notes: Passable with some ice. Not recommended

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Day 4
Nikka Days
Blended Whisky
ABV: 40%
Color: Old Gold

Nose: slight peat, fermented rice and apples
Palate: sweet and peppery, but a bit on the thin side. Apple, caramel malt and peat finish
Finish: Apple, caramel malt and peat finish

Notes: serve with water, very nice drinkable whisky

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Day 3
Hakushu
Distiller's Reserve
Blended whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: straw

Nose: Herbs grassy notes
Palate: Spicy with cucumber and melons
Finish: long finish with a nice spice, peat and tea.

Notes: Superb whisky, feels like visiting a forest

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Day 2
White Oak Distillery
Tokinoka Black
Blended whisky (50 Grain/50malt)
Triple casked
ABV: 50%
Color: deep gold

Viscosity: 4 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: fresh pastry, sweet apple
Palate: vanilla carmel musky oak
Finish: very complex, charred barrel flavors come out. Very long finish

amazing blend, very complex

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Day 1
MARS Shinshu
Maltage “Cosmo”
Blended Malt whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: deep gold

Viscosity: 4 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: Rose, cherry, hint of vanilla
Palate: harsh, peaty flavor, slight metallic
Finish: good lingering tail of smoke that fades into a fennel flavor

Notes: Highly rated, but misses the mark

soon™

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day 25
The Balvenie
Doublewood 12 year old
Single malt Speyside
ABV: 40%
Color: Tawny
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: nuttiness with spices. Honeyed grapes
Palate: gentle spice with a little vanilla, a hint of balancing peat lurking quietly in the substrata. Dried fruit too, combining with nuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, back into the bourbon note
Finish: Spicy, slightly drying, still sweet.

Notes: Santa put this in my stocking. Thanks santa

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Santa stuffed a bottle of scotch into my stocking. Got one more. Its the best

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day 24
Macallen
12 Year Old Double Cask
Single malt Speyside
ABV: 40%
Color: Yellow Gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: dried fruit Aromatic butterscotch
Palate: honeyed with some marmalade, cinnamon and pastries.
Finish: Fruity with vanilla and raisens

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day 23
Old Perth
12 Year Old Aged Collection
Blended Scotch
ABV: 46%
Color: Deep Gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: Fruit and nut chocolate, rich malt, warming baking spices
Palate: raisins, dates, and wafts of dark berries, honeyed biscuits, spicy oak, and cinnamon.
Finish: fruit notes continue along with milk chocolate and spicy wafts of sweet spices

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day 22
Wormtub
10 Year Old Batch 1
single malt speyside
ABV: 57.59%
Color: Burnished
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: dark chocolate, orange peel, smoky oak.
Palate: sherry, jerky, caramel, cranberries, and walnuts.
Finish: vanilla,spicy wood smoke, rich and long flavor

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day 21
King's Inch
Lowland Single Malt
ABV: 46%
Color: pale straw
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: green apple and pear, vanilla and subtly toasty oak
Palate: fruit notes r, with pineapple and orange, Subtly chocolate
Finish: vanilla, cinnamon, a smidge of clove, and caramel

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day 20
Black bottle
Double Cast Alchemy Series
Blended Scotch
ABV: 46.3%
Color: Burnished
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: Blackcurrant, damson, Seville orange, walnut and coffee cake.
Palate: Cherry and raspberry, with a layer of vanilla cream. Softly spicy and warming
Finish: Toasted brown sugar, runny toffee, a final hint of red berry brightness

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day 19
Glengoyne
10 year old
Single malt Highland Scotch
ABV: 03%
Color: Pale Straw
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: Strong sherry Fresh fruit, green apple and fresh snappy pear
Palate: thin body. Tropical fruits and some herbal
Finish: Some slightly-bitter barrel char and lingering fruit

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The Balvenie
14 year old Caribbean Cask
Single malt Speyside Scotch
ABV: 43%
Color: yellow gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: tropical fruits, passion fruit, and toffee
Palate: Sweet vanilla notes apples and mangoes
Finish: lingers with a vanilla focussed character

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Day 17
Johnnie Walker
Gold label Reserve
Scotch Blend
ABV: 40%
Color: deep copper
Viscosity: 3 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: Honey, vanilla cream, sherry-style dried fruits
Palate: wood, fruit and light, sweet smoke
Finish: wood and light smoke, lingering honey

Notes: oh god this is good

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Day 16
Loch Lomond
14 Year old single malt highland Scotch
ABV: 44%
Color: Yellow Gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: Apples, orange, grapefruit and a hint of sandalwood
Palate: dates, fresh pear, spiced apple cake
Finish: Cinnamon and clove, apricot, with toasted oak.

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Day 15
Glenturret
Triple Wood 2021 Release
single malt Highland Scotch
ABV: 44%
Color: Deep Gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: Sweet, toasted oak, bread and butter pudding packed with raisins
Palate: oranges dark chocolate, ginger cake, oak spice
Finish: barley, dusty cinnamon, prunes, and clove

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Day 14
Spear Head
Single grain Scotch
ABV: 43%
Color: Pale Gold
Viscosity: 2 (out of 10) no legs
Nose: berries, runny caramel, citrus blossom
Palate: sweet fruit notes , with hints of red apple and pear,
Finish: Toasted marshmallow, a smidge of oak spice, honey

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Day 13
Deanston
14 year old Highland Single malt
ABV: 46.3%
Color: white wine
Viscosity: 3 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: Cedar and vanilla
Palate: Thyme honey, mango and mandarin
Finish: Creamy at first, but develops a hint of peppercorn spiciness

Note: all caught up. This is both good and bad