Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition

As Speysides go there are of course better ones on the market for the real connoisseurs, but sometimes a real world view is required. I can pick up a bottle of this for £20 in my local Tesco's, and it is drinkable. Christmas Cake spices and dried fruits, chocolate mouse and vanilla. Whilst a little rough around the edges there is always a bottle at hand so I can enjoy a whisky when I want without worrying about the cost or hassle of ordering another bottle, because I can just add it to my next shop.

2nd August 2021

Prefer the double oak cask to this edition but not too bad overall . Bought it also because I generally like Tamnavulin and tried this £30 for litre Tesco with clubcard .

21st July 2021

This whisky has what I like to call, a "chemical maturation". There are just some budget friendly whiskies that to me, taste like they have had some sort of chemicals added, and its all kinds of wrong!

Its not the price bracket as a whole; I've had plenty of great budget friendly drams, where you can tell the distillery cared about the product, even if it wasn't a 30 year old single cask. Glenfarclas 10 for example, gives this a huge run for its money! And when I compare everything between the two, it's like pitching Usain Bolt's 100m sprint, up against the council fulfilling a pothole request. One is pleasant and exciting, the other infuriating and a lot of hard work.

I also find the same chemical taste in the current Aberlour 12. At this point, the A'bunadh is the only Aberlour I'll currently touch, and thats not really a sustainable price for regular drinking. It often feels like the 'whisky mill' is churning as much volume as possible, to get that $, with literally no concern or pride for the products they pedal. And I'm not naive, I know this is exactly what is happening, but isn't it a shame!

I'm not expecting the world from whiskies like this Tamnavulin and others in the price bracket, I'd just respect it more if those producing them respected their own products a bit more, and produced whisky that didn't taste like it was processed to hell! (Reminding me of those circular ham slices) when other distilleries seem to be able to produce decent products, for the same amount of coin.

This Tamnavulin itself, was very thin and even had some smokiness/peatiness to it, along with the aforementioned bleach. Really not the traditional Speyside single malt I was hoping for.

16th June 2021

Very very easy-drinking - a gentle dram with a gentler finish. People have said bland - I’d just call it easy-drinking really. I can’t detect any of the harshness referred to by others, but I also would agree that the sherry casks angle is a little understated. Summary: jolly nice, I’m halfway theough the bottle after 2 evenings by the firepit, I’d give it 4 stars, but seeing as the price is soooo reasonable I’ll give it 5.

31st May 2021

Hmmm, considering this is the Sherry Edition, finished in 3 types of Sherry Cask I expected a bit more. I find a lack of flavour and character. It's sweet, fruity, light, and inoffensive, but, it's almost a liqueur, it dosn't really seem to be a Whisky. Would go well with a slice of xmas cake, but I prefer the more rounded double cask.

28th April 2021

I have thoroughly tasted it and the Sherry flavour is very apparent but not overpowering, it brings with it an appetizing nose. I wouldn't say it is the best whisky I have tasted but I would definitely buy it again, in fact I have. I think it's best with about 2 teaspoons of water, which slightly mellows it and brings out the flavour

20th March 2021

One of the best whiskey I’ve ever tasted! Perfect in every way! And when you sipped - astonishing!👌🥃👏

9th March 2021

Nose: Reminiscent of methylated spirits
Palate: Awful
Aftertaste: Harsh.
Very poor whisky: Should be banned: danger of giving Speyside a bad name

28th February 2021

This is a terribly bitter whiskey with barely any classic Speyside or sherry notes present. The nose is rather bland and uninviting, but the palate is just terrible. Not sure what sort of barrels they used to get such a bitter taste. This is the complete opposite of what sherry casks are supposed to produce. It's one of those whiskeys that you can't drink without a ton of ice or coke. This would only be ok as a mixer at less than half of its price. Otherwise it's just a scam sherry malt. Stay away!!!

22nd February 2021

One of the best value for money whiskies on the market. Helps make a Speyside whisky, the most enjoyable of all Scotch whiskies

26th January 2021