Craigellachie Unleash the serpent, The Creators Collection 21 Year Old, Ex-Bourbon Hogshead & First Fill Hogshead Cask, Cask #44.190, 2003, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, 56.7%

The finish sounds like the most distinctive part: sweet, thick syrup alongside earthy clay flowerpots, split logs and cooling mint chocolates. That mix gives the whisky a clear sweet-to-earthy turn.

Reviewed by hazelnut lantern

Nose

Bramley apples and plum jam, Assam tea, chocolate soil and leaf mulch, Treacle tarts and chestnuts

Palate

With water: sticky cough syrup, orange oil, lavender and cooling camphor, Black Forest gateau, prunes, cherries and Armagnac-soaked sultanas

Finish

Sweet, thick syrup, Earthy clay flowerpots and split logs, Cooling mint chocolates