Tasting Reviews

2023-03 Keith T.

A combo hosting with Keith and Stan at the helm.


Round 1: The Macallan 12 Year Old Triple Cask

Cost: $130 CDNRegion: Speyside

NSC Comments:

  • Colour: Straw
  • Nose: Fruity, oak, very nice
  • Palate: Light, mild on the tongue
  • Finish: Honey, smooth
  • Everyone likes it, a good, good sipping whiskey
  • Drinkability: 7.4,6.5,7,6.8,7,7.4

Round 2: The Macallan 12 Year Old Double Cask

Cost: $116 CDNRegion: Speyside

NSC Comments:

  • Colour: Sherry colour
  • Nose: Some apple, oak, toasted nuts, yummy!
  • Palate: Mild, smooth, not complex, basic scotch, pleasant indeed
  • Finish: longish, smooth
  • A sipping whiskey
  • Drinkability: 7,6,6,6,3,6,7

Bonus Round: Mortlach 12 Year Old

Cost: $90 CDNRegion: Speyside

Fun Facts:

  • The Mortlach distillery lies in Speyside’s spiritual heartland, Dufftown, and holds the honour of being the first legal distillery to be built there. It was founded in 1823 – the year of the Excise Act – by James Findlater and, a year later, Donald Macintosh and Alexander Gordon joined him in ownership. Mortlach proffers a classic Speyside flavour, though the set up is far from typical; there are three wash stills and three spirit stills with a combined total capacity of 2.91 million litres annually.

NSC Comments:

  • Colour: Sherry to Straw
  • Nose: Peppery, rosemary?, interesting, orange, quite nice
  • Palate: Peppery, smooth, complex, citrus (orange)
  • Finish: Long, stays with you, complex
  • Great stuff
  • Drinkability: 7.5,7.8,7.5,7.7,7.0,7.75