Bank Note 5 Year Scotch Whisky

I purchased for $15 . What do you get for that investment....well you get a cork, a 5 year age statement, 86 proof and 40% malt/60% grain. You also get a decent scotch with actual flavor and great value. Poured neat, nose is light with fruit, honey, some malt and yeah the grain notes. Palate is nice blast of honey malt, golden apple with some slight bitter wood and more grain sneaking in. The mouthfeel is soft and pretty good for this price range. Finish is fairly quick with a fade of the fruity malt and drying wood. Minor grain overtones. Couple drops of water really enhances the palate and adds some creaminess. Overall this is damn good for 15 bucks and I don't worry at all that Im plowing through the bottle. Have to say I will buy this again to extend the life of my pricier stock. No world beater and sure the grain is present but this is better than most bottom shelfers Ive had.......76/100.....That being said Speyburn Bradan Orach is a little more $ but a fantastic single malt value

Tried this twice. First time was the last shot on a bottle sitting on the 12th shelf of my local bar. It was so light, I thought it was water with some peat flavor added. After I confirmed this with the bartender, we figured that the bottle was mishandled in some way. It could have been sitting up there for several years (the bar has over 1100 bottles) so who knows what might have happened to it? So this week the same bar got a brand new bottle, and the same bartender offered up a taste. Still very, very light. No backbone. No balls. Not quite smoky water again, but still not satisfying. Use it as a mixer for your friends who hate whiskey, otherwise pick something else up.

Great value!! Palate is juicy, fruity sweetness. Mixed with a slightly peppery, slightly bitter experience. I’m a peat head so I barely get the wisps of peat smoke. The 43 abv is a decent improvement over the other 40 abv offerings at this price point. This is definitely my daily drinker. It’s no where near a Laphroaig or Ardbeg (I can’t speak for other Scotch categories as I LOVE peated Scotch). Teacher’s Highland Cream, and Shackleton are decent alternatives, but the Bank Note has an extra 3% abv, a more creamy mouth feel, and at $40ish for a 1.75L in my area seals the deal.

Thin, watery legs after a swirl. Carmel and vanilla on the nose with hints of fruit and Carmel. Lots of grains on the initial sip with clover sweetness and roasted nut flavor. Lingering finish with a pleasant heat to finish up with more grain, casual peat smoke and an almost tobacco lingering on the pallet. Overall, the best whisky for the price that I have ever tasted. I was skeptical but it really has become a great option for an everyday kind of scotch.

This is a pretty nice blended scotch for the value. There’s quite a bit of bite on the nose, and on the tongue. I had this taste in a whiskey wedge glass to cut the burn with a little ice. There are some nice sweet flavors on the tongue, and not too long a finish. That helps to cut through the burn. It’s alright on its own, but I bet it would make an excellent mixer.

Flaviar advent calendar day 3, deep amber color. Nose is fruity and honey, taste I got stone fruit, sweetness, and spice / black pepper and some heat. The finish had fruit and vanilla. The Flaviar description noted smoke throughout, I did not get much at all.