North British 23 Year 1995 Old Particular (Douglas Laing)

(Good Spirits Company, Glasgow. Virtual Whisky Tasting Saturday 25th July 2020). Nose: Boiled sweets, butterscotch. Very sweet nose. Palate: Golden syrup, toffee, nutmeg, buttered popcorn. There's a slight 'funk' in the layers that jars a little with the sweetness. Finish: Long finish which is heavy on the grain and syrup. Some light sourness right at the end. Water softens this up and removes the slight funk and some of the citrus. I don't tend to like grain whiskies, but this is a decent dram that I'd be happy to have again. Out of the 6 drams on the tasting, this achieved 17% of the vote for favourite which made it joint second, but the common consensus was that all 6 were really too close to call.