A tropical expression from The Glenlivet, for Caribbean Reserve a portion of the whisky was finished in casks which previously held Caribbean rum. The distillery folks suggest adding a splash of coconut water, though we reckon a malty twist on a Mai Tai is on the cards!
Honeyed orchard fruit, tinned pear and fried banana.
Ripe tropical fruit and brown sugar, along with cinnamon pastries.
Pineapple upside down cake.
Avoid this at all costs even at a supermarket 'reduction' price - was hoping it would be at least close to the Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask - but if that conjured up images of the sunny tropics, this tastes like some industrial effluent from a factory in Lanarkshire - distillled on a dreich November morning. Another NAS; there's no Rum here that I can taste and a rough horrible finish that leaves an unpleasant after taste. Nose: it's Whisky - cheap whisky - the sort of whisky your great gran used to keep for toothache. Pallate: slightly sweet industrial swill Finish: surprisingly long but not pleasant - a lingering generally aroma of cheapness throughout. The first malt in 30 years of drams, I would ever think of putting a mixer in and not being ashamed.
A nice dram but I think the rum finish would be better suited to a more aged malt. Was expecting more intense flavour and softer mouth feel.
Tasted this expecting it to effectively be rum over a whiskey. My verdict is that it is definitely still a whisky; the rum influence isn't actually that strong and I found the product to be similar to other Glenlivets. Nose: sweet toffee, apple, bear and banana on the nose. Palatte: sticky toffee pudding with some rasin Finish: medium with some pineapple and spice
The finish is more rum than whisky, the initial taste is smooth speyside with hardly any malt tasted. Fruity and smooth throughout .
