Benromach Single Malt 10 yr. / Macallan 10 yr. / Glen Grant Rothes Speyside 10 yr. / The Glenlivet Captain's Reserve

 

Price: $69.95 (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: Forres, Speyside, Scotland

Max's Review

• Overall Rating: 7
• Smokiness: 4
• Sweetness: 4
• Velvety in texture, gives off hints of allspice , forest fruits, and a real musty/woody feel.
• Not overly aromatic, a slight peaty-ness with sherry notes can be detected.
• All in all, nothing to complain about with this scotch. Really cuts the edge off a long day dealing with a 1 year old.

Price: $75??? (750 ml) - no longer on LCBO

Location of Distillery: Aberlour, Scotland

Matt's Review

• Overall Rating: 4
• Smokiness: 0
• Sweetness: 3
• The delightful hints of brown sugar and toffee on the nose falsely mislead you into thinking you're going to enjoy this scotch. 
• Mildly sweet on the tongue, but nothing of particular note aside from just tasting like a generic whisky. 
• The bubblegum after taste is kind of gross and reminds me why this has been sitting on my countertop for over a year (and will continue to).

Price: $65.00 USD (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: Easter Elchies Craigellachie, Scotland

Will's Review

• Overall Rating: 7
• Smokiness: 6
• Sweetness: 4
• The aroma dabbles in almond, jam, and peat-reek
• The entree dips its sac à balles in sandalwood, rubber, and sulfur
• The follow-through is a slam dunk madeira cake
• The finish rings like a custard bell

Price: $75.95 (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: The Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland

Steve's Review

• Overall Rating: 7.2
• Smokiness: 3
• Sweetness: 4
• Doesn't really have much a flavour or smell at first....but in a weird way its still good in spite of that. Or maybe because of that? I'm not sure.
• It is pleasant, light and a little sweet. I guess its like sitting on a nice beach with refreshing breeze. 
• That'll definitely hit the spot some of the time, but there will also be times where you want to sailing with a stiff breeze, pushing the boat as fast as it will go.....I was expecting the Captain's Reserve to be more the latter buts the former is good too I suppose.

Random Category - What would you protest while drinking this scotch?

Will -  Would pull up to my local McDonald's, set up a beer pong table and camp chair in the Drive Thru line, and then protest against the canceling of the McStuffins. Why would they stop making their best idea of all time? How did they make the name so damn kinky?

"I'm out here huffin', for my damn McStuffin!"   "We aren't bluffin', where's our McStuffin?"   "Bush did nine-eleven, McStuffin was heaven!"

These are the shouts that I would cry over and over until my voice failed, my pants covered in Big Mac sauce, and my fedora tattered.

Steve - Definitely something high-brow. The lightness would let you focus clearly on the issue.
Maybe something like how the proliferation of mobile devices, social media and constantly striving to consume the latest content is leading to general anxiety, depression, derealization and dissociative type disorders amongst the youth. I guess if anyone ever sums up the attention span to protest something like that.

Max - The amount of plastic used in kids toys....everything is made of plastic!! The woody smell of this scotch just makes me appreciate the old school wood toys more and more. Something about this scotch just makes me want to chant "I want more wood, give me more wood!".

Matt - Patrick Rothfuss not finishing The Doors of Stone. This scotch makes you think something good is coming and it just doesn't